Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Huhtikuun 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis paini viimeisen laillisen kilpailunsa Lee Wykoffin kanssa
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Lokakuun 20, 1916, Ad Santel, tunnettu "huoria" tai taitava painija, tapasi Taron
Kuka on suurin laillinen ammattipainija Yhdysvalloissa? Kuinka tehdä
Henry Moses Dufur oli raskaansarjan kaulus- ja kyynärpainin maailmanmestari 1870-luvulla. Mennessä 1855, Dufur jäi eläkkeelle ammattipainista jatkaakseen kokopäiväistä vaateräätälin ammattiaan. Jopa painiuransa aikana, Dufur työskenteli räätälinä. Dufur kertoi The Boston Globen kirjeenvaihtajalle syntyneensä Richfordissa, Vermontissa kesäkuussa 5, 1943. Tämä päivämäärä
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Ludvig. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
1800-luvulla, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful
Tammikuussa 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons oli kreikkalais-roomalaisen painin mestari Ranskan vuonna 1890. Hän voitti turnauksen Folies-Bergeres ennen kuin voitti turnauksen Venäjällä 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons aktivoitu tätä mainetta avaamalla kuntosali juna painijoita ja vahvoja miehiä. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of
Sisään 1934, Charles Arthur “pretty Boy” Floyd päättyi hänen rikollisen uran East Liverpool, Ohio maissi alalla jälkeen ampua ulos FBI ja paikallinen lainvalvontaviranomaiset. Kuitenkin, joulukuussa 1925, Hän oli vanki numero 29078 klo Missouri Penitentiary. 21-vuotias Floyd oli juuri tuomittu Kroeger Grocery and Baking Companyn pääkonttorin ryöstöstä.
Lokakuun 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, joka tappoi
I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures julkaisi Appointment with Dangerin (affiliate link) in London in 1950 mutta ei julkaissut sitä Yhdysvalloissa
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Ludvig
Joulukuun 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office