Историчар на борбени спортови и боречки уметник
На април 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Октомври 20, 1916, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro
Кој е најголемиот легитимен професионален борач кој се борел во САД? Како
Хенри Мозес Дуфур го држеше Светскиот шампион во борење со јака и лакт во тешка категорија во текот на 1870-тите. Со 1855, Дуфур се повлече од професионалното борење за да се занимава со полно работно време како кројач на облека. Дури и за време на неговата боречка кариера, Дуфур работел како кројач. Дуфур за дописникот од The Boston Globe изјави дека е роден во Ричфорд, Вермонт во јуни 5, 1943. Овој датум на
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. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
Во 19 век, 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
Во јануари 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.
Пол Понс беше грчко-римски стил шампион на Франција во 1890-тите. Тој го освои турнирот на Folies-Bergeres пред освојување на турнирот во Русија во 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Понс капитализирани на овој озлогласен, преку отворање на салата да се обучуваат борачи и силни мажи. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of
Во 1934, Чарлс Артур “Убаво момче” Флојд заврши својата криминална кариера во Источна Ливерпул, пченка поле Охајо по пука со агенти на ФБИ и локални службеници за спроведување на законот. Сепак, во декември 1925, тој беше затвореник број 29078 во Мисури Казнено. На 21-годишниот Флојд штотуку беше осуден за грабеж на главната канцеларија Kroeger Минимаркети и спецификации на компанијата
Октомври 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, кој уби
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 го објави Apointment with Danger (Филијалата линк) in London in 1950 но не го објави во Јунајтед
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. Louis
На декември 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