Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Aprili 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Mnamo Oktoba 20, 1916, Ad Santel, "mshikaji ndoano" aliyejulikana au mwanamieleka mwenye ujuzi, met Taro
Ambaye ni mwanamieleka mkubwa halali wa kitaalamu kumenyana nchini Marekani? Jinsi gani
Henry Moses Dufur alishikilia Bingwa wa Mieleka wa Dunia wa uzito wa juu wa Collar-and-Elbow wakati wa miaka ya 1870.. By 1855, Dufur alistaafu kutoka kwa mieleka ya kitaaluma ili kuendeleza taaluma yake ya wakati wote ya ushonaji nguo. Hata wakati wa kazi yake ya mieleka, Dufur alifanya kazi kama fundi cherehani. Dufur alimwambia mwandishi kutoka The Boston Globe kwamba alizaliwa huko Richford, Vermont mnamo Juni 5, 1943. Tarehe hii ya
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
Katika karne ya 19, 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
Katika Januari 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 mara Greco-Roman Wrestling Bingwa wa Ufaransa katika miaka ya 1890. Yeye alishinda mashindano katika Folies-Bergeres kabla ya kushinda mashindano katika Urusi katika 1898. Ushindi huu ulimruhusu kutwaa Ubingwa wa Mieleka wa Dunia wa Greco-Roman. Pons mtaji juu notoriety hivyo kwa kufungua mazoezi ya kutoa mafunzo kwa wrestlers na watu wenye nguvu. Pons’ ushindi ulikuwa wa ajabu hasa kwa sababu ya
In 1934, Charles Arthur “Mvulana mrembo” Floyd alimaliza kazi yake ya jinai katika Liverpool ya Mashariki, Shamba la mahindi la Ohio baada ya kupigwa risasi na maajenti wa FBI na maafisa wa kutekeleza sheria. Hata hivyo, mnamo Desemba 1925, alikuwa namba ya mahabusu 29078 katika Gereza la Missouri. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
Mnamo Oktoba 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, ambayo iliua
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 released Appointment with Danger (affiliate kiungo) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
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
Desemba 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