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Travanj 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a
On September 15, 1887, a muscular man stood in the First District Police Court listening to Judge Cady. As he looked out between eyes almost swollen shut and a busted lip, he waited to see if justice would be done. It was as Judge Cady told the beaten man, “$10 fine for disturbing the peace. $100 for resisting arrest. You
Studeni 30, 1910, Izvješća došao iz Engleske da je bivši svjetski prvak u teškoj kategoriji profesionalni boks Jem Mace je umro na 79 godina. Mace je svjetski prvak iz 1860 to 1862 i opet iz 1866 to 1876. Nakon što je navodno zaradio milijun dolara u karijeri koja je trajala 1857 to 1909, Jem Mace umro bez novca. He was laid to rest
On September 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. Godinama, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 i 126 funti, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. On July 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Kolovoza 26, 1886, Evan “Davitelj” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Barem sam tako prvotno mislio i većina povjesničara citirala. Moderno
Prvi rođak mog djeda, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, bio je jedan od sv. Louis’ pioniri aviona. Julius, koji je u obitelji bio poznat kao “Punks”, pridružio se Zračnoj nacionalnoj gardi sredinom 1920-ih. Dobio bi čin poručnika. Julius je upravljao avionima i za vojni i za civilni zrakoplovni korpus. Većina ljudi u njegovoj jedinici, koja je uključivala Charlesa
U zadnjem tjednu prosinca 1902, William Rudolph, Nedavno se vratio rudar Franklin županiji, i George Collins opljačkao Union banke u Uniji, MO. Je opljačkali su tijekom noći, kada nitko nije bio prisutan puhanjem po sigurnost. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
While a few actors played Charlie Chan before Warner Oland and a few portrayed Inspector Chan after Roland Winters, the main body of Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film adaptations occurred between 1931 to 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). After his death, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the
U veljači 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. G.. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.