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Aprile 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
Nel settembre 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. Voi
Novembre 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 anni. Mace was world champion from 1860 a 1862 and again from 1866 a 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 a 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Nel settembre 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. Per anni, 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 e 126 sterline, 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
Agosto 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis ha incontrato il Wrestling campione britannico Tom Cannon a Cincinnati, Ohio. Durante l'era wrestling legittimo, altri lottatori temevano il potente Lewis a causa della sua stretta mortale. Lewis ha impiegato un strangolamento carotidea arteriosa nota come lo starter nudo posteriore Judo. Almeno questo era quello che pensavo inizialmente e che la maggior parte degli storici ha citato. Moderno
Cugino di primo grado di mio nonno, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, era uno di S. Louis’ pionieri dell'aereo. Giulio, che in famiglia era conosciuto come “Punks”, si unì alla Guardia Nazionale Aerea a metà degli anni '20. Sarebbe stato nominato tenente. Julius ha pilotato aerei sia per il corpo aereo militare che per quello civile. La maggior parte degli uomini della sua unità, che includeva Carlo
Durante l'ultima settimana di dicembre 1902, William Rudolph, un minatore di recente tornato a Franklin County, e George Collins rapinato la Union Bank a Union, MO. Hanno rapinato la notte, quando nessuno era presente facendo esplodere la cassaforte. 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 a 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). Dopo la sua morte, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the
Nel febbraio 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. Sig.. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.