Sam McVey Puts Pressure on the Champ

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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

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A Day in Judge Cady’s Court

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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

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Стариот Шампионатот умира Без цент

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Ноември 30, 1910, извештаи дојде од Англија дека поранешниот светски шампион во тешка категорија Prizefighting Jem Маке загинал 79 години. Маке беше светски шампион од 1860 да се 1862 и повторно од 1866 да се 1876. По наводно заработуваат милиони долари во кариера која траеше 1857 да се 1909, Jem Маке почина без пари. He was laid to rest

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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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. Години, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

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“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 и 126 фунти, 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

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

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Во август 26, 1886, Еван “Strangler” 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. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern

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Julius W. Johannpeter, Има Пионер

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прв братучед на дедо ми,, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, беше еден од St. Louis’ авион пионери. Јулиј, кој беше познат во семејството, како “Панкери”, се приклучи на Ер Националната гарда во средината на 1920-тите. Тој ќе биде овластена како поручник. Јулиј летаа авиони и за воени и цивилни воздухот корпус. Повеќето од мажите во неговата единица, во која беа вклучени Чарлс

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William Rudolph and Union Bank Robbery

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Во текот на последната недела од декември 1902, Вилијам Рудолф, неодамна се врати рудар да Френклин округот, и Џорџ Колинс ограбен банка на Унијата во Унијата, MO. Тие го ограбија во текот на ноќта, кога никој не беше присутен од дува до безбеден. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff

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Roland Winters in The Golden Eye (1948)

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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 да се 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

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Chief Desmond Discovers Murder

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On February 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. Г-дин. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.

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