Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
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W kwietniu 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
Września 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. Państwo
W listopadzie 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 lat. Mace was world champion from 1860 do 1862 and again from 1866 do 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 do 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Września 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. Przez lata, 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 funtów, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. W lipcu 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Na sierpień 26, 1886, Evan “Dusiciel” 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. Przynajmniej tak początkowo myślałem i większość historyków cytowała. Nowoczesny
Pierwszy kuzyn mojego dziadka, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, był jednym ze św. Louis’ pionierzy samolotów. Julius, który był znany w rodzinie jako “Punks”, wstąpił do Lotniczej Gwardii Narodowej w połowie lat dwudziestych XX wieku. Zostanie mianowany porucznikiem. Julius latał samolotami zarówno dla wojskowego, jak i cywilnego korpusu powietrznego. Większość ludzi w jego oddziale, w tym Charles
W ostatnim tygodniu grudnia 1902, William Rudolph, Niedawno wrócił górnik Franklin County, i George Collins okradł Union Bank w Unii, MO. Oni obrabowali go z dnia na dzień, gdy nikt nie był obecny przez wysadzenie sejfu. 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 do 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
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. Panie. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.