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Aprilie 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
Septembrie 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
Noiembrie 30, 1910, Rapoartele au venit din Anglia că fostul campion mondial la categoria grea Prizefighting Jem Mace a murit la 79 ani. Mace fost campion mondial de la 1860 la 1862 și din nou de la 1866 la 1876. După relatărilor câștigând un milion de dolari într-o carieră care a durat 1857 la 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Septembrie 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. De ani de zile, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
“Terrible” Terry McGovern sa dovedit a fi un luptător rară la rândul său, a secolului XX. În timp ce mai mici boxeri ambalat nici o putere în pumni lor, McGovern, care scalate între 110 și 126 de lire sterline, putere knock-out extraordinară posedat. “Terrible” Terry a terminat de multe ori adversarii săi în primele patru runde. Iulie 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
On August 26, 1886, Evan “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. Cel puțin asta a fost ceea ce am crezut inițial și majoritatea istoricilor au citat. Modern
Vărul primar al bunicului meu, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, a fost unul din St. Louis’ pionierii avioanelor. Julius, care era cunoscut în familie ca “Punks”, s-a alăturat Gărzii Naționale Aeriene la mijlocul anilor 1920. Va fi numit locotenent. Julius a zburat cu avioane atât pentru corpul aerian militar, cât și pentru cel civil. Majoritatea bărbaților din unitatea lui, care l-a inclus pe Charles
În ultima săptămână a lunii decembrie 1902, William Rudolph, un miner recent a revenit la Franklin County, și George Collins jefuit Banca Union în Union, MO. Ei au jefuit peste noapte, atunci când nimeni nu era prezent prin suflare până la seif. 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 la 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. Mr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.