Lt. Sidnijs Sērss nošauts

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Daži notikumi šokēja Sv. Luisam patīk leitnanta nāves dienesta pienākums. Sidnijs Sērss jūnijā 1924. Gandrīz jau 30 gadiem, Lt. Sears tika uzskatīts par labāko pistoles šāvienu Sv. Louis policijas pārvalde. Uz 1904, Sears bija arī Amerikas Savienoto Valstu nacionālais pistoles čempions. Lai kāds nogalinātu ltn. Sears apšaudē tika uzskatīts par neiespējamu.

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Virsnieks O'Keefe Ietaupa Fellow Officer

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St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Gada maijā 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire. St. Louis Police Officer Joseph A. Gerk patrolled his beat on Eighteenth Street during the morning of May 26, 1901, kad viņš

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Muldoon Fails to Throw Sorakichi 5 Times

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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Gada maijā 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kurš

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SailorArt Thomas vs. Ray Zills

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When thinking about African American history month, I thought about the first great Black wrestler that I saw personally. When I started watching wrestling in St. Louis during 1979, “SailorArt Thomas wrestled regularly on Wrestling at the Chase, our local weekly wrestling show. Wrestling at the Chase aired every Sunday at 11 a.m. on KPLR Channel 11. Although Thomas

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

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When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the

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1909 – Bad gadu par Parker Zimmerman

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1909 iespējams, bija vissliktākais gads Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman dzīvi. Viņš zaudēja gan viņa desmit mēnešu veca meita Ida maijs Zimmerman un viņa otrās sievas Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Pirms Parker nāves Cape Giraurdeau viesuļvētra 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. Es varu tikai iedomāties, cik grūti 1909

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