Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Τον Απρίλιο του 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Τον Οκτώβριο του 20, 1916, Ad Santel, Αυτή η ανάρτηση είναι ένα απόσπασμα από το νέο μου βιβλίο, met Taro
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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. Για χρόνια, 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 και 126 λίρες, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Τον Ιούλιο 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. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern
Ο πρώτος ξάδερφος του παππού μου, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, ήταν ένας από τους Αγ. Louis’ πρωτοπόροι αεροπλάνων. Ιούλιος, που ήταν γνωστός στην οικογένεια ως “Punks”, εντάχθηκε στην Εθνοφρουρά της Αεροπορίας στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 1920. Θα διοριζόταν ως Υπολοχαγός. Ο Julius πέταξε αεροπλάνα τόσο για το στρατιωτικό όσο και για το πολιτικό σώμα. Οι περισσότεροι από τους άνδρες στη μονάδα του, που περιελάμβανε τον Τσαρλς
Κατά τη διάρκεια της τελευταίας εβδομάδας του Δεκεμβρίου 1902, William Ρούντολφ, πρόσφατα επέστρεψε ανθρακωρύχος στο Franklin County, και ο Γιώργος Collins λήστεψαν την Union Bank στην Ένωση, MO. Μπορούν να έκλεψαν τη διάρκεια της νύχτας, όταν κανείς δεν ήταν παρών κατά την ανατίναξη της ασφαλούς. 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 να 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. Ο κ.. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
Την Τετάρτη, Ιανουάριος 10, 1900, St. Louis Αστυνομικός Paul Girard στεκόταν στη γωνία της S. Taylor και Lindell Boulevard, όταν είδε έναν άνδρα άλμα από το δεύτερο όροφο 4511 Lindell Boulevard. Έχοντας επίγνωση των πρόσφατων διαρρήξεων στην πλούσια γειτονιά Central West End, Ο Ζιράρ πλησίασε τον άντρα. Όταν ο κουτσός είδε τον Ζιράρ, έτρεξε προς τον Σ.
Το Σάββατο, Νοέμβριος 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 πρακτικά. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Ο Wasem δαιμονισμένος