Things Come Full Circle

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وقبل أسابيع قليلة, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, I went on a year-long fitness

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Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. إدارة شرطة العاصمة لويس. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. كانون الثاني

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

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On February 7, 1882, جون L. Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan for a title, which was certainly the American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship but probably not the World Title it was billed as. <تمتد bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1385" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = " 1880, Paddy Ryan won the title in his first and only prize fight before facing the ferocious power puncher Sullivan. The men met in Mississippi City, Mississippi around

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Gotch Tries Boxing

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An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, which is why both promoters

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تشارلي تشان شنغهاي الصدر (1948)

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In Shanghai Chest (1948), مفتش تشارلي تشان يجب حل ثلاث جرائم قتل. في كل مشهد القتل, الشرطة العثور على بصمات رجل ميت. تشارلي تشان يجب حل كل من القتل وسر بصمات الأصابع. صدر مشبك صور هذا الفيلم ممتعة في يوليو-تموز 11, 1948. ويعرض الفيلم في منزل القاضي ارمسترونغ حيث لص ويترصد. The burglar murders

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Blind Man Identifies Crooks

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نوفمبر 7, 1890, Chief of Detectives William Desmond brought in Pat Kennedy, a low-level St. Louis crook, who was suspected of stealing 20 cents from a cigar store on North 9th Street. A 3rd District St. Louis Police Officer captured Kennedy after he robbed a Miss Minnie Mullaney at 16th Street and Franklin Avenue. Kennedy proved a first-rate coward,

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

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في أبريل 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 <تمتد bbox_x = "273" bbox_y = "1490" bbox_w = "50" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = ". From February 5, 1903, when he beat “دنفر” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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السيد. Moto’s Gamble (1938)

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Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. في هذا الفيلم, السيد. Moto teaches a criminal investigation class to several budding investigators including

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جاك جونسون والكفاح من القرن

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, بطل الوزن الثقيل السابق المتقاعد, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “الأمل الأبيض” المتنافسين. في كلمته رئيس الحكومة, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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كانون الثاني 7, 1903, الحادي و. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. لكن, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, سانت. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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