Things Come Full Circle

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A few weeks ago, 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. לוי מעטראָפּאָליטאַן פּאַליס דעפּאַרטמענט. 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. אויף יאנואר

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

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אויף פעברואר 7, 1882, יוחנן ל. 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. אין 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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טשאַרלי טשאַן ס שאַנגהאַי טשעסט (1948)

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In Shanghai Chest (1948), Inspector Charlie Chan must solve three murders. At each murder scene, police find a dead man’s fingerprints. Charlie Chan must solve both the murders and the mystery of the fingerprints. Monogram Pictures released this enjoyable film on July 11, 1948. The film opens in Judge Armstrong’s house where a burglar is lurking around. The burglar murders

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Blind Man Identifies Crooks

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אויף נאוועמבער 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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אויף אפריל 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 מינוט. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “דענווער” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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מר. 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. אין דעם פילם, מר. Moto teaches a criminal investigation class to several budding investigators including

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דזשאַק זשאנסאן און דער קאַמף פון די יאָרהונדערט

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נאָך דזשאַק זשאנסאן געווארן מייַסטער, אַ פעלן פון שטאַרק קאַנטענדערז געפֿירט ציבור דרוק צו אָנקלאַפּן אויף יעקב דזש. דזשעפפירעס, די ויסגעדינט פרייַערדיק כעוויווייט מייַסטער, צו סוף זיין ריטייערמאַנט און קעמפן זשאנסאן. דזשעפפריעס איז געהאלטן די ערשטער און מערסט קרעדאַבאַל פון די “ווייסע האָפענונג” קאַנטענדערז. אין זיין הויפּט, דזשעפפריעס מיסטאָמע קען נישט שלאָגן זשאנסאן. בייַ 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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אויף יאנואר 7, 1903, סט. 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. אָבער, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, די סט. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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