Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/b7uzv9/Episode_30abul2.mp3Podcast: Spill i nytt vindu | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss the Dick Shikat double-cross
Hvem er den største legitime profesjonelle bryteren til å bryte i USA? Hvordan gjøre
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April
Tom Hyer vant den amerikanske Bare Knuckle prizefighting Championship i 1841. Like most prizefighting champions
En 122 år gammel murhus dominerer gatebildet på hjørnet av Whittier Street og Cook Avenue i St. Louis, Missouri. Utbyggere reist den 2378 kvadratmeter huset i 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. I dag, 4200 Cook is
In his first time playing the role of Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond, John Howard plays the captain desperately trying to rescue his kidnapped fiancé’. Paramount Pictures released Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (affiliate link) September 24, 1937. Prior to John Howard taking over the role, Ronald Coleman and Ralph Richardson both played the fictional British hero. Filmen begynner med
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, eller 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri historie. Mens St. Louis var den største byen vest for Mississippi-elven, verdensutstillingen sette det på det internasjonale kartet. Mens rettferdig ville bringe beryktet, tourists and increased revenue to the city,
On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning
På fredag, Oktober 14, and Saturday, Oktober 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. Den 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Chester Gould skapte Dick Tracy tegneserien i 1931. Opprinnelig publisert gjennom Detroit Metro, stripen flyttet til Chicago Tribune der det gjorde papiret og Gould rik gjennom syndikering. Det var bare et spørsmål om tid før Dick Tracy debuterte på lerretet. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
Desember 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the
På Mars 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) (affiliate link) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. I denne filmen, longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
John L. Sullivan hadde dominert premien ring i løpet av sin karriere. Besitter en registrering av 40 vinner, ingen tap og to uavgjorte, “The Boston Strong Boy” ble ansett uovervinnelig. Sullivan vant VM i 1882 og utlevert alle utfordrerne kulminerte med Fight av det nittende århundre med Jake Kilrain. Etter å ha beseiret Kilrain i dette episke bout, John L.
På onsdag, May 9, 1900, den andre dagen av St. Louis Streetcar Strike, en bortkommen bullet drept Frank Liebrecht. Frank Liebrecht, en veteran spansk-amerikanske krigen, var å se en streik rally på hjørnet av Finney og N. Taylor Avenue. Under rally, some in the crowd observed the last two streetcars for the day coming down the tracks about a