Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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Marca 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in

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Caddock in W. Zbyszko Wrestle to Draw

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Earl Caddock je imel v poznih 1910-ih in zgodnjih 1920-ih razmeroma kratko, a znamenito poklicno rokoborsko kariero.. Svoj profesionalni prvenec v 1915 po osvojitvi treh naslovov državnega prvaka AAU v amaterski rokoborbi, Caddock se je profesionalno boril samo do 1922. Vendar, bi bil priznan kot svetovni prvak, potem ko je aprila premagal Joeja Stecherja 1917. Caddock bi izgubil naslov nazaj

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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Četrtek, Januar 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, eden od St. Louis’ najbogatejših, lasti stanovanjskih nepremičnin in druga sredstva v vrednosti 2 Milijon dolarjev. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. He

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Dempsey KOs Carpentier

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Julija 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Čeprav Georges Carpentier

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The Bashful Bachelor (1942)

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Marca 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. V tem filmu (podružnica povezava), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero

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Rokoborba Champion Poskuša boks

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V torek, Januar 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, Seattle zdravnik in pro wrestler, ki je bil dovolj dober za zmago ameriške prvenstvo Težji, nerazložljivo odločil poskusiti roko na profesionalni boks. Njegov nasprotnik je bil prijatelj in sparing partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, kdo bi zmagal obarvanega svetovnega Težji boks prvenstvo. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Kmet” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 funtov. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg se je prerival

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Why I Studied the Martial Arts I Have

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We included four or more martial arts in our academy’s curriculum. When I look at these arts, I see a distinct reason that I studied each one. These arts cover striking, grappling, ground fighting and a practical self-defense weapon, the cane. I started studying Shotokan karate in the Fall of 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought

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Eduard Mosblech (1884 – 1956)

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Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Pogosto se piše kot Edward, izgovarja pa se kot sestavljanje pomoči in varovanja, Eduard was as unique as his name. Zaradi zgodb, ki sem jih slišal o njem, sem imel težave s pisanjem o njem

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