Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Aprillil 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis maadles oma lõpliku õigustatud võistluse Lee Wykoffiga
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Oktoobril 20, 1916, Ad Santel, tuntud "hook" või osav maadleja, Met Taro
Kes on Ameerika Ühendriikide suurim seaduslik elukutseline maadleja? Kuidas
Kui tegemist on masin poliitika ja organiseeritud kuritegevuse, Kansas City on alati outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City oli koduks ka mitmed kõrge profiiliga gangland tulistamine. St. Louis’ viimane organiseeritud kuritegevuse juht arreteeriti mängukaardid. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, Aprill 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell töötas mehaanikuna
Nädalad tagasi, Otsisin oma vanaisa vanast raamatukogust Sir Walter Scotti Ivanhoe koopiat. Vanaisa Gilbert P. Ellisel oli raamatukogu, mille ta mulle 1990. aastate alguses kinkis. These books and his desk are treasures that will stay with me until the day I die. As a kid, Ma istusin tema sees
Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. Louis politsei ajalugu, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French
At our fantasy football draft this year, one of the other owners asked me who I thought was the best mixed martial artist of all time. I told him that based on skill, the greatest mixed martial artist of all time was Jon “Bones” Jones. Siiski, Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the
William Muldoon, the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion and physical culture proponent, came to Los Angeles on Tuesday, Aprill 15, 1884 to face the local wrestler Fred Bauer. The match took place at the local Turnvereine Hall in Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
On November 30, 1871, suur hulk mehi astus New Orleansi kümne raudteevagunisse, Mobile ja Texase raudtee, kui see peatus New Orleansi Canal Streetil, Louisiana. Rong jätkas sõitu Montgomery jaama Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, kus rahvas jättis vihma ja suundus metsa. Selline veider rongkäik
On the morning of Saturday, Aprill 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Broadway. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. Aeg
On detsember 1, 1938 juures 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 aastat. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Mina