Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Dne 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Října 20, 1916, Ad Santel, známý „šlapka“ nebo zkušený zápasník podrobení, met Taro
Kdo je největší legitimní profesionální zápasník ve Spojených státech? Jak
Prosince 1, 1938 na 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 let. 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. Já
Budovy jsou jen hromady desek a cihel bez příběhů, které jsou s nimi spojeny. V průběhu listopadu 1912, St. Louis policejní důstojník Arthur Huddleston byl zabit paroled vrah Albert Whitefielda. Whitefield překvapil svou družku, který byl zábavný další gentleman volajícího. Whitefield pokusil zabít ji před dvěma St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
V úterý, Listopad 5, 1901, St. Louis Police captured Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion for their part in the Great Northern train robbery in Montana on July 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick would serve 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” film series. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene
Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. I když tento příběh může nebo může
Května 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail wrestled Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail only toured the United States for six months in the early part of 1898. Ismail wrestled less than ten matches but left a path of destruction remembered to this day. Ismail made a powerful impression by easily defeating both Evan “Strangler” Lewis. Ismail also made a strong
The Vampire Bat (1933) je žánr ohýbání film v hlavní roli Lionel Atwill. Zdánlivě, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, krátký film měl být předkrm pro hlavní film na dvojtitul. Majestic Pictures produkoval film, který režíroval Frank R.
Října 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 liber. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fanoušci obou mužů dorazili dovnitř
Července 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 na 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the