Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Op april 13, 1936, Ed "Strangler" Lewis worstelde zijn laatste legitieme wedstrijd met Lee Wykoff
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Op oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, een bekende "hoer" of ervaren onderwerpingsworstelaar, ontmoette taro
Wie is de grootste legitieme professionele worstelaar die in de Verenigde Staten worstelt?? How do
Op december 1, 1938 bij 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 jaar. 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. Ik
Gebouwen zijn slechts stapels planken en stenen, zonder de verhalen die eraan vastzitten. During November 1912, St. Louis-politieagent Arthur Huddleston werd vermoord door voorwaardelijk vrijgelaten moordenaar Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had zijn common law-vrouw verrast, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
Op dinsdag, November 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. Terwijl dit verhaal misschien wel mag
Op mei 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail worstelde met Tom Jenkins in Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail toerde in het begin slechts zes maanden door de Verenigde Staten 1898. Ismail worstelde minder dan tien wedstrijden, maar liet een pad van vernietiging achter dat tot op de dag van vandaag wordt herinnerd. Ismail maakte een krachtige indruk door zowel Evan “Strangler” Lewis gemakkelijk te verslaan. Ismail maakte ook een sterke
The Vampire Bat (1933) is een genre buigen film met Lionel Atwill. Ogenschijnlijk, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, een korte film bedoeld om het voorgerecht voor de hoofdfilm op een double bill te zijn. Majestic Pictures produceerde de film, die werd geregisseerd door Frank R.
Op oktober 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 pond. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans van beide mannen kwamen binnen
Op juli 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 naar 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