Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/b7uzv9/Episode_30abul2.mp3Podcast: Spil i nyt vindue | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss the Dick Shikat double-cross
William Muldoon var verdensmester i sværvægt baseret på hans nederlag af Thiebaud Bauer i? Hvordan
Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April
Tom Hyer vandt den amerikanske Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship i 1841. Like most prizefighting champions
The Thirteenth Guest (1932) is the film version of an Armitage Trail story. Monogram Pictures released the early “B” film (affiliate link) starring Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot. Ginger Rogers was only 21 at the time but would go on to great stardom as Fred Astaire’s most regular dance partner. Lyle Talbot made a living through most of the late
On September 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. Louis. At the Cheltenham stop, Frisco brakeman Sam Robertson and former brakeman Muncie Ray also boarded. The men boarded the train with the intent of robbing the train at Sandy Cut, two miles east of Pacific, MO. When the train got close
My daughter Caity is 21 years old this week. It is a bittersweet birthday because my baby girl isn’t my baby girl anymore. I am so proud of the young woman she has become but as she grew up I regretted not being able to pick her up, wipe her tears and make the “small hurts” go away. Caity came
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. I januar 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to
Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) (affiliate link) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, when they stopped in at a
William Desmond nuppe mange tyve i løbet af sin 17 år karriere som St. Louis chef for Detectives. Han udviklede en landsdækkende ry som “Tyven Taker”. På mandag, Oktober 15, 1900, Chief Desmond nuppe bukserne af en tyv, men ikke den tyv selv. Jonas Washington indtastet gården af Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
Sam McVey træt af den manglende mulighed for sorte krigere i USA i løbet af det tidlige tyvende århundrede. McVey besluttet at forlade for Europa i 1907, hvor han kæmpede indtil 1911. McVey kæmpede i Australien i mere tre år før han vendte tilbage til USA. Denne korte highlight film fra Frankrig i 1911 med “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Den August 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty opdagede Willis Garner indbrud kontor Schickle, Harrison og Howard Iron Company på 912 S. Tolvte Street i St. Louis, Missouri. Strygejernet Virksomheden beskæftigede Garner, der kastede en hammer på Doherty hoved. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Oktober 6, 1890, lokale barberer Luther Duncan og Bob Henderson trådte ud på til N. 11th Street at afvikle et skænderi. Dette område af St. Louis var kendt som “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop huse og den hårdeste afrikansk-amerikanere saloon i byen, Stærk’ Saloon. Både Duncan og Henderson var sorte barberer, who worked in