Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Apríl 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Á október 20, 1916, Ad Santel, þekktur „krókari“ eða hæfur uppgjafarglímumaður, met Taro
Hver er mesti lögmæti atvinnuglímumaðurinn til að glíma í Bandaríkjunum? How do
Á október 14, 1938, 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation released the fifth of eight Mr. Moto Films starring Peter Lorre as Interpol Policeman Kentaro Moto. In Mysterious Mr. Hreyfing (1938), Mr. Moto infiltrates a prison and helps a prisoner escape to discover the plans of his criminal organization. Mr. Moto breaks international criminal Paul Brissac, played by Leon Ames, out of
“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 og 126 £, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Júlí 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Theodore Roosevelt gerði örlagaríka ákvörðun um kjördag 1904. Hann tilkynnti eftir að hafa verið kjörinn til formennsku í eigin rétti sínum eftir stíg upp til skrifstofu á morðið á William McKinley að hann myndi ekki hlaupa fyrir annað orð í 1908. Roosevelt had served almost a full term before his election as McKinley was assassinated in September 1901.
Á föstudaginn, Október 21, 1904, one of the greatest tragedies in St. Louis Police history occurred when two train robbers and three St. Louis Police detectives died in a shootout. The gunfight occurred in a small hotel room on Pine Street. Two days later on Sunday, Október 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at
An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, which is why both promoters
During April 1885, St. Louis experienced one of its most sensational murders. Two English travelers had checked into the Southern Hotel in early April 1885. C. Arthur Preller and H. M. Brooks, who was going by the alias of Dr. Maxwell, appeared to be very friendly. Although they had separate rooms, they often stayed in the same room together. Á
Á mánudaginn, Mars 5, 1900, St. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, A 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “sem Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hakk” í St. Louis during the 1904 Fair heims. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 í Chicago,
Charlie Chan í Treasure Island (1939) er þriðja Twentieth-Century Fox kvikmynd aðalhlutverki Sidney TOLER sem Charlie Chan. Eftirlitsmaður Chan og Jimmy Chan, leikin af Victor Sen Yung, eru að fljúga á heimssýninguna í San Francisco í 1939 þegar myndin opnar. The ójafn ríða er að gera Jimmy mjög kvíðin. Með í fluginu er vinur Charlie, Paul Essex, played