Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Em abril de 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Em outubro 20, 1916, Ad Santel, uma famosa “prostituta” ou lutadora de finalização habilidosa, met Taro
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Em outubro 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. Movimento (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 e 126 libras, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. On July 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Theodore Roosevelt fez uma decisão fatal no dia da eleição 1904. Ele anunciou, após ter sido eleito para a Presidência em seu próprio direito depois de ascender ao escritório após o assassinato de William McKinley que ele não iria concorrer a um novo mandato em 1908. Roosevelt had served almost a full term before his election as McKinley was assassinated in September 1901.
Na sexta-feira, Outubro 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, Outubro 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, é por isso que ambos os promotores
No mês de abril 1885, St. Louis viveu um dos seus assassinatos mais sensacionais. Dois viajantes ingleses tinha verificado para o Hotel Sul no início de abril 1885. C. Arthur Preller e H. M. Brooks, que estava indo pelo pseudônimo de Dr.. Maxwell, parecia ser muito amigável. Embora eles tivessem quartos separados, they often stayed in the same room together. Em
Na segunda-feira, Março 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, um 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 “the 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 “Hack” em St. Louis during the 1904 Feira Mundial. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) is the third Twentieth-Century Fox film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. Inspetor Chan e Jimmy Chan, interpretado por Victor Sen Yung, estão voando para a Exposição Mundial de São Francisco em 1939 enquanto o filme abre. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Também no vôo está Paul Essex, amigo de Charlie., played