Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about miscellaneous history.
George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. Louis’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. August 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Jedoch, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professionelle Kampfsportarten genossen im 19. Jahrhundert im Ausland einen schlechten Ruf
Johnny Reagan war ein wichtiger Kämpfer in der St. Louis-Boxszene im ersten Jahrzehnt des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ursprünglich aus Brooklyn, Reagan zog nach St. Louis soll unter Jack McKenna trainieren. McKenna hatte seinen Sitz in St. Louis, wo sein Kämpfer hauptsächlich in St. kämpfte. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan war zu dieser Zeit ein aufsteigender Bantamgewichtler
August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. In 1847, die
Oliver Leonard Kirk hat die Unterscheidung des Seins der einzige Olympia-Boxer eine Goldmedaille in zwei Gewichtsklassen in den gleichen Olympischen Spielen. Oliver Kirk diese Leistung in seiner Heimatstadt Olympischen Spiele in 1904. St. Louis Gastgeber des dritten Olympiade während der 1904 Weltausstellung Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
On September 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. Jahrelang, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, Tochter eines prominenten Französisch Familie und zu der Zeit lokale Autor, an der St zusammengebrochen. Louis 1904 Weltausstellung August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin war nur 54 Jahre alt und erlitt eine Gehirnblutung oder Aneurysma. Sie starb in ihrem Haus auf McPherson Avenue August 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
On November 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 Kinder. Die St. Die Erzdiözese Louis weihte die Kirche ein
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 Jahre, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Wenn es um die Maschine Politik und organisierter Kriminalität kommt, Kansas City war schon immer überstrahlt St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City war auch die Heimat von mehreren hochkarätigen gangland shootings. St. Louis’ zuletzt das organisierte Verbrechen wurde Führer für Spielkarten festgenommen. We did have a Democratic party political machine around