Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
Posts about miscellaneous history.
Johnny Reagan var en viktig fighter i St. Louis boksescene i løpet av det første tiåret av det 20. århundre. Opprinnelig fra Brooklyn, Reagan flyttet til St. Louis for å trene under Jack McKenna. McKenna baserte operasjonen sin fra St. Louis, hvor jagerflyen hans først og fremst kjempet ved St. Louis’ West End-klubben. Reagan var en voksende bantamvekt på den tiden
August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. I 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. I 1847, den
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. For år, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
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 og Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. The St. Louis erkebispedømmet viet kirken
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. However, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesjonelle kamper på 1800-tallet hadde et dårlig rykte utenfor
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 år, 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
Når det gjelder maskin politikk og organisert kriminalitet, Kansas City har alltid outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City var også hjem til flere høyprofilerte gangland skytingen. St. Louis’ siste organisert kriminalitet leder ble arrestert for å spille kort. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
Desember 1, 1938 på 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 år. 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
Bygninger er bare hauger av plater og murstein uten historiene som er festet til dem. During November 1912, St. Louis politibetjent Arthur Huddleston ble drept av den prøveløslatte morderen Albert Whitefield. Whitefield hadde overrasket sin samboer, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
During February 1901, St. Louis professional wrestler and local businessman George Baptiste reluctantly filed for divorce from his wife, Nellie May Baptiste, alleging desertion. It was actually the second time, Baptiste filed for divorce from Mrs. Baptiste. During the summer of 1896, Baptiste was vacationing in Millford, Connecticut. The 31-year-old was a powerful swimmer and all-around athlete in addition to