Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
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. On 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. Totuși, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
Johnny Reagan a fost un luptător important în St. Scena de box Louis în timpul primului deceniu al secolului XX. Originar din Brooklyn, Reagan s-a mutat la St. Louis să se antreneze sub Jack McKenna. McKenna și-a bazat operațiunea din St. Louis, unde luptătorul său a luptat în primul rând la St. Louis’ Clubul West End. Reagan era o greutate bantam în creștere la acea vreme
On August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. În 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. În 1847, the
Oliver Leonard Kirk are distincția de a fi singurul boxer olimpic de a câștiga o medalie de aur în două categorii de greutate diferite în aceleași Jocurile Olimpice. Oliver Kirk realizat acest feat în orașul său natal Jocurile Olimpice din 1904. St. Louis a găzduit de-a treia Olimpiada timpul 1904 World Fair Exposition. Cum ar fi Jocurile de la Paris cu patru ani înainte, St. Louis gave
Septembrie 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. De ani de zile, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, fiica unui proeminent familie francez și la momentul autor locală, prăbușit la St. Louis 1904 Targul din lume august 20, 1904. Madame Chopin a fost doar 54 de ani și a suferit o hemoragie cerebrală sau anevrism. A murit la casa ei pe McPherson Avenue august 22, 1904. Kate Chopin sa născut Kate O'Flaherty în St.
Noiembrie 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 children. St. Arhiepiscopia Louis a dedicat biserica
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 ani, 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
When it comes to machine politics and organized crime, Kansas City has always outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City was also home to several high-profile gangland shootings. St. Louis’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around