Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
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. Sa Agosto 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. Gayunman, 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
Si Johnny Reagan ay isang mahalagang manlalaban sa St. Louis boxing scene noong unang dekada ng 20th Century. Orihinal na mula sa Brooklyn, Lumipat si Reagan sa St. Louis upang magsanay sa ilalim ni Jack McKenna. Ibinase ni McKenna ang kanyang operasyon sa labas ng St. Louis, kung saan ang kanyang manlalaban ay pangunahing lumaban sa St. Louis’ West End Club. Si Reagan ay isang tumataas na bantamweight noong panahong iyon
Sa Agosto 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Sa 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. Sa 1847, ang
Oliver Leonard Kirk ay may pagkakaiba ng pagiging ang tanging Olympic boksingero upang manalo ang gintong medalya sa dalawang magkahiwalay na timbang klase sa parehong Laro sa Olympic. Oliver Kirk Nagagawa ito kahang-hangang gawa sa kanyang bayang kinalakhan Olympics sa 1904. St. Louis naka-host sa ikatlong Olympiad sa panahon ng 1904 Patas Exposition mundo. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Sa Septyembre 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. Para sa mga taon, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Kate Chopin, anak na babae ng isang kitang-kitang Pranses pamilya at sa oras lokal na may-akda, na gumuho sa St. Louis 1904 Patas mundo noong Agosto 20, 1904. Madame Chopin ay lamang 54 taong gulang at pinagdudusahan ang isang utak pagdurugo o aneurism. Siya ay namatay sa kanyang tahanan sa McPherson Avenue noong Agosto 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
Noong Nobyembre 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 mga bata. Ang St. Louis Archdiocese na inialay ang simbahan
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 taon, 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
Pagdating sa pulitika machine at organisadong krimen, Kansas City ay palaging outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City ay tahanan din ng ilang gangland shootings high-profile. St. Louis’ huling isinaayos lider krimen ay naaresto para sa baraha. We did have a Democratic party political machine around