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Category: Collection  Date: 2016-05-10

Black Hills Boxing Treat

CCC Boxing Poster

A Real Treat For Black Hills Fight Fans

30 rounds of boxing sponsored by the American Legion at the Deadwood Auditorium.

The Main Event, 10-Rounds, Al Webster vs. Joe Bitto. Webster a 165 pound Iron Man from Billings, Montana. Webster rates with the best of 'em! Bitto, a 165 pound, light heavy-weight champ from the Pacific Coast.

Semi-Final, 8-Rounds, Harold Jepson vs. Tom Brown. Jepson a 138 pounder from Fargo, N.D. and Brown a 138 pounder from Sioux Falls, S.D.

Special Event, 6-Rounds, "Killer" Norman, 164 lbs, St. Louis, Mo. vs. "Kid" Walker, 170 lbs, Light Heavy Champion of the Black Hills.

Preliminary, 4-Rounds, Joe McDonald vs. Young Jenson, 116 lbs., Champion, Rochford CCC Camp.

and a Good Curtain Raiser!

Monday Oct. 15 starting promptly at 8:00 o'clock. General admission 72 cents - - Reserved Seat $1.00 - - Ringside $1.50. Ringside and Reserved Seat Tickets on Sale at the Smoke House and the Buffalo in Deadwood or Phone 355, and at Cotton's Place in Lead.x

xPoster (circa 1934) is on display at the Civilian Conservation Museum of South Dakota located in the upper level if the Hill City Visitor Information Center, Hill City, SD.

Indexed in the CCC Museum Digital Library

Posted with keywords: boxing, deadwood, black hills, ccc, civilian conservation corps, museum, south dakota,

30 rounds of boxing, a real treat for Black Hills fight fans.

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