The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-02-16
MISSOURI BOY
HAS DECISION
OVER EXPRESS
Dave Barry Of Tunney-Demp'
sey Fame Will Probably
Referee Fights
PROMOTER PUZZLES FANS
Western North Dakotas
Greatest Boxing Card
Rounds Into Shape
PROMOTER PUZZLES FANS

Out where Teddy Roosevelt first
learned the art of self-defense when
he punched drunken cowboy
Billy Pctrolle, Sammy Mandell's
strongest contender for the light
weight championship of the world,
will clash with Rusty Jones, Kansas
City, Mo-, over the 10 round route
on a card here, Feb. Is, that is hail
cd as the restorative potion to the
sick fistic game in western North
Dakota.
DIR. Petrolle. That is what the
fans will call him. More than any
other man. Billy Pctrollc can put
boxing back on it's feet, for he is
not only one Of the greatest light
weights but also one Of the greatest
crowd pleasers in the big show to-
day.
The Petrolle-J ones affray will
mark the resumption Of an old feud
Three years ago, Rusty Jones, then
fighting for Johnny Salvatore Of st.
Paul, took decision from the En-
press. Pctrollc intends to punch
this splotch off his cscutcheon while
Jones is confident that he will
again beat Mandcll's conqueror.
While Petrollc was battling in
New York and Los Angeles in 1925,
gaining national reputation, Jones
headed for the great Southwest
where he forgot the ring for over Il
year when he was bitten by the coil
bug" He had deserted promising
fistic path through Fistiana for the
lure of easy money.
Petrollc Worthy of Toga
Today Petrolle is regarded as the
logical successor Of the Rockford
Shiek, fighter worthy of the toga
Of Benny Leonard while Jones, disil-
lusioned, has been slowly reclimb-
ing the ring ladder in the arenas
of Denver. Kansas City, St. Louis,
Texas, Oklahoma, and other south
western fight centers.
That Jones is back is evidenced BY
his draw with Roscoe Hall in Des
Moines on Jan. "a. 1t was a scrap
characterized by the ringside eX-
per as one Of the best seen in
Iowa in years with Jones clearly
the superior.
Further spicing the sct-tos here
is the semi-windup bout between
Lee Cavanagh. the Montana Slash
err from Billings. and Herman Ratz-
laff, Minot. N. d., slugger. Cavan-
agh holds decision over Clyde Hull
who sent Pete Latbo to dreamland
in Texas some time ago while Ratz-
laff has made a bid for fame by
defeating, Ny Sullivan. nephew Of
the Gibbons brothers Of st. Paul.
Promoter Is Mystery
And to further set the cauliflower
kingdom Of western North Dakota
buzzing is the mysterious Promo
ter" who has stirred the magma
tons of all true ring lovers with
his Revival" in a so-callcd ''impos-
sible fight spot"
Conjectures as to the unknown
promoter are many. Some claim
that Tex Richard has an agent out
here sponsoring shows in search fol-
heavyweight material. Others claim
Mike Collins, Minneapolis promoter
or Jack Hurley, Fargo promoter
and manager Of Billy Petrolle, arc
the bcnefactors. In the Judgment
of the local critics, the figures fol-
the Feb. % card run too large fol
an amateur promoter to be respon.
sible.
The difficulty in uncovering the
identity of the Mysterious Promo
ter is that he has never appeared
in person but has done all Of his
business through an agent.
Dave Barry, far-famed arbiter O.
the last Tunney-Dcmpsey cmbrog
Ito. is prominently mentioned as thu
referee. Long Count Dave" hand
led the Petrolle- Marco go in Far
80 on New Years day to the salts
faction of the fans and he is /;
favorite out where the west begin:
whether popular in Chicago or not
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