The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-11
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PETROLEUM.
BATTLE DRAWS
BIG ATTENTION
Twin City Fans Picking Tut to
Win Because of Tod Morgan
Victory
(Spccia1 TO The Tribune)

Especial to Inc lrlOuueJ
Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. 1.-THE
Billy Petrolle- King Tut 10-round
bout at the new Minneapolis audi
forum will be backed up by five OF
the strongest and best fights that
ever were put on the same show with
feature main event in Minneapolis.
Dick Daniels, who has never yet
lost a contest out of 50 fights, and
who knocked out Earl Blue of St.
Paul in six rounds at the last show
in Minneapolis, will be pitted against
Kenneth Hunt, well-known light
heavyweight from Des Moines. Ia,
for six rounds at It's pounds, in the
semiwindup.
Hunt is one of the best fighters
developed out Of Iowa in many a
day. His knockout record runs over
70 per cent of the As bouts in which
he has engaged.
Ratzlaff on Card
There will also be a special event
of eight rounds at 100 pounds be-
tween Herman Ratzlaff of Minot,
N. D., and Mike Sauro of st. Paul.
This bout is expected to be one Of
the thrilling features of the evening.
Another six-round bout is between
Joe Gordon, University of Minnesota
graduate and Minnesota university
middleweight boxing champion, and
Johnny Girarden from Los Angeles,
Calf, former amateur middleweight
boxing champion of California.
Gordon needs no introduction to
the fans of the northwest. He is a
great boxer and good hitter. His last
bout here he decisively defeated
One Step Watson, the veteran NEGRO
middleweight from Denver. His OPP
ponent, Johnny Girarden, has boxed
the best middleweights in Califor-
MIA, and seldom came out second
best. Girarden is q slashing, two
listed fighter who stands toe-to-toe
and slugs it out. Gordon and Girar-
den will weigh 100 pounds.
There will be two four-round
bouts, one between Jimmie Gibbons
Of St. Paul and the best heavyweight
obtainable in the northwest, and an
other star four-rounder between
Ancelo Puglisi of Duluth, Mimi.
and Roy Michaelson of Minneapolis,
at 152 pounds.
King Tut is working like a Tro-
jan, running five to six miles on the
road each morning and working 10
to IL rounds in the gym every day.
Tut is out to even up scores with
Petrolle, and his many admirers in
Minneapolis who saw Tut polish off
worlds champion Tod Morgan here
last week claim him sure winner
over Petrolle Tuesday.
Petrolle and Ratzlaff being two
Of the best fighters that Dakota ever
produced indicates that Dakota will
he we'll represented at the ringsid.
in Minneapolis next Tuesday.
Special Trains Chartered
A special train from Duluth ant
Superior will also be run, handled
by Phil Terk, we'll known Duluth
boxing promoter.
Steve German, proprietor of the
Fargo Grand recreation parlors
purchased a solid section of ringside
seats to take care of the Dakots
fans, and Terk Of Duluth also holds
q solid block of ringside seats al
Duluth to supply the trainload from
the head of the lakes.
Other out-of-town orders are
pouring into the Minneapolis Boxing
club headquarters at 316 Palace
building from all points in the north
west. Delegations have made res
ervations from Rochester, Mimi, Wi
mona, Red Wing, Mankato, Faribault
Hastings, Anoka, St. Cloud, Willmar
st. James, Fergus Falls, Luverne
and many other smaller towns in
Minnesota, as we'll as from Wis.
consin, Iowa, and the Dakotas.
The largest crowd Of fight fans
IN years here next Tuesday looks
like a certainty.
The big new auditorium is ar
ranged to seat $4,000. The doors
will open at o'clock. First bout
starts at 8:15 sharp. Petrolle and
Tut will enter the ring at 10 o'clock.
And the battle will be on.
The complete program as ar.
ranged to date is as follows:
Billy Petrolle, Fargo, N. D., VS..
King Tut, Minneapolis. Ten rounds
at 135 pounds.
Semiwindup
Dick Daniels, Minneapolis, VS.,
Kenneth Hunt, Des Moines, Ia. Six
rounds at ITS pounds.
Special Event
Herman Ratzlaff, Minot, N. D., VS.
Mike Sauro, st. Paul. Eight rounds
1T 100 pounds.
Joe Gordon, Minneapolis, VS.
Johnny Girarden, Los Angeles
Calf. Six rounds at 100 pounds.
Roy Michaelson, Minneapolis, VS.