The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-14
SOUTHPAW TO MAKE
FIRST APPEARANCE
ON LOCAL PROGRAM
Canadian Welter and Bismarck
Scrapper Will Battle Over
Eight.Round Route
BOTH HAVE GOOD RECORDS
Ernie Potter Will Mix With Wild
Bill HasseIstrom in
Semi-Windup

Dick Demaray, a top-notcher in
the welterweight class now fighting
cut Of Bismarck, will make his first
appearance on q local card Friday.
November %, when he meets Eddie
Kline Of Winnipeg, Canada.
+. The two boys will fight over the
eight-round route in the headline
bout of 30-round program at the
World War Memorial building. The
program will he under the auspices of
the Bismarck Boxing club.
Demaray, who now is fighting un-
der the management of Isham Hall,
spent the summer headquartering
out Of Sioux City, Iowa. Eighteen
fights in q row without loss, that's
his summers record. Six Of his last
IL bouts have been won on knockouts
and the flashing southpaw says he is
In the best condition of his career.
Schedules Three Fights
The bout here will wind up a series
Of three cards On which Demaray will
appear inside Of two weeks beginning
ut Billings, Mont, where he opposes
Jimmie Kreiner, considered by Mon
tana fans as one of the greatest well
terweightS in the business. His sec
ond fight will be at Deadwood, S. D.,
against Young Dempsey of Butte,
Mont, and then he will return here to
taper off for his battle with Kline.
Demaray left Sunday for Billings and
plans to return here before going to
Deadwood.
Ed Rudy, Grand Forks fight pro-
moter, has recommended Kline very
highly. The Winnipeg boy appeared
on several fight cards there and al
ways put up good fight. Rudy says
Kline showed willingness to mix and
his aggressiveness captured the fancy
Of the fans to the extent that he be-
came quite q favorite in the eastern
state city.
Kline's most notable ring achieve
ment in recent months was a hard
eight-round mix with Billy Townsend
Of Vancouver. Townsend took a close
decision from Kline to annex the well
terweight championship of Canada.
Potter In Semi Windup
Ernie Potter Of Fort Lincoln will
trade punches with wild Bill" Has
selStrom In the semi-windup. Both
are heavyweights with Potter weighing
close to 1872 pounds and Hasselstrom
figured to tip the scales at close
10 1913.
Potter, q veteran Of the ring game,
has fought most of the good heavies
In North and South Dakota and Cam
ada IN recent years. He lost a de-
cision to Larry Udell in their first 20
and then came back to hold the Alb
erdeen puncher to draw in their
second encounter. Potter holds de-
cisions over Louis kid" Fettig of
Grand Forks and AL Retzlaff of Leon
ard. Smiling Charley's" younger
brother.
Hasselstrom also has decisions over
Young RetzlaH and Fettig. He put
away kid" Miller Of st. Cloud,
MIMI, for the count in q recent fight
and did the same with Battling San
cor Of Worland, Wyo. Hasselstrorn
Is q newcomer to the fight game in
the state but from reports of his pre-
vtous scraps he is q willing mixer and
. hard-puncher. It will take all of
Potters ring generalship to punch
out q decision over the rugged young
ster.
Four additional four-round pre-
liminaries and curtain raiser fea-
turing the best local talent against
outside opponents will be arranged
to round out the card, the promoters
have announced.