Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-04-15
EICHEL TO Fight
JOHNNY SKIES ON
thursdays CARD
Twenty-Five Rounds of Box.
ing Will Bring Ring Tai
ent to Plentywood

TWENTY-FIVE rounds of boxing,
bringing to the squared circle the
greatest array of ring talent ever as
sembled in this section. will feature
the card to be sponsored here next
Thursday night at the city auditor
ium by the local American Legion
post.
Headlining the card will be john
ny Skies, popular and well-known
Williston fighter in the light-heavy-
weight class who will meet Aubrey
Eichel, Regina, Sask., l~ightheayy.
Eichel will appear here against
Skies by gaining preference over
Tiger" Fisher of Moose Jaw, who
had been tentatively signed for the
match. Eichel was chosen over Fish
er in view that he holds two decis-
ions over the Moose Jaw battler in
recent encounters.
The American Legion post this
week made plans to seat the capac-
ity crowd expected to trek to Plenty
wood for the card.
Skies Is Feature
The outstanding card will give
boxing fans in this section an OPP
%portunity to see Skies in action. He
has fought such men as Make Ros-
enbloom, former worlds middle
weight champion, who now ranks
third in the worlds heavyweight di-
vision. Skies has worked his way up
the pugilistic ladder from a hard
hitting kid to a well-groomed ring
general, good enough TO be signed
with Pacific coast top-notchers and
h~ighly-rated world battlers. He is
now in training at Williston ard. in
excellent condition from d steady
campaign in the west, will be in the
best of form for the match.
Eichels Rated
Eichel comes to the States to bat
tie, with a string of victories. Pro-
moter Harry McGee, who contacted
Eichel's manager in Regina last
week, learned that he had not lost
a professional fight since leaving the
amateur ranks. He whipped all
corners in the Electromagnetic
class in Saskatchewan and Manito-
ba, winning the championship and
then took on corners in the heavy
weight class. He now holds both
lightheavy and heavyweight belts in
the two provinces. The main-go is a
scheduled ten round bout.
Hoff VS.. CarricO
Art Hoff, 12S lbs, Radville, Sask.,
dynamiter, popular with local fans,
will meet Champ" Carrico of Great
Falls in the ,semi-windup. Hoff won
his last fight here in SO seconds
against Kid Van Dee of Minot, N.
D. Matchmaker MCGEE has found in
Carrico a suitable opponent for the
Canadian. Carrico ONE from the
stable of Al Rossberg at Great Falls,
a veteran ring campaigner.
Harrington VS.. KakOsni
Ben Harrington, Sheridan county
ring general, will step through the
ropes to battle Johnny Vakosni of
Great Falls in a four-round prelim-
mary. Both boys weigh $50 pounds.
Harrington fought on many cards in
this section a few years ago and at
the last bout here, from the ring,
challenged Larry Kellum, who head
lined several cards here last winter,
to a bout.
Punching Bag Exhibition
AS an added attraction, the post
brings to P~lentywood f. E. Stefono-
wicz, W~ildrose, N. d., bag puncher.
Stefonowicz is a master at the art
and punches one to five bags at a
time. His act is rated exceptionally
good.
Curtain Raiser
Battling" Heron meets king
Kong Toftness in a two-round cur
toip roica, Tho on III nladinto &c
won the plaudits of the big crowd at
the last card here and will be throw
ing leather from the opening gong.
The first bout gets under way at
$3.50.