Title:
Boxing Ring at Dock and Main Streets, July 3, 1940
Description:
Rodger Elliott was pitted against Richard Boyd with Harold Blanton refereeing as part of a series of fights. Fourth of July celebrations also included the annual parade, bicycle race, soapbox derby, pie eating contest, baseball game, motorboat races, fishing contests and a dance.
Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, 7/3/1940
"Pros Feature Of Tonight's Boxing Card
Golden Gloves Champ And Other Battlers Please Promoter
A boxing card considered by Harold Blanton as "the best I ever put on," headlined by two professional fights, is scheduled to swing into action at 7 o'clock tonight.
Headlining the card are a quartet of swingers who, judging from the experience and showing in training, are the most talented performers in the art of shoving leather ever to do battle here.
The final bout pits Tom Holliday, winner of the northwest golden gloves tourney at San Francisco two years ago in the welterweight division, against Art Anderson, who has had 40 professional and amateur fights. Holliday will be fighting as a middleweight tonight.
In the other feature attraction, the next to the last encounter, a couple of tough looking heavy-weights will tangle. They are Steve Green, who has had 70 professional fights in Tacoma and Seattle, and Dominich Tarabachix, who learned his fisticuffs at St. Paul, Minnesota.
EIGHT OTHER BOUTS
Eight other bouts between per-formers who have appeared in the ring here before make up the rest of the card. In order of their appearance they are: Corky Brown vs. Doug Handy, Buddy Clark vs. Victor Klose, Rollo Bray vs. Frank Jones, Cooney Starr vs. "Smiling" Jack Warren, Tommy Chambers vs. Al Stromer, Mel Cushing vs. Roy Phillips, and Rodger Elliott vs. Richard Boyd.
Elliott, who has done well in previous bouts here, has been in southern California attending university this winter, during which time he became huskier looking, although he wasn't the slightest bit frail before. Boyd is expected to give him plenty of competition. Both are heavy-weights.
"This is the first time the boys have had a chance to work out much before the fight, so consequently they are in better fighting condition than the fighters on previous cards," said Promoter Blanton today."
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Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, 7/3/1940
"Many Events Feature Holiday Uneasy State of World Gives
Added Meaning to the Celebration
Ketchikan had its biggest July 4 parade yesterday and for the first time in 10 years had special Independence day services as it joined the nation in a display of patriotism which was more enthusiastic, yet more serious than in recent years.
The parade was half a mile long and contained 26 floats, seven of which were Ketchikan Public Utilities floats. Full representation in the parade by lodges, by unions and other groups accounted for the unusual number of marchers. In addition there were more than 100 children in the parade, each carrying a flag.
It started on schedule, swept on schedule past the reviewing stand, where stood Commander F A. Zeusler and Lieutenant F. K. Johnson of the coast guard, and finished on schedule. As it marched back from Mahoney heights the parade split up, floats going by the hospital to permit patients to see the elaborately decorated and record number of these displays.
FLOAT WINNERS
The Elks float, showing a huge Elks head and a colonial lady sawing a flag with an old spinning wheel, was adjudged the prize float. Other prize winners, in order named, were entered by the Moose, Pioneers, and Red Men. A float by the Filipinos of Ketchikan won honorable mention. Judges were Herb Munter, Earl Cooper and Don Wright.
The parade was followed by awarding prizes for the baby parade. The little tots caused a wave of "Oh's" and "Ah's" as they toddled through the streets.
The special exercises, conducted by the legion shortly after the parade, drew a capacity crowd at the Coliseum theater. They began with the legion ritual by Commander C. M. Archbold, First Vice Commander Dewey Knight, Second Vice Commander Harry Levy and Chaplain Grant McGregor. Charles Hattrick led the audience in singing "America." The Rev. Wm. Archie Matson, introduced by Mayor McCain, was the speaker of the day.
JUVENILE SPORTS
A program at sports was held in the afternoon. The juvenile sports program began with a bicycle race from the garbage dump to the center of town. Gene Whipple was first and John Taylor second.
In the soapbox derby Tiny Turner, Richard Bussanich and Winton Arnold finished in the order named.
Winners in the juvenile races follow, with winners named in order:
Boys under 16---Max Anderes, Laurence Christomas, John Bussanich. Girls under 16---Violet Rogenes, Rosemary Cowan, Ruth Bressler. Boys under 12---Harry King, John Tetter, Robert Hansen. Girls under 12---Violet Rogenes, Gloria Petersen, Rosemary Cowan. Boys 8 and under--- Brownby Fadden, Arthur Wilson, Bruce Rodger Petersen. Girls 8 and under---Anna May Benson, Grace Ridley, Joyce Vig.
Sack race for boys 12 and under --- Ronald Clark, Robert Hansen, Andrew Thompson. Sack race for girls 12 and under---Violet Rogenes, Gloria Petersen, Vivian Jensen. Boys three-legged race-Tom Gutbrie and Richard Barros, Robert Hansen and Sam Swenning, Victor Kiose and Ron-aid Clark. Girls three-legged race-Violet Rogenes and Irene Iversen, Colleen Poole and Gloria Petersen, Patricia Clark and Ruth Bressler.
SPECIAL EVENT
A special, 100 yard race was run by Mrs. Laura Bartholomew, Mrs. Queenie Mackie and Vida Rich, the runners finishing in the order named in a close race.
Pie and cracker eating contests amused the spectators with the gusto displayed by contestants. Pie eating winners were Tom Guthrie, Edmond Boyd and Charles Whipple. Cracker-eating winners were Fred Boyd, Kenneth Setter and John Tetter.
Later in the afternoon there was a tug of war on the federal building site and a program of water sports. A baseball game in the evening and a dance wound up the July 4 program.
VICIOUS PUNCHES
Wednesday night it was announced that Evelyn Walker won the most points in the queen contest. She was crowned after the parade.
Harold Blanton staged a boxing card Wednesday night packed with action and excitement. The fighters weren't pulling their punches. Knockdowns were nuerous and there were several kayoes.
The most exciting was the one between Dominich Tarabachix of St. Paul and Steve Green of Seattle and Tacoma. Tarabachix went down twice, once in the first and once in the second, the last time for the count of eight. In the third round he caught Green on the chin. Green was unable to rise during and after the count and had to be helped away from the scene of battle.
The water sports furnished some unscheduled thrills. In an outboard motorboat race, Rodger Elliott, who was leading at the fourth lap, overturned. Harold Snyder and Art Liljestrand collided on a turn in the fourth lap, forcing both entrants to quit the race.
NARROW ESCAPE
Spectators expected a tragedy in the swimming events when the seiner Ann Page came down the channel heading straight for swimmers Dean Stems and Jim Jensen. The boat swung around just in time to avoid them by what appeared, from the shore, to be inches.
Winners in the water sports follow in the order they finished:
One man rowboat face - Victor Tayo, C. O. Richardson.
Outboard motorboat race, 10 horsepower and under --- Armis Horn (only entrant).
Two man rowboat race-Billy Whiton and Joe Williams, Alfred and Joe Shields, Daniel Olsen and Leland Daniels.
Outboard motorboat race, 10 horsepower and over --- Gareld Banta, Fred Rockhill and Fred Trus.
Ladies swimming --- Donnabell Talbot (only entrant).
Open swimming---Dean Sterns, Jim Jensen.
Outboard motorboat balloon race---Fred True, Bifi Bailey, Ho-man McLane.
Fishing contest --- George Fitz, Victor Tayo, C. Richardson.
Free for all motorboat race - Fred Trus, Gareld Banta, Fred Rockhill.
A harvest of dogfish and cod was reaped in the fishing contest.
The Ketchikan Shrine band put in a strenuous day, playing in the morning and afternoon. The band serenaded the waterfront crowds during water sports from the coast coast guard cutter Nemaha, which assisted with the sports.
BABY PARADE AWARDS
Fifty-nine awards were made for the baby parade. Awards were as follows:
Best dressed --- Heather MacKenzie, as a drum major; Kathleen Pool, in Alaska Parka costume; Sandra MacGregor, Dutch girl.
Best sustained --- Nancy and Harcourt Tew, Mexican costume; Audrey Miller, student in cap and gown; Sharon Loomis, cupid; Joyce Hall and Bobby Newell, Spanish costume.
Most comical---Herman Loomis, rainbird; Mary Janet Zabriskie, as "Two Ton" Tony Galento.
Most original --- Donny Finzel, advertising the Alaska highway; Phyllis Ann Bellingerm, kewpie.
Most patriotic --- Plum Synon, Clark Stump, Bobby Bailey and Marie Mendenhall.
Others receiving awards include Nancy Mae Wagner, Dicky Dinham, Judith Hessler, Bobby and Tommy McKinstry, Diane Soholt, John Broughton, Douglas Vig, Carl Tifly, Denny Burrows, Peppy Olson, Tommy Householder, John Cashen, Ronald Soholt.
Carol MacKenzie, Jerry Wilson, Sharon Hanson, Anna Louise Knight, Janet Tetter, Skippy Thompson, Arthur Wilson, Robert Spaeth, Marilyn Barricklow, Hildred Jensen and Nancy Knight.
Fritz Jensen, employe of the Ketchikan Cold Storage company, won the cruiser given away by the Elks lodge last night."
Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, 7/3/1940
"Pros Feature Of Tonight's Boxing Card
Golden Gloves Champ And Other Battlers Please Promoter
A boxing card considered by Harold Blanton as "the best I ever put on," headlined by two professional fights, is scheduled to swing into action at 7 o'clock tonight.
Headlining the card are a quartet of swingers who, judging from the experience and showing in training, are the most talented performers in the art of shoving leather ever to do battle here.
The final bout pits Tom Holliday, winner of the northwest golden gloves tourney at San Francisco two years ago in the welterweight division, against Art Anderson, who has had 40 professional and amateur fights. Holliday will be fighting as a middleweight tonight.
In the other feature attraction, the next to the last encounter, a couple of tough looking heavy-weights will tangle. They are Steve Green, who has had 70 professional fights in Tacoma and Seattle, and Dominich Tarabachix, who learned his fisticuffs at St. Paul, Minnesota.
EIGHT OTHER BOUTS
Eight other bouts between per-formers who have appeared in the ring here before make up the rest of the card. In order of their appearance they are: Corky Brown vs. Doug Handy, Buddy Clark vs. Victor Klose, Rollo Bray vs. Frank Jones, Cooney Starr vs. "Smiling" Jack Warren, Tommy Chambers vs. Al Stromer, Mel Cushing vs. Roy Phillips, and Rodger Elliott vs. Richard Boyd.
Elliott, who has done well in previous bouts here, has been in southern California attending university this winter, during which time he became huskier looking, although he wasn't the slightest bit frail before. Boyd is expected to give him plenty of competition. Both are heavy-weights.
"This is the first time the boys have had a chance to work out much before the fight, so consequently they are in better fighting condition than the fighters on previous cards," said Promoter Blanton today."
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Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, 7/3/1940
"Many Events Feature Holiday Uneasy State of World Gives
Added Meaning to the Celebration
Ketchikan had its biggest July 4 parade yesterday and for the first time in 10 years had special Independence day services as it joined the nation in a display of patriotism which was more enthusiastic, yet more serious than in recent years.
The parade was half a mile long and contained 26 floats, seven of which were Ketchikan Public Utilities floats. Full representation in the parade by lodges, by unions and other groups accounted for the unusual number of marchers. In addition there were more than 100 children in the parade, each carrying a flag.
It started on schedule, swept on schedule past the reviewing stand, where stood Commander F A. Zeusler and Lieutenant F. K. Johnson of the coast guard, and finished on schedule. As it marched back from Mahoney heights the parade split up, floats going by the hospital to permit patients to see the elaborately decorated and record number of these displays.
FLOAT WINNERS
The Elks float, showing a huge Elks head and a colonial lady sawing a flag with an old spinning wheel, was adjudged the prize float. Other prize winners, in order named, were entered by the Moose, Pioneers, and Red Men. A float by the Filipinos of Ketchikan won honorable mention. Judges were Herb Munter, Earl Cooper and Don Wright.
The parade was followed by awarding prizes for the baby parade. The little tots caused a wave of "Oh's" and "Ah's" as they toddled through the streets.
The special exercises, conducted by the legion shortly after the parade, drew a capacity crowd at the Coliseum theater. They began with the legion ritual by Commander C. M. Archbold, First Vice Commander Dewey Knight, Second Vice Commander Harry Levy and Chaplain Grant McGregor. Charles Hattrick led the audience in singing "America." The Rev. Wm. Archie Matson, introduced by Mayor McCain, was the speaker of the day.
JUVENILE SPORTS
A program at sports was held in the afternoon. The juvenile sports program began with a bicycle race from the garbage dump to the center of town. Gene Whipple was first and John Taylor second.
In the soapbox derby Tiny Turner, Richard Bussanich and Winton Arnold finished in the order named.
Winners in the juvenile races follow, with winners named in order:
Boys under 16---Max Anderes, Laurence Christomas, John Bussanich. Girls under 16---Violet Rogenes, Rosemary Cowan, Ruth Bressler. Boys under 12---Harry King, John Tetter, Robert Hansen. Girls under 12---Violet Rogenes, Gloria Petersen, Rosemary Cowan. Boys 8 and under--- Brownby Fadden, Arthur Wilson, Bruce Rodger Petersen. Girls 8 and under---Anna May Benson, Grace Ridley, Joyce Vig.
Sack race for boys 12 and under --- Ronald Clark, Robert Hansen, Andrew Thompson. Sack race for girls 12 and under---Violet Rogenes, Gloria Petersen, Vivian Jensen. Boys three-legged race-Tom Gutbrie and Richard Barros, Robert Hansen and Sam Swenning, Victor Kiose and Ron-aid Clark. Girls three-legged race-Violet Rogenes and Irene Iversen, Colleen Poole and Gloria Petersen, Patricia Clark and Ruth Bressler.
SPECIAL EVENT
A special, 100 yard race was run by Mrs. Laura Bartholomew, Mrs. Queenie Mackie and Vida Rich, the runners finishing in the order named in a close race.
Pie and cracker eating contests amused the spectators with the gusto displayed by contestants. Pie eating winners were Tom Guthrie, Edmond Boyd and Charles Whipple. Cracker-eating winners were Fred Boyd, Kenneth Setter and John Tetter.
Later in the afternoon there was a tug of war on the federal building site and a program of water sports. A baseball game in the evening and a dance wound up the July 4 program.
VICIOUS PUNCHES
Wednesday night it was announced that Evelyn Walker won the most points in the queen contest. She was crowned after the parade.
Harold Blanton staged a boxing card Wednesday night packed with action and excitement. The fighters weren't pulling their punches. Knockdowns were nuerous and there were several kayoes.
The most exciting was the one between Dominich Tarabachix of St. Paul and Steve Green of Seattle and Tacoma. Tarabachix went down twice, once in the first and once in the second, the last time for the count of eight. In the third round he caught Green on the chin. Green was unable to rise during and after the count and had to be helped away from the scene of battle.
The water sports furnished some unscheduled thrills. In an outboard motorboat race, Rodger Elliott, who was leading at the fourth lap, overturned. Harold Snyder and Art Liljestrand collided on a turn in the fourth lap, forcing both entrants to quit the race.
NARROW ESCAPE
Spectators expected a tragedy in the swimming events when the seiner Ann Page came down the channel heading straight for swimmers Dean Stems and Jim Jensen. The boat swung around just in time to avoid them by what appeared, from the shore, to be inches.
Winners in the water sports follow in the order they finished:
One man rowboat face - Victor Tayo, C. O. Richardson.
Outboard motorboat race, 10 horsepower and under --- Armis Horn (only entrant).
Two man rowboat race-Billy Whiton and Joe Williams, Alfred and Joe Shields, Daniel Olsen and Leland Daniels.
Outboard motorboat race, 10 horsepower and over --- Gareld Banta, Fred Rockhill and Fred Trus.
Ladies swimming --- Donnabell Talbot (only entrant).
Open swimming---Dean Sterns, Jim Jensen.
Outboard motorboat balloon race---Fred True, Bifi Bailey, Ho-man McLane.
Fishing contest --- George Fitz, Victor Tayo, C. Richardson.
Free for all motorboat race - Fred Trus, Gareld Banta, Fred Rockhill.
A harvest of dogfish and cod was reaped in the fishing contest.
The Ketchikan Shrine band put in a strenuous day, playing in the morning and afternoon. The band serenaded the waterfront crowds during water sports from the coast coast guard cutter Nemaha, which assisted with the sports.
BABY PARADE AWARDS
Fifty-nine awards were made for the baby parade. Awards were as follows:
Best dressed --- Heather MacKenzie, as a drum major; Kathleen Pool, in Alaska Parka costume; Sandra MacGregor, Dutch girl.
Best sustained --- Nancy and Harcourt Tew, Mexican costume; Audrey Miller, student in cap and gown; Sharon Loomis, cupid; Joyce Hall and Bobby Newell, Spanish costume.
Most comical---Herman Loomis, rainbird; Mary Janet Zabriskie, as "Two Ton" Tony Galento.
Most original --- Donny Finzel, advertising the Alaska highway; Phyllis Ann Bellingerm, kewpie.
Most patriotic --- Plum Synon, Clark Stump, Bobby Bailey and Marie Mendenhall.
Others receiving awards include Nancy Mae Wagner, Dicky Dinham, Judith Hessler, Bobby and Tommy McKinstry, Diane Soholt, John Broughton, Douglas Vig, Carl Tifly, Denny Burrows, Peppy Olson, Tommy Householder, John Cashen, Ronald Soholt.
Carol MacKenzie, Jerry Wilson, Sharon Hanson, Anna Louise Knight, Janet Tetter, Skippy Thompson, Arthur Wilson, Robert Spaeth, Marilyn Barricklow, Hildred Jensen and Nancy Knight.
Fritz Jensen, employe of the Ketchikan Cold Storage company, won the cruiser given away by the Elks lodge last night."
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 81.9.5.184
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Downtown boxing ring
Downtown boxing ring