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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer

Solly Burns
(Fred Gall)

BORN   Des Moines, Iowa
WEIGHT 135 lbs
1912
May 11 Joe Lacey                   Coalinga, Ca                       W 10
May 22 Willie Robinson             Oakland, Ca                        D  6
Jun  5 Willie Robinson             Oakland, Ca                        W  6
Aug  3 Walter Scott                Daly City, Ca                      D  6
Aug  9 Willie Hoppe                San Francisco, Ca                  L  4
Oct 29 Frankie Gage                Los Angeles, Ca                    D 10

1913
Jan 30 Hal Kelly                   El Paso, Tx                       ND  6
Feb 22 David "Babe" Picato         Vernon, Ca                        LT  4

1914
Jan  1 Georgie Moss                Vernon, Ca                        NC   
Feb  6 Henry Hickey                San Francisco, Ca                 LK  3
Mar 24 Abe Sherman                 San Diego, Ca                      W  4

1915
Mar  5 Dave Smith                  Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico   W 10
Dec 13 Willie Doyle                New York, NY                      WF  4
Dec 25 Johnny Nelson               Philadelphia, Pa                  ND  6
Dec 28 Tommy McFarland             Boston, Ma                         W  8

1916
Feb 12 Eddie Wagond                Philadelphia, Pa                  ND  6
Feb 19 Eddie Wagond                Philadelphia, Pa                  ND  6
Feb 26 Johnny O'Leary              Philadelphia, Pa                  ND  6
May  9 Jimmy Hanlon                St. Paul, Mn                      ND 10
Oct 10 Jack Burke                  Minneapolis, Mn                   ND 10

1917
Apr  9 Charley Suter               Des Moines, Ia                    KO  5
Apr 18 Rich Kennealy               Moline, Il                        KO   
Apr 19 Butch Kenneally             Moline, Il                        TK  3
Apr 26 Jimmy Minor                 Des Moines, Ia                    ND 10
May 18 Al Baldwin                  Des Moines, Ia                    ND 10
May 28 Charles Aronson             Des Moines, Ia                    KO  1
Jun  9 Johnny Noye                 Minneapolis, Mn                   WF  4
Jul 19 Johnny Noye                 Des Moines, Ia                    ND 10
Aug  7 Andy Dans                   Des Moines, Ia                    ND 10
Aug 16 Jimmy Minor                 Des Moines, Ia                    ND 10
Oct  1 Harry Cook                  Perry, Ia                         ND 10
Nov  5 Johnny Cashill              Des Moines, Ia                    TK  7

1918
Mar 25 Jack Casey                  Des Moines, Ia                    KO  2
Apr  5 Johnny Rose                 Des Moines, Ia                    ND 12
Apr 17 Richie Mitchell             Ottawa, Il                        ND 10

1919
Feb 18 Jimmy Hanlon                Des Moines, Ia                    ND 10
          -Some sources report 2/19/1919
Feb 27 Johnny Noye                 Des Moines, Ia                    LF  8
Mar 17 Mike Paulson                Minneapolis, Mn                   ND 10
Apr 22 Otto Wallace                Des Moines, Ia                    ND 12
Sep  4 Bobby Ward                  Minneapolis, Mn                   ND 10
Dec  6 Frankie Tucker              Tulsa, Ok                          D 10

1920
Mar  5 Freddie Hill                Fort Worth, Tx                    TK  9
Mar  9 Bobby Waugh                 Fort Worth, Tx                    ND 12
Apr  9 Jimmy Minor                 Fort Worth, Tx                     W 12
Apr 19 Jimmy Hanlon                Fort Worth, Tx                    LK  6
Apr 26 Freddie Hill                Wichita Falls, Tx                 ND 10
Jun 29 George Lammerson            Bakersfield, Ca                    D  4
Jul 23 Gene Cline                  Fresno, Ca                         D  4
Aug 10 Bobby Green                 San Antonio, Tx                    W 10
Aug 20 Tom Storie                  Fort Worth, Tx                     W 12
Aug 24 Battling Barrere            San Antonio, Tx                    L 10

1921
Oct 14 Jack O'Toole                St. Paul, Mn                      ND  6
Dec 26 Billy Alger                 El Paso, Tx                       LK  6

1925
Oct  6 Harold Reese                Portland, Or                       W  4
Oct 16 Harold Reese                Portland, Or                      LT  2
Dec 16 Phil Bayes                  Salem, Or                         LK  4

1926
Feb  2 Roscoe Hall                 Des Moines, Ia                    LK  5
*** Photo Provided By William Schutte ***

*** Most Data Provided By Luckett Davis ***

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization