Austin and Salt

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Austin and Salt was a boxing promoting partnership of Lonnie Austin and Caruso "Dan" Salt, based in Seattle, WA, USA, that lasted from 1911 (or 1914, depending on the source) to 1925. They may have been brothers.

They opened a new club/boxing gym March 28, 1923 at 1630 Ninth Street (corner of Olive) in Seattle, per the Bremerton, WA, Daily News Searchlight. The April 21 Tacoma News Tribune published an article on this new club. There was a large blackboard in the main room that gave the up-coming fight lineup and information of other sports of interest. The gymnasium itself had a permanent boxing ring and could seat 700 people. Harry Morrissey was in charge of the food counter, selling food, drinks, and cigars.

See some additional history here: BOXING: HAROLD HOSHINO, THE JAPANESE SANDMAN, by Joseph R. Svinth.

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