Benny Bass Query

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 18 Feb 2002, 00:24

I have a CNA (contemporary newspaper account/article) reporting a Jan. 18, 1929 Benny Bass (of Philly) KO-2 Joey Rivers (Kansas City, MO) @ St. Louis. Is this THE Benny Bass?

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=09585

ric

$ bill · Post by **$ bill** » 18 Feb 2002, 01:46

Could be ligit. Joe(y)(in database as Joe)Rivers, out of Kansas City, fought in St Louis area. He beat Eddie (Cowboy) Anderson. Anderson had a three fight series with THE Benny Bass about a year late(1930). Non-Editor. Outsiders opinion, I would include it. Many older bouts, particularly for lesser known fighters, are missing from boxing records. Some appear in local newspapers and not reported elsewhere. It would require a vast monumental effort to find and include these bouts. You might suggest newspapers that need to be researched and maybe you could get parties from those areas to help.

Jazzbo · Post by **Jazzbo** » 18 Feb 2002, 09:33

I have the 1936 "Post Boxing Record". Benny Bass fight with Joey Rivers on 1/18/29 is listed as a KO in the 2nd round.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 18 Feb 2002, 12:30

That's what I have doing, $Bill - going through papers from my area and trying to locate bouts of boxers no one elsewhere has heard of since they fought, as well as for more well-knowns, like Doc Snell and Wildcat Carter. In the process I jot down notes or print from microfilm articles where a batch of nation-wide bouts are given, then come home and compare those to what BoxRec has. It would be the ideal if other editors went through their local papers, too. But that IS a monumental task. After all, we have other tasks and projects in our lives. ric

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 18 Feb 2002, 13:08

I'm sure not a lot of people understand the amount of time and effort that is put into this research. Spending days peering at old newspapers that are faded and wrinkled, no real sports section, boxing clips scattered amongst the elixir and sarsasparilla ads. Chasing down fights that were postponed, results of fights not printed in the next days paper and sloppy reporting giving none of the details-date-location. So helluva a job by the guys that do this!!