Here are the complete results from a card held at Convention Hall, Camden, NJ, on Friday, September 13, 1929, which was a benefit for the Matthews-Purnell Post 518 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Results from this card are previously unreported on Boxrec.
Floyd Hybert, 148, Cleveland W8 Jesse Goss, 138 1/2, Trenton
Midget Fox, 136, Philadelphia W8 Frankie Rapp, 134, Camden
Herbert Brandon, 131, Philadelphia KO6 Eddie Barton, 135, Long Branch, NJ (scheduled for 8)
Charley Roberts, 118, Newark, NJ W8 Bobby Zimmerman, 115, Camden
Referee: Harry Ertle
Attendance: "a meagre audience of perhaps 1000 spectators", according to the "Evening Courier" of Camden, NJ.
This card was plagued by a number of late substitutions, resulting in Goss agreeing to face the much heavier Hybert. According to the "Evening Courier", Goss "took a terrific lacing". Five bouts were advertised but only four were contested.
Sources for the results: "Evening Courier", Camden, NJ, September, 14, 1929, page 12, and "The Morning Post", Camden, NJ, September 14, 1929, page 27.
Source for preview and advertising for the card: "Evening Courier", Camden, NJ, September 13, 1929, page 28.
Camden, NJ, September 13, 1929, Complete Results from Previously Unreported Card
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