Long Branch, NJ, August 6, 1929, Complete Results from Previously Unreported Card

[DavidKehler]

This card was a benefit for an Eatontown, NJ, police officer who had suffered a serious injury in the line of duty. The card was held at the Ocean View A. A. Arena, an outdoor facility, in Long Branch, NJ, on Tuesday, August 6, 1929. The results of this card have not been previously reported on Boxrec.

Eddie Marks, 134, Perth Amboy, NJ W? (by decision) Bennie Block, 130, Paterson
Manus Hartman, 166, Trenton KO 3 Billy Carroll, 172, Paterson (scheduled for 8)
Ralph Fulton, Trenton W6 Bobby Lavan, Perth Amboy, NJ (weights not reported)
Gypsy Smith, Red Bank, NJ D6 Joe Thomas, Trenton (or Andy Thomas, Asbury Park) (weights not reported)
Brookdale Kelly, Red Bank, NJ D6 George Brown, Long Branch, NJ (weights not reported)

Referee: George Waitt
Attendance: Nearly 1000 according to "Long Branch Daily Record"

Sources for the results: "Long Branch Daily Record", Long Branch, NJ, August 7, 1929, pages 1, 3, and 9; and "Red Bank Register", Red Bank, NJ, August 7, 1929, page 21.

Neither source gives the scheduled distance of the Marks-Block bout. According to the "Red Bank Register", Smith drew with Andy Thomas of Asbury Park. According to the "Long Branch Daily Record", Smith drew with Joe Thomas of Trenton. The Boxrec database has an Andy Thomas from Asbury Park with one middleweight bout in 1924.