Here are results from a card held at the Walnut Street ball field in Salem, NJ, on Thursday, June 27, 1929. The Boxrec database has Jack Gross stopping Carl Carter in the first round of a ten round bout as the only contest listed from this card. Carl Carter was a New York heavyweight in that era, while there is no Carl Harper in the Boxrec database. Here is how the results were reported by the "Evening Courier":
Jack Gross, 202, Salem, NJ KO3 Carl Harper, 198, New York (scheduled for 8)
"Hong" Stein, 145, Salem, NJ KO6 Carl Corbett, 155, Camden (scheduled for 6)
Jack McMurray, 143, Salem, NJ KO4 Mike Dawson, 163, Wildwood, NJ (scheduled for 4)
Young Washington, 140, Salem, NJ D4 Carboy Lash, 143, Vineland, NJ
Chick Farley, 127, Millville, NJ D4 Kid Reeves, 125, Millville, NJ
Young Daldow, 130, Salem, NJ D4 Kid Rosko, 128, Vineland, NJ
Stein is likely the boxer who was billed as Hong Kong on other shows in southern New Jersey in that era.
Source for the results: "Evening Courier", Camden, NJ, June 28, 1929, page 40.
Salem, NJ, June 27, 1929, Complete Results
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