Bachelors Club - Revision history

Emaster: adjusted category name

2008-04-04T17:32:08Z

adjusted category name

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Rowdytimothy: Reverted edits by Rowdytimothy (Talk); changed back to last version by Ric

2007-12-20T02:00:49Z

Reverted edits by Rowdytimothy (Talk); changed back to last version by Ric

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Rowdytimothy: delete unnecessary category

2007-12-19T23:40:11Z

delete unnecessary category

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Ric at 20:29, 24 June 2005

2005-06-24T20:29:30Z

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	The Bachelors Club was started in 1933 by [[Tex Salkeld]], who at the time was a manager and trainer of boxers in the Portland area. It operated shows on Fridays nights initially. The shows were almost always filled with bouts of no more than four rounds in length. The club was designed to develop talent for the larger shows at the [[Portland Auditorium]], which it often competed with on the weekly boxing calendar. Eventually Salkeld became the promoter at the Portland Auditorium, and would shut the venue down in late 1934, after running both Portland shows for a few months.		The Bachelors Club was started in 1933 by [[Tex Salkeld]], who at the time was a manager and trainer of boxers in the Portland area. It operated shows on Fridays nights initially. The shows were almost always filled with bouts of no more than four rounds in length. The club was designed to develop talent for the larger shows at the [[Portland Auditorium]], which it often competed with on the weekly boxing calendar. Eventually Salkeld became the promoter at the Portland Auditorium, and would shut the venue down in late 1934, after running both Portland shows for a few months.

	The club would ~~occassionally~~ resurface as a boxing venue during the late 1930s, and early 40s, putting on main events of a 6, 8, or 10 round length. Like most promotions in Portland during this period, the shows were not very successful financially.		The club would occasionally resurface as a boxing venue during the late 1930s, and early 40s, putting on main events of a 6, 8, or 10 round length. Like most promotions in Portland during this period, the shows were not very successful financially.

	[[Category:Oregon Venues\|Bachelors Club]]		[[Category:Oregon Venues\|Bachelors Club]]
	[[Category:Portland (OR) Venues\|Bachelors Club]]		[[Category:Portland (OR) Venues\|Bachelors Club]]

Matt at 20:10, 24 June 2005

2005-06-24T20:10:21Z

New page

The Bachelors Club was located in Portland, Oregon's St. John's neighborhood, which was one of the top producers of boxing talent at the time, along with the Albina neighborhood.

The Bachelors Club was started in 1933 by [[Tex Salkeld]], who at the time was a manager and trainer of boxers in the Portland area. It operated shows on Fridays nights initially. The shows were almost always filled with bouts of no more than four rounds in length. The club was designed to develop talent for the larger shows at the [[Portland Auditorium]], which it often competed with on the weekly boxing calendar. Eventually Salkeld became the promoter at the Portland Auditorium, and would shut the venue down in late 1934, after running both Portland shows for a few months.

The club would occassionally resurface as a boxing venue during the late 1930s, and early 40s, putting on main events of a 6, 8, or 10 round length. Like most promotions in Portland during this period, the shows were not very successful financially.

[[Category:Oregon Venues|Bachelors Club]]
[[Category:Portland (OR) Venues|Bachelors Club]]