42nd PLACE
and AVALON

WRIGLEY FIELD

LOS ANGELES
CALIF.

  

April 17th, 1939

Joe LOUIS vs.
Jack ROPER
WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP
10 ROUNDS
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LOWER STAND
Established Price...$3.03
Federal Tax..........   .31
State Tax..............   .16

$3.50

MICHAEL S. JACOBS
TOM GALLERY
Co-Promoters

  
 
 

 

A full unused ticket to the Joe Louis-Jack Roper heavyweight championship fight which took place at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, California on April 17, 1939... Complete ticket with section, row and seat number made by the Thomson Ticket Company L.A.

measures: 2.5 x 7"
condition: heavy glue and paper on reverse from being removed
from an album page, otherwise fine

sold!!

 
 


STILL THE CHAMP
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JOE LOUIS KO's CHALLENGER
JACK ROPER IN FIRST
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25,000 IN ATTENDANCE
AT WRIGLEY FIELD
 

  
      Champion, Joe Louis, blasted Jack Roper's visions of the heavyweight title last night. Referee George Blake reached the count of ten at 2 minutes, 20 seconds of the very first round. A fight which ended almost before the crowd of 25,000 persons was comfortably seated at Wrigley Field, scene of the battle.
 		  
 

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