The Main Street Athletic Club Amateur Boxing Tournament

The Main Street Athletic Club had so much success with it's first women's boxing class and tournament that it decided to make it an annual event. Eight women signed up in this, the second year of the class, and went through a five-week training course before having their first match, a tune-up prior to the tournament. One of the women who participated was a housewife named Barbara

After witnessing the tune-up matches, the instructors then gave each women a ranking, one through eight, and paired them up accordingly. The first round matches took place on a Friday night with the highest ranked woman facing the lowest ranked and so on down the line. The winner of each match then moved onto the second round which took place on Saturday, and then the winners of those two bouts met in the Championship on Sunday night.

Here were the pairings for the first round:

# 1 Victoria vs. # 8 Nina
# 2 Charlotte vs. # 7 Madeleine
# 3 Melissa vs. # 6 Barbara
# 4 Carol Ann vs. # 5 Diana

Go to the next story to see how Barbara does!

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