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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer

James "Curley" Supples
(James Supple)

BORN   January 18 1880; Buffalo, New York
DIED September 12 1933
HEIGHT   5-6
WEIGHT 120-142 lbs
MANAGERS George Tuohey, Jimmy Mann

 

 

1897
Jul 20 Tom Kennedy                Lockport, NY                      D  8
May 14 Ike Lampshire              Buffalo, NY                       W  8

1898
Jan  1 Mike Quinlan               Lockport, NY                     KO  3
Feb 16 Harry Lemons               Niagara Falls,                    D  8
Mar 24 Luke Stevens               Lockport, NY                      L 20
Oct 25 Billy Kennedy              Sandusky, Oh                     TK  3
Dec 20 Jeff Powers                Newburgh, Oh                      W 10

1899
Feb  7 Jeff Powers                Rockport, Oh                      D 20
Aug 14 Hiram Goldstein            Buffalo, NY                       D 10
Nov 16 Jack Kelly                 Crestline, Oh                    KO  7
Dec 11 Emilio "Emil" Sanchez      Detroit, Mi                      WF  6
Dec 29 Emilio "Emil" Sanchez      Detroit, Mi                       W 10

1900
Jan 23 Jim Popp                   Detroit, Mi                       D 10
Feb  3 "Chicago" Jack Daly        Chicago, Il                       W  6
Feb  7 Reddy Phillips             Ann Arbor, Mi                     W  6
Feb 28 Reddy Phillips             Detroit, Mi                      EX  4
Mar  9 George Ryan                Milwaukee, Wi                     W  6
Apr 16 Jim Popp                   Milwaukee, Wi                     D  6
May  7 Jack Abbott                Omaha, Ne                        KO   
May  8 Lou Agnew                  Omaha, Ne                        KO 20
May 21 Otto Sieloff               Akron, Oh                         L 20
May 29 Jim Popp                   Detroit, Mi                       D 15
Jul  9 Hiram Goldstein            Buffalo, NY                       D 20
Aug 10 Gus Gardner                Erie, Pa                          D 20

1901
Feb    Farmer Davis               Buffalo, NY                      WF   
May  3 Otto Sieloff               Milwaukee, Wi                    LK  1
Jun    Harry Lemons               Windber, Pa                       W 10
Nov 11 William "Spike" Sullivan   Fort Erie, Ont, Canada            W 20

1902
Feb 17 Tom Couhig                 Fort Erie, Ont, Canada           LT 17
Mar 17 Frank Erne                 Fort Erie, Ont, Canada           LK  6
          -Some sources report this as a Lightweight 
           Championship of the World contest
Apr  7 George "Elbows" McFadden   New Britain, Ct                  LK  5
Jun 10 Art Simms                  Fort Erie, Ont, Canada            W 20
Dec an unnamed opponent           Liverpool, England                W   
         -Supples used the name "Jem Clark" for this bout
Dec 29 Eddie Connelly             Liverpool, England                W 15
         -Supples used the name "Jem Clark" for this bout

1903
       Dave Peters                in England                        W   
       Jem Maloney                in England                        W   
       George Moran               in England                        W   
       Charles Knock              in England                        W   
May 15 Andy Watson                Boston, Ma                       WF 11

1904
Mar 14 Neill "Mull" Bowser        Beaver Falls, Pa                 ND 15
Apr 10 Art Simms                  Sharon, Pa                        D 10
          -Some sources report 4/18/1904
Jun 23 Kid Fredericks             Buffalo, NY                      LK  3
          -Some sources report Lake Erie, Mi (on a barge)
Jul 25 Kid Fredericks             Fort Erie, Ont, Canada           TK  1
          -Police intervened; Some sources report "NC 1" on 7/26/1904 at "Buffalo, NY"
Nov 24 Jack Ryan                  Bradford, Pa                     KO  8

1905
Jun  9 Cy Flynn                   Buffalo, NY                       D 10
Dec  4 Frank Morgan               Charleroi, Pa                    LK  1
Dec 22 Gus Gardner                Buffalo, NY                      LK  2

1906
Mar  9 Leo Gregg                  Niagara Falls, NY                KO  5
Mar 23 Al Greenwood               New York, NY                     ND  3

1907
Feb 15 Jimmy Potts                Minneapolis, Mn                   D 10
Mar 12 Jimmy Potts                Minneapolis, Mn                   D 10

1911
Aug 25 Jack Dexter                Buffalo, NY                      ND  6

*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1897
       George Green               Lockport, NY                     KO  3
       Fred Ryan                  Buffalo, NY                      KO  3
Nov    Jake Zobert                Buffalo, NY                      KO  1
Nov    Jake Zobert                Buffalo, NY                      KO  2
Nov    Jake Zobert                Buffalo, NY                      KO  3
Nov 25 Vic McDonough              Lockport, NY                     KO 25

1898
Feb    Tom McCarthy               Buffalo, NY                       W 10

1899
Mar 25 Jeff Powers                Cleveland, Oh                     D 20

1900
Jun  6 Jim Popp                   Detroit, Mi                       D 15

*** Much Data Was Provided By William Schutte ***

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization