According to an article by Johnny Schiff (probably written by a ghostwriter) on the subject of boxers' real names in the January 11, 1914 edition of the Los Angeles Times on Newspapers.com, Hobo Dougherty's real name was Burke Cantor. A one-time newsboy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he later received the nickname of "Hobo" because he "beat his way out here to Los Angeles." When he started fighting at Naud Junction in Los Angeles, he became known as "Hobo Dougherty" because his manager was Jack Dougherty. He probably was best-known for his friendship with Ad Wolgast. At the time the article appeared in the Times, he was an actor in the "Majestic motion picture company."
According to his card on the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 database on Ancestry.com, one Burke Cantor was born in New York, New York on March 27, 1892. At the time of his registration, he was residing with his wife, Lucille, in Glendale, California and employed by John Alexander in Los Angeles, California. Sporting a cauliflower left ear, he was 5 feet, 5-1/2 inches in height and weighed 145 pounds.
According to the Find A Grave website, one Burke Cantor was born on March 27, 1892 and died on September 3, 1963. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California.
According to the U.S. Census Records on Ancestry.com, one Burke Cantor, a 19-year-old native of New York and a "Pugilist," was living with his father, Joseph; mother, Annie; three brothers; and three sisters in Los Angeles, California during 1910. Joseph's parents were born in Russia.
Note- It appears that Hobo Dougherty was Jewish.
According to an article by Johnny Schiff (probably written by a ghostwriter) on the subject of boxers' real names in the January 11, 1914 edition of the Los Angeles Times on Newspapers.com, Hobo Dougherty's real name was Burke Cantor. A one-time newsboy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he later received the nickname of "Hobo" because he "beat his way out here to Los Angeles." When he started fighting at Naud Junction in Los Angeles, he became known as "Hobo Dougherty" because his manager was Jack Dougherty. He probably was best-known for his friendship with Ad Wolgast. At the time the article appeared in the Times, he was an actor in the "Majestic motion picture company."
According to his card on the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 database on Ancestry.com, one Burke Cantor was born in New York, New York on March 27, 1892. At the time of his registration, he was residing with his wife, Lucille, in Glendale, California and employed by John Alexander in Los Angeles, California. Sporting a cauliflower left ear, he was 5 feet, 5-1/2 inches in height and weighed 145 pounds.
According to the Find A Grave website, one Burke Cantor was born on March 27, 1892 and died on September 3, 1963. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California.
According to the U.S. Census Records on Ancestry.com, one Burke Cantor, a 19-year-old native of New York and a "Pugilist," was living with his father, Joseph; mother, Annie; three brothers; and three sisters in Los Angeles, California during 1910. Joseph's parents were born in Russia.
Note- It appears that Hobo Dougherty was Jewish.
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