The San Francisco call., 1908-10-24
Great Boxing Card for
the Smyth Benefit
Cream of Amateur Performers
Billed to Appear at Dream
land Tuesday Night

The greatest amateur boxing card
that has ever been offered the patrons
OF the manly art in this city will be
on the list at the mammoth Bob"
Smyth benefit at Dreamland rink Tues
day evening. Eight mills will be down
for decision, including boxers of every
class from the 105 pound division up
to the heavy weight tribe. Every
boxer who has shown any class within
two years is signed to compete. Aside
from the boxing show a vaudeville car
nival is in store for the crowd.
Boxing Supervisors Nick J. Prender-
gast and William J. Leonard spent a
busy night sorting out the large crowd
OF candidates at the Olympic club.
Every boxer whose name was on the
registration list was put over the
jumps and forced to show the best he
had Only the stars of the crowd were
retained, and there were so many good
ones. that the commissioners Were in
g. quandary at the finish as to whom to
select.
Before they signed their names to
the roll each scrapper was notified that
he was entering a strictly amateur car
nival and that he must live UP TO the
law in every sense The bouts will be
of. three rounds duration. each, with
q fourth round added if called by the
judges
There will be two contests for the
LOB pound honors. Eddie Campi of the
go against James Bizzio, a fast lad
from the North End club, who is reck-
oned as a conner. In addition John
Goldberg of the Richmond club and
tain the crowd. Both these mills are
looked upon as great possibilities.
For the crown in the lis pound class
John Arron of the North End club will
Olympic club champion, and great
mill is expected In the 125J pound
class Champion Lawrence Granfield and
his old rival, Matt Twomey of the
Fred Ireland unattached, and Ed
Schultz. also unattached, are on the
list Phil sNoonan of the Olympic club
is on the card as an added starter.
Ed catlin of the Dreamiand- club and
Milton Hoffman, a likely looking unat-
tached boxer, were paired off as the
most likely candidates in the 135 pound
class, Matt Granfield, the hard hitting
Olympic club .weiter weight, will take
on Chester Arlington and has agreeG
to allow the latter to come In at 15o
pounds. as he failed to make the 145
Two big fellows. Charley Miller and
Walter Monahan, both of the Dream
land club, were selected to do the
horors IN the heavy weight bout. Mill
Ter has started several times before
and is well known to the fans. His
opponent is a big. strapping fellow, anc
said to be real slashing mixer so
clash.
Matt A. Harris, the popular Olympic
club referee. VIII act as the third man
In the ring. The Judges will be Eddie
Smith. Billy Roche, Eddie Graney and
Ben Se1ig. Jack Gleason. John T. Clark
and George Harting will hold the
watches. Billy Jordan and Riordan T.
Lyons will do the announcing, and
william J. Leonard will act as the ring
official
The sale of seats for. the big affair
has surpassed the expectations of the
friends of the departed sporting writer.
John 7. Clark got rid Of 100 tickets
within a few hours Yesterday, one of
his best customers being Baron Long.
for a s25 block of choice seats.
A special attraction will be three