New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-01
COOL BOXING IN GARDEN
Gibson Says Big Amphitheatre
Will Be Open Pavilion.
MANY BOUTS THIS EVENING
Plenty of Action Promised Wher
Mario and Burns Meet
in the Ring.

William Gibson. manager Of the Garden
Athletic Club, made further discovery
Yesterday. which he believes will aid I,
making the club additionally popular during
the summer. The windows on both sdes
OF Madison Square Garden can be openea
and 1t is the intention OF the management
to have this done for the '1inockout.
Brown-Leac Cross bout on Monday nigh,
This. In addition to the throwing apen n,
the sliding roof. will make the place prsc-
tcally as cool as an open pavilion.
Brown and Cross will finish their trails
ing Tomorrow. The latter. who is at tho
New Polo Athletic Association, will receive
visitors. and so will Brown at his camp II
Rockaway. After listening to Danny Nor.
gan talk one would imagine that there is
nothing to the battle but his left-handcd
fighter On tho other hand, the Cross
crowd can't see anything but "Leachie."
Willie Chandler. the promising feather.
weight from the Boys Club, who has chal-
lenged Johnny Klbane without success il
hard at work training with Knockout"
Brown at Far Rockaway. Chandler will
meet Jimmy belmont of Lawrence, at tho
Garden on Monday night when Knock
out" Brown faces Leach Cross
The New Star Athletic Club will hold no
more boxing bouts until the fall With the
close approach of the hot weather, the
management decided that 1t would be los
ing venture TO run during the summer, b {
will reopen with the usual bouts some time
in September
Freddie Welsh. the ex-champion light.
weight Of Great Britain, evidently respects
the ability of Grover Hayes, whom he will
meet in Columbus on June 13 in n ten
round contest. Welsh is in hard traininc,
and in a letter TO friend says he hopes
soon to be ia condition to box AID Wolgast
for the title.
A bout which should be full OF action
from gong to finish will be held at the 81.
Nicholas Athletic Club tonight, when
Johnny Mario. the near-champion Of tho
West Side, and Kid" Burns cross gloves
for ten rounds. This will mark the third
meeting of the boys. In the two previous
contests they boxed along on practically
even terms, and at the end popular opinion
was largely divided.
Not little interest centres around the,
meeting of Eddie Zanders the newly ar
rived Montana welterweight, and Young
Kurtz the iron man of Newark, whose
willingness to box any one and every one
within five pounds Of his weight Is winning
him the name Of the Jersey trail horse"
II will take place at the Fairmont Athleti,
Club, OF The Bronx. tonight. Zsnders
comes to New York hailed "a second
Stanley Ketchel. He will find plenty TO do
with Kurtz in the ring. for the latter is
one of tho best IN the business at the
weight. II was Kurtz who cut short tbs
career OF Young" eastman by breaking
the latter's jaw with right hand swing
The little fellows will hold tho centre oe
the stage at the Royale Athletic Club, oe
Brooklyn. where frankie Callahan will
face Young" Driscoll in ten rounds. Dris-
coll is rapidly coming TO tie fore IN the
ranks OF the little men. while Galatians
rapid-fre style has carried him along rap
idly in the last year. In the semi-hnsl
contest Heine Thiel will face Walter Moore.
Other contests of the night will be Marty
Brown VS.. Willie Howard at the Irving
Club; Bull Anderson VS.. Myles O. Donnell,
at the Gowanus Club. and Charley Sleger
vs. Johnny Waltz. at Browns Gymnasium.