New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-31
BOXING BENEFIT BOOMS
Champions. Past and Present,
Willing to Aid Cause.
THE LIST A LONG ONE
Fitzsimmons, )corbett, Smith
and Mcfarland a Few Who
Will Box.

The boxing benefit projected by thu
State Athletic Commission, which viii
be held on Friday night in the armory uf
the 22d Regiment for the relief Of the
food sufferers in Ohio and Indiana. win
be one Of the biggest ever held in this
city Under the direction Of Billy Gin.
son. chairman Of the committee. matters
have been rushed along and IL is ex.
pected that more than $4,000 will oe
raised.
Champions OF the roped arena. past
and present, Will be seen in exhibi.
ton bouts These VIII include Bob T'itz-
simmons. the only man who ever held
three championships at the same time
Fitzsimmons will box three-round bout
with Tom Sharkey. the old sailor who
fought Jim Jeffries two great battles
Jim Corbett. the man who beat John Z.
Sullivan and won the heavyweight cham
pionship; kid" Mccoy, Bob Armstrong
Terry McGOvern. Young" Corbett. Patsy
Haley. the inimitable kid" Broad and
other great fighters Of the last decade
will be there
The present day boxers will he rem.
resented by Luther McCarty, the white
heavyweight champion. and "Gunboat"
Smith whom experts rate as McCartys
most formidable rival. Soldier" Kearns
Jim Coffey and other heavyweights will
ooX in exhibition contests. The one and
only Packey Mcfarland viii come In
from Chicago to do his share in making
the affair a success. Freddie Welsh. the
lightweight champion Of Great Britain:
Jack BrittCn, kid" Williams and many
others will take part. There will be ex-
hibitions Of Japanese wrestling, catch
as catch can and all other STYLES OF n.
mat game
The committee will hold meeting this
afternoon \ the Office OF the State Ath.
letic Commission at 2:3O o'clock and all
Necessary details Will be gone over.
Joe Rivers is working Ike a beaver I'D
at the training camp of Dial Hawkins. In
Westchester. for his match with Leach
Cross. The boys meet at the St Nicholas
A. &. one week from tomorrow night.
and both have settled down to a steady
grind Of hard training Yesterday after
noon Rivers entertained a crowd Of more
than fifteen hundred spectators AZ IFS
training camp
Rivers pitched a fun nine-innng game
Of baseball. too. in which his side, the
"Ragtime Soldiers" defeated tho We
Muffem and Bootem." Of which Dial
Hawkins is captain, by a score OF a to
T. Rivers allowed only four hits and
struck ont twelve men.
Up AT the New Polo A. q. Leach Cross
Is working away I'm deadly earnest lie
is a few pounds above the weight at
present. but IS working down in easy
stages He will enter the arena i'm prime
condition. confident Of victory over
Rivers.
one Of tho pleasing features ~ the
amateur boxing championships held at
the New York Athletic Club last week
was the refcreeing OF Eddie Forbes.
Forbes went about his work quietly and
unobtrusively He spoke 10 the boys in
whisper. hut his word was law HIS
decisions were good and well received BY
the crowd
The bouts Of tho week viii be better
than for several weeks IN the past CUR
boat Smith. the most recent clnqueror
OF "Bombardier" Wells. viii meet Fred
Mckay. the Winnipeg giant n the Fair
mont \ @. on Wednesday night Mckay
injured his hand some time ago, but
says that tho injury has healed. ana that
he will be ready for a good hard battle
from the first bell.
Abe Attcll will endcavor - continue
his comeback" at tho Forty-fourth
Street sporting Club on Thursday night,
when he faces Jimmy Walsh. the veteran
Boston featherwcisht. There will be
plenty Of action NJ the clubs tonight
The Paddock \ T.. in East 9Th street
will hold its opening entertainment. with
Willie Roccier and Danny Ridge IN the
main bout There will be three ton-round
contests az the Olympic \ c.. with
Johnny Martin and Eddie Kelly IN the
star battle Jack CTwin') Sullivan
Boston. will face Soldier kearns AZ
the Irving \. G.. tomorrow night. while
at Browns Gymnasium Willie Adams VIII
minglc with "Cyclone' Kelley. Of In
Ia,