New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
Important Bouts Will Be
Held at Brighton Beach
and Ebbets Field.
COFFEN AND FLYNN
CHIEF ATTRACTION
Aspirant for Wizards Crown
and Pueblo Fireman Should
Have Merry Battle.

The boxing enthusiasts OF this city
will have a fstic feast set for them
tomorrow Bouts will be held IN the
open air arenas a. the Brighton Reach
Sporting Club, and a. EbbetS Field
One VIII not conflict with the other
fer tho Brighton club viii entertain
~ night. while Ebbets Field will be
occupied bon The afternoon. And 10 those
who cannot attend either Of the big
shows the Olympic Athletic Club Will
hold forth a. night The little Harlem
club. while = - innocent OF champion
ship cowpctit.on. has arranged a pro
cramme calculated 20 pclase.
jim Cofcy, " Ike Gibbons. Jim Flynn,
Battling Lcy'r>ky. Johnny Dundee, Dan
FLYNN. OF Boston. and other men whose
names are known 10 all boxing en-
thusiasts will appear in the ring, cor
sronted by men who j. not their equals
in Drawn or skill viii at least make q
most interesting show OF Il. Popular
idols may be made o. shattered n a
punch, fo~. as Johnny Coulon once
said: "BoNng is one-punch game.
First iu popular interest IS the match
between Jim Cofey. perhaps the most
popular Of all the white heavyweiGhtS
today and certainly the most talked
Of. for critics are already weighing his
chances against Jess Willard. and Jim
Flvnn. the veteran slugger from the
hills o. Pueblo They will battle at
Conev Island. OF the Brighton Beach
racctrack not far from the site Of the
old Coney Island A. c., the club where
Bob Fits simmons, the greatest fighter
the ring ever saw. was stripped OF has
laurels by Jim JeGries.
A bitter battle will be fought just as
long as Flynn stays on his feet. A
gamer. TouChCr. more aggressive man
than the Pueblo fireman never lived.
For twenty years, almost. his battle
Scared face has been turned TO all
sorts Of foemen generally the best in
the ring. he has been beaten-ye
but he fought every inch OF the way
while he lasted.
Johnson. Langford. kaufmann-in a
word. every noteworthy man in the
heavyweight class has he met 1t IS
needless 10 say that Flynn does not
fear CoFey. On the other hand, he
holds him in supreme contempt but j.
training as he never trained before for
any battle except his last with Jack
johnson.
Cofey. on the other hand, while he
realizes that he Will have 10 fight like
p tiger all the way through, expects TO
land a finishing punch long before the
ten-round mark is reached. He insists
that his four-round victory over Flynn
in a previous contest was not a huke,
and will try 10 win IN even quicker
time now. He believes that youth will
be served against just as inevitably as
il has in the past
Never, perhaps. in the history OF box
Ing has a more attractive boxing enter
tainment been prepared than that at
Ebbets Field. Five ten-round bouts
will be contested, and personal interest
must dictate 70 the fans which shall be
termed the main bout. All should be
exciting
The programme will be: Mike Glib
bons VS. Soldier Bartfeld, Johnny How
ard VS. Al Mccoy. Johnnie Dundee W.
Johnny Drummie, Battling Levinsky vs..
Charlie Weinert and Dutch Brandt vs..
Battling Lain. This carnival viii start
at 2:3O o'clock in the afternoon, and
Brandt and Lain will be the first pair
IN the ring Howard has agreed to make
1853 pounds al the ringside for Mccoy,
and If he wins by Knockout viii
claim the championship at once.
Mike Gibbons has disposed Of another
rival. He beat Leo Houck in ten
rounds at the ST. Nicholas A. c.. and
in doing so showed TO even greater ad-
vantage than ever before. This is 60
ing a long way, but critics who have
watched the st. Paul warrior since he
knocked out Billy Sherman al the New
Polo Club several years ago are
unanimous in declaring Wednesday
nights work the best he has done here.
Mike had reason to respect the Penn
a.. -, g. Ear
he has time 10 set himself Never
theless, Gibbons went in close and out
did his rival at the department. in
which some believed Houck to be best
What pity that Gibbons, Fitz-
simmons and Ketchell were not In
their prime at once" said Charley
Fletcher, the Broadway vaudeville
favorite as he watched Gibbons work.
What a great fight, or what a series
Of fights. there would be between the
two Different types TO be sure, and
every one master Of his style
Charley White is in line for a
match with Freddie Welsh. White
has knocked out his last three oppo-
nents. among whom we're Hal Stewart
and Fred Yelle. He will meet Matty
Baldwin on June :. II he beats
hhlQNl0s W tlAn " lll nave 10 Sptdh.
Bombardier Billy Wells, the heavy
weight champion Of GIea. Britain, and
perhaps the most knocked out man who
ever held a title. has answered the call
70 the colors and has rc-enlisted in q
Welsh regiment. Simultaneous with
the report OF the BombardIer's enlist
ment comes the news that his brother
has been terribly wounded. II is said
that the younger Wells had his nose
and one eye shot away. His recov-
cry is doubtful, for il is feared that
blood poisoning has already set IN.
The boxing world has furnished its
full Quota Of recruits IN the war. and
u may be said 20 the credit of the
men that they have faced the shot and
shell, the cold steel and asphyxiating
gases with the same fortitude with
which they faced the padded mitts in
the far gentler ring game.
Governor Whitman has not yet ap-
pointed the new commission 20 direct
boxing in this state. nor will he until
he returns from his trip TO San Fran
cisco.
GEDNEY FARM LISTS OUT