New-York tribune., 1918-06-13
Many Noted Fighters to Give
Services at Garden
Next Thursday
By Fred Hawthorne

1t is for the soldiers again, boys,
those good lads who are battling on
the fields of France for you and for
me, for our families, for America and
for world liberty, that we are about to
"dig in" our pockets and do our puny
little bit, and it was in behalf of this
cause that the War Hospital Entertain
ment Committee met at luncheon
at Sherry's yesterday afternoon.
The committee is affiliated with the
New York War Camp Community
Service and it's aim is to provide
wholesome entertainment for those
who have returned to this country
from France, either wounded by Hun
shells or bayonets, or who are con-
valescing from illness incurred on the
battlefront These soldiers are now
in the metropolitan district, and it is
to take their minds off their troubles
temporarily and to break the dread
monotony of hospital life, that the
War Hospital Entertainment Commit
tee is arranging vast boxing carnival
to be held at Madison Square Garden
next Thursday evening, with many of
the best fighters in the country appear
ing in six-round bouts.
Let it be understood right here that
every bout is going to Knockout,
soporifc swat, and that the response
from the knights of the padded fist
has been fully as generous as was the
case at the Red Cross carnival some
weeks ago.
Boxers Give Services
Of course, all the boxers are going
to give and take punches on the nose
for nothing-evervbody is working in
this cause for nothing, which auto
matically excludes Jess Willard, the
king Of dodgers and the champion OF
selfishness. If Jess were actually
forced to give ais service for nothing
he would break rigat out in rash
How'd he get that way? Ask Dad~-HE
knows!
Billy Roche, the Beau Brummel of
referees, who is to be the active man
ager Of this big show at the Garden,
seems to be human magnet where
the boxers are concerned, for they are
Aocking into his office in the Stanley
Building every day offering their SER
vices.
Benny Leonard, the lightweight
champion, will put on the mits. All
Benny said yesterday was: Get me a
man who will make me fight" Ted
Lewis, the welterweight champ, is al
ready in training and has asked the
committee to put him up against Mike
Gibbons OK Packey Mcfarland. Some
persons acquire trouble, and others
HUNT it. Lewis belongs to the latter
class Johnny Dundee, Joe Lynch, Joe
yelling, Jack Britton, Battling Le-
whisky, Harry Grcb, Joe Jeanette, Sol
dier Bart6eld, frankie Callahan and
Charlie Weinert have all "subscribed'
to the punching loan.'
Fulton and Dempsey Coming
Roche received word yesterday that
Fred Fulton and Jack Dempsey, the
heavyweight contenders who are to
fight at Danbury, Conn, on July 4, will
be on hand at the Garden Thursday
evening and fight some worthy op-
ponents. The appearance of these two
giants alone should be sufficient to
pack the Garden.
Roche will arrange his card this
week, planning to hold ten six-round
bouts, and Mme III Cisneros, of the
operate stage, will sing four national
airs. The tickets will be sold at poru-
lar prices, ranging from 81 to SIS,
which means that anybody who comes
late will have to be a straphanger.