The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-17
BIC BOUTS PROVE
 VERY SUCCESSFUL
More Than $2O,OO0 Raised for Equipping Soldiers at
 Madison Square Garden

greatest war charity boxing show for the Committee on Training Camp Ac tivities damned Madison Square Gar den to capacity last night and netted nearly $20,000 for athletic equipment for the soldiers.
 It was the greatest of all the box ing shows that have been held here since the fstic game has been ta- booed.' More than 10000 spectators were packed in the amphitheatre, the gathering including many of New York's prominent citizens. Hun dreds of women had seats in the ring boxes, and there has been no such demonstration at a fight here since the Willard-Moran fight a few years ago,
 A sensational bout resulted in the clash between Joe Lynch of the west side and Dick Loadman of Buffalo. Both are ambitious to become aristo- crats of bantamweight society. Load man was making his first appearance here since he knocked out Johnny Ertle. Both lads were fast, and Loadman at times was irrepressible Lynch jabbed the Buffalo boy repeat. edly with short, swift lefts, and Load man sent Lynch's head back with hard rights and lefts. Loadma1 , became daring and boastful in the third round and stuck out his un- protected jaw and permitted Lynch tC bound Blows off his face. Loadman was as hard as nails, and wanted to show how much punishment he could take. He took all the blows that Lynch gave him with a smile. Lynch had the better of it at the end. He was tired hitting the Buffalo boy.
 The historic old Garden ring col 1! lapsed under the weight of the Camp Upton Glee club when the soldiers massed on the platform to begin their concert. As the flooring of the ring gave way the soldiers showed remark able discipline, and there was no com motion and no one was injured. The ring was duly repaired in time fot the boxers, the glee club giving their concert on the more stable floor. Albert Strauss, the national anna teur sabre champion, and Private George Reinherr gave an exhibition of bayonet fighting and swordsman- ship. In the opening bout Sergeant Johnny Terrano of Camp Wadsworth won from Jimmy Dolan of Pelham Bay on a foul.
 Corporal Yankee Brandt, formerly known as Dutch" and Private John- ny Solberg fought a fast four-round | draw.
 Sergeant Ross, a protege of Packy Mcfarland, from Camp Zachary Fay | Tor, was pitted against Augie Rather of Camp Wadsworth. Jack McAu- ring experience was too much for Ross, but the newcomer had sting ing left and showed great promise. II was, Ratner's bout on points. | Kid Norfolk, the negro boxer, gave the huge Battling Jim Johnson ] smart trimming for four rounds. John son was too fat to move fast and the pounding Norfolk gave him was plenty. l Packy Mcfarland the former light weight, boxed three exhibition rounds with Danny Fields of the Naval Mill | tia. Mcfarland has taken on enougt | W6lSnI lO Indh0 llllII hCdN :" CAS AAe
 but he showed flashes of his old-time skill.
 BIG BOUTS-Two
 Benny Leonard, the lightweight champion, received an ovation which lasted several minutes when he wa: l introduced for his bout with Willie Jackson. The four-round bout wa: only a canter for Leonard and ht | tapped Jackson with rights and left:
 at will. The champion was in SUI perb shape and in the first two round:
 he simply gave Jackson a boxing les
 son.
 Jackson rushed from his corner az
 gressively in the third and tried tC
 shower Leonard with blows, but thu
 champions skillful defense bafflec
 Jackson and his rushing tactics were
 quickly checked.
 The most thrilling scrap ever wit messed in Madison Square Gardel
 was the No, Mans Land Fight, which brought together teams of thre,
 soldiers each from the 1st and 2t } Battalions of the 152d Depot Brigad
 Camp Upton. The fight consisted o a free-for-all melee for the possession } of raised platform in the middle o the ring.
 It was a battle royal and in deadl,
 earnest. The soldiers went at eacl other hammer and tongs, and as the, fought each other desperately witt boxing gloves for the supremacy o
 the platform eyes were blacked ant
 blood flowed freely from many noses
 The fight took the Garden by storm
 and the clever boxing of the 'profes
 sional ringmen faded into the back ground.
 The battler aged furiously for sev eral minutes, and when time was call ed the fighting soldiers of the 1st Bat l talion reigned supreme in No Man ! Land"