New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
irst RealBouts
UnderNewLaw
In Jersey Tonight
By Fred Hawthorne

Tonight the new Armory Athletic
Association of Jersey City will swing
| open its gates to the open air arena
and stage the first real bouts held under
The new Hurley boxing law, frankie
Callahan and Vic Moran being the
piece de resistance" as the poilus
say. Eight rounds is the distance, and
Nero was knocked fiat in less time
than that There will be several pre-
liminaries. boys, so let's all duck into
the Hudson Tubes and look 'em over
Freddie Welsh, former lightweight
champion of all the world, sends us one
OF his polished notes to the effect that
the National Physical Efficiency Con-
ference will be held at the Welsh
Health Farm, at Summit, N. j., Satur-
day afternoon.
The object of this meeting is to adopt
plans for the physical betterment of
Americas soldiers and those of us who
must remain at home, and addresses will
be made by notable persons, including
Hiram Maxim, Guy Empey, Major E. J.
klnkead and Howard A. Colby. Freddie
will show the guests now to walk for
health and will box some exhibition
matches, and then all hands will be
ms guests at giant barbecue in the
woods
Joe Jacobs, the nobby young man.
ager OF Dave Astey, "undefeated anna
teur bantamweight champion" dropped
IN to see us the other night with q
glistening tear in his eye (the left ever
and informed us that to-day he DEPARTS
for Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga, as a
private in the army of your Uncle Sam
Joe has been drafted for service and
expects to team up with the quarter
masters department, and eventually to
go over the sea and get a first-hand
view OF the Kaiser and his Prussian
hordes. 81 am pretty good on the type-
writer, you know" said Joe last night
and wherever I am | will keen in
touch with you. You know, will write
to you"
Yes, Joseph, you ARE pretty good on
typewriter. Without undue exagger-
atlon' we may say that you sling a
wicked INST on the underwoodbus. For
many, many months you have kept us
everstocked with news about Dave
Astey and his doines.
Dut Jacobs,s departure for the seat
OF war will have other result of an
International character "When +old
Dave that I'd been caught in the dra e. f. !,
SAID Joseph j., sadly, "he jumped right
up shook my hand, like that. and said
ne was going to leave the prizerine
ana go to war. too. He has applied
Ioi service as mechanician in the
avlaI!on service, and will probably go
TO -, Mineola for training purposes"
Inen zoe came to the sad paragraph
ln ms little story. "Of course" he
gurgled, "all this means that Dawes
night for the worlds fyweight cham
pionship with Jimmy WWilde in Lon
don next September is off. I cable.i
TO Mr: Taylor, manager of the National
sporting Club, to-day calling the match
Here's wishing you luck, Joe and
Dave: and may you both save enough
out out OF the "big fight" to engage Mister
Wllde IN ring argument after the
War is over
:, According to reports received from
seattle, Fred "Ferocious" Fulton,
challenger for the heavyweight title,
mas broken bone and retired from
the stage. No, please don't get ex-
cited. Aunt Eleanor The little chan
didn't fall on his head; it wasn't that
KIND of bone. Fred broke only a
bope in his right hand while boxing in
his vaudeville act Friday right. Mike
Collins, his manager, de slares thai
"Ferocious" will be able t. meet IacL
Dempsey in the proposed battle at
Danbury, Conn, on July 4, so tell John
to oil up the oldoldsmobo, and we'll ali
run over to Danbury town and watch
Fred and Jack THUMP each other.