New Britain herald., 1918-05-25
$4,000 IS ADDED
TO RED CROSS fund
Big Boxing Carnival in New York
a Pronounced Success

punch squarely on the jaw of the
Kaiser in Madison Square Garden last
night. The Knisft Of the Padded Fist,
appearing in New York ring for
the first time since the repeal of the
Frawley law, attracted a record crowd
to the show staged by William Fox
and the Allied theatrical and motion
pictures team. A record sum was OBJ
tanned for the Red Cross.
They still were counting UP at an
early hour this morning. The house
was estimated at more than $4,000,
and an equally large sum was obtained
in donations and the auctioneering off
of various objects.
At the last count $4,000 had been
procured for the Red Cross. The ticket
sale amounted to $4,000. The auc-
tioning off Of the Kaiser's cup netted
$500 more, and a chest of silver
brought $3.50. Miss Elsie Ferguson
and a troupe of show girls circulated
among the spectators and collected
$4,000
Eighteen thousand dollars was OBJ
tanned by Marshall Tom McCarthy's
auctioneering of the Kaiser's cup,
which in 1905 was presented to Wilson
Marshall, the we'll known yachtsman,
by the German ruler for the alleged
purpose of "cementing closer the
friendly relations between this coun-
try and the German Empire.
Among the famous boxers who
crawled through the ropes and fought
fercely and aggressively, taking and
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the Red Cross, were Battling Levinsky,
Gunboat Smith, Jim Coffey, Harry
Greb, Frank Moran, Bill Brennan,
Augie Rather, Jeff Smith, Tex Kelley,
Johnny Dundee, Jack Britton, Kid
Lewis, Eddie Wallace, Frankie Gala
han and Mel Coogan.
All of the cheaper seats were filled
! when the concert by the band from
the battleship Recruit started shortly
before 7 o'clock. It was followed by
vocal selections by Mime. Kadorin, wife
of an Italian army officer and Miss
Edna Joyce of Chicago. Gus Ed
| wards and twenty beauties sang new
Red Cross song and did some special
ties Tom Hackett with his Daddy
Mine" and Bert Rule with "At the
Coffee Coolers Tea" also were big
hits.
Soldiers Open Carnival.
Every bout will be fought strictly
on it's merits clarioned Peter Prunty,
preliminary to the staging of the cur
tain raising bout of four rounds be-
tween Ritchie, Ryan and Eddie Grover,
from the 326th Motor Truck company
Of Camp Upton. The two went at each
other like game cocks. It took all the
Icty otl nf P,,l %o1 oil 1oa
Vanderbilt cup auto driver who acted
as referee, to pry them apart at the
end of the round.
Early in the second Grover hooked
a terrific left to the jaw and Ryan hit
the boards with a thump that was
heard all over the building. Mitchell
| was slow in tolhng off the count and
/! Ryan had been down eleven seconds
| when Mitchell reached seven, Ryan
| tottered to his feet. He was all in,
| but true ia Uncle Sans khaki, he gave
| a remarkable exhibition Of gameness.
Rallying, he fought like a bulldog,
and before the end of the round was
! forcing the attack.
In the third Ryan handed Grover a
| taste of his own medicine, dropping
| him for a count of five with a right
swing to the paw. Grover tottered to
his feet, and after absorbing a whole
I CARLOAD of Wild swings surprised the
fans by rallying and driving Ryan
back on the defensive. When the
| final gong rang Mitchell once more
| had to pry the two apart. After sub
! DUNG the pair he raised each right
hand aloft in token of a draw.
! Vulgar Shades Reddy.
Benny Vulgar, former amateur ban
| tamweight champion, and Battling
| Reddy of Harlem met for the second
| bout. Each wore an American flag as
! belt, whereas the two Sammies in
| the opening bout who certainly were
| more entitled to sport Old Glory, wore
| plain waist bands. The pair went six
| fast rounds, with Vulgar having a
! shade the better Of the milling.
Referee Patsy Haley rendered no
| decision.
Harry Pierce, the baldheaded slug
| ger from Red Hook, forced the fight
| ing all the way against Paul Doyle Of
| Harlem, and would have gained the
| decision had Referee Jimmy De For
rest given one. The gallery gods re-
! peatedly implorcd Pierce to put one
| over, Harry sent home many a
| polthogue, but none were healthy
enough to floor the East Slider.
Action q plenty was promised in
the fourth scrap between Augie RAFT
| ner and TEX" Kelly for the middle
| weights had an old grudge to settle.
| Kelly pumped rapid fire lefts to RAFT
/ ner's face in the opening round and
| Augie retaliated with short arm rights
| to the jaw Rather got his left
! working at the start Of the third and
| Ill to- Il
| got inside with some stiff left and