New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
william Fox Behind Most
c;oantic Pugilistic Enter
tainment Ever Attempted
By Fred Hawthorne

U;lliam Fox, the theaer'cat NapoieoH
,m.naSers. plans were perfected yes
key afternoon at the Hotel Knicker-
Ter for the holding of the greatest
..x;no carnival ever attempted in this
..,r,rv. the bouts to be staged at
y.a;son Square Garden on Friday
,rening. May "a.
The carnival has been arranged by
", Fox in connection with the nation
.:As Red Cross drive, which begins
Lot Monday. and every bout will be
~ .cn rounds. Mr.. Fox was emphatic
r,ss..erday ~ in stating that each and
.s .ss,v contest will be GENUINE,
"a ai-loo per cent pure, FIGHT, and in
=, sense will the men who arc to ap
...r indulge in exhibition" or "bene
Il" boxing.
n this country Will appear IN the ring
:. inc Garden. and. aside from its
..,nrction with the Red Cross drive.
~ great carnival of istiana will be
sardncted lust as though the boxers
r,re fighting for cash purses and
.,,,es. Every man will give his ser
y;ees free. ard every cent of the gate
,.eeipts will be turned over to the Red
sross. II will be boxing's contribu-
s;on to the great fund being raised for
he sighting sons OF Uncle Sam in
sr,nce, italy, Flanders wherever
americans are fighting back the on
,laurht OF the Hun.
While no definite scale of prices has
y., been decided upon, there is not
aoubt but that the extreme seating and
sanding capacity OF the big Garden
viii be taxed to the utmost, and those
who attend will witness she greatest
series Of bouts ever staged in the same
ring.
Miske and Dempsey Mentioned
Two Of the boxers who have been
asked to fight for the Red Cross on
this occasion are Billy Miske. of St.
PAU, and Jack Dempsey, of Utah, two
sf the greatest heavyweights in the
ring to-day, and who dispute with Fred
Fulton the right to meet Jess Willard
for the championship. Then there are
Frank Moran and jim Coffey, those two
sncient enemies. Having been born in
Ireland. Coffey still believes that he
can "take" Francis Charles. Judging
from their previous meetings, this bout
should be filled with blood and thun-
der.
Mike O'Dowd, the middleweight
champion of the world FAIR, has been
requested to use all his swings and
appercuts on the person of Soldier
Barthed. Both Mike and the Soldier
think that the most beautiful word
in the English language is fight"
0Dowd is now in khaki out West, but
it is believed that arrangements can
be made with the military authori-
ties to let Mike come to this city for
the greet carnival.
Among the little fellows who will
give Of their best are Lew Tender,
Of Philadelphia, and Irish Patsy Cline,
Of Harlem, the two lightweights>w who
stand closest to Benny Leonard, the
champion Leonard. it was hoped,
could appear on the Garden pro-
srsmme, but when Billy Gibson,
bslnys manager, was communicated
With in San Francisco yesterday over
'ae long distance telephone he said
hat il would be impossible for the
champion to box here, as he is booked
solid until June for Red Cross and
sir charity bouts on the Coast.
Four of Best Lightweights
Willie Jackson and frankie Callahan
and Johnny Dundee and Eddie Wallace,
Tour of the fastest fighting light
Weights IN the ring, have already
sreed to hook up, and those two bouts
TIGHTS, remember!) are enough to
pack even the Garden.
There is a chance for Fred Fulton
70 redeem himself and get back into
The good graces of the boxing public
he will be given the opportunity to
aght either Dempsey or Miske at
The Garden. He will not be BEGGED
70 fight. but if ne desires to show a
streak of patriotism arrangements
Will quickly be made to put him in
'he ring. preferably against Dempsey,
ssd this bout would be the greatest
isn-round bout that could possibly be
staged at this time.
A. the meeting yesterday some
suileless soul suggested asking Will
Hd to appear, but the howls that
Neuse in protest from those who have
asd sample of Joking" Jess's meth
'@ sounded so much like meeting
:! the Bolsheviki in Petrograd that
me knickerbocker rocked on its foun-
aaslons 1t was finally decided, how
sser' TO send telegram to the
cnumpion," asking him to go ten
issanos against any opponent he Sc
40 cOoti as luIS WAS announced
several hantamweights training at
lrupp's gymnasium in Harlem began
ssguang as TO who was entitled to
asnt the heavyweight joker.
y, lnose who sat in conference with
M Fox yesterday included Joe Hum
wpaleys. he of the silver voice; Sam
annsrris, of Cohan e. Harris, Charles
Srush' Harvey, the Patrick Henry of
Faglhsm; Winnie Sheehan. "Chevalier"
osn,yeli McKetrick, doc" Bagley and
:, dozen GREAT MEN who write
.ae words and music for the boxing
aews in the newspapers.
x;,, IA committee was appointed, which
T''i meet this afternoon at l O'Clock
me Offices of the Allied Theatrical
no Motion Picture Team, No. 1865
s.osoway, at which time plans will
e :. further elaborated and details of
as various matches completed.