The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-16
READY
 FOR BIG NIGHT
 AT THE GARDEN
Bill Brown and Johnny White to Alternate As
 Referees. }

The greatest card of fights ever staged in New York is scheduled for Madison Square Garden tonight. Every cent taken in at the gate is to go to the United War Work campaign fund.
 F1fty-four rounds of fighting is on the card. These are not to be boxing contests, but real fights. Any fighter who does not give his best Is to be thrown out of the ring. And if any one is "chucked" from the arena it means he will be blackballed all over the world.
 These are the bouts scheduled:
 Jack Dempsey vs. Joe Bonds. Jack Britton vs. Soldier Bartf1eld.
 Johnny Dundee vs. Joe Yelling.
 Jim Coffey vs. Clay Turner.
 Barney Adair vs. Frankie Callahan.
 Willie Jackson vs. Eddie Wallace.
 Joe Jeannette vs. Kid Norfolk.
 Benny Valgar cs. Leo Johnson.
 Frankie Burns vs. Young Eggers.
 Are there any slackers in this bunch? The writer doubts 1t. Four of these fighters are in Uncle Sam service. True, not one of them has seen service lover there" The rest, however, haven't even ordered a uni form. and if they fail to give their best tonight they will go down in his tory as the greatest slackers.
 Joe Bonds was the only white heavyweight who had the nerve tc meet Dempsey. Charley Harvey chairman of the local boxing com l mittee, tried to get dozen men tC battle the man who stopped Fred Full 1 ton. But barring Bonds, they all said | nix.
 Bonds undoubtedly will suffer 6 beating, but this young heavyweight l who is wearing a sailor uniform 1T the United States navy, came to the | front and offered his services. Joe is z clever boxer, and it may be that he will stall off 8 knockout. We hope so, anyway.
 Jack Britton, the American welter' weight champion, who never has re fused to box for charity, will hook LII with tough Soldier Bartfeld. They are old rivals, and have fought two o1 the hardest fights ever witnessed 1T New York. Bartfleld has been substi' 1 tuted for Benny Leonard, who injured his hand.
 In justice to Leonard, the writer knows for an absolute fact that thu lightweight champion has broker hand.
 To our way of thinking the bes bout of the night will be that betwee1 Johnny Dundee and Joe Yelling. The. have met twice, and both scraps wer bearcats.
 | Dundee called off a fight in Phila delphia tonight to meet Yelling. An he did this despite the fact prom nent Philadelphia boxing writer tele graphed his manager, scotty Mon tieth, pleading with him not to do hi bit for our men 'o'ver there" but | keep his engagement in Philly.
 Willie Jackson, who is the onl lightweight holding K. o. over Dun dee, is going to have a merry tim with Eddie Wallace. Benny Valgal the clever French champion, and Le Johnson, the colored lightweight king should put up a steaming tussle.
 Barney Adair, the slugging light weight in the stable of Leo Flynn, scheduled to fight Frankie Callahan On paper this figures to be a corker.
 Jim Coffey and Clay Turner, Jo Jeannette and Kid Norfolk, Franki Burns and Young Eggers, the othe three scraps scheduled, should als prove hair raisers.
 There will be no slackers anon the fans. It's a sure thing nearl every f1stic follower in the city wi be at the ringside. If there are an slackers among the fighters. it's ob liYion for each and every one of then