New-York tribune., 1918-05-22
Boxers Fight
For Chance to
Aid RedCross
c-eatest Ring Attraction of
Local History Arranged
for Garden Friday
Bv Fred Hawthorne

70 anne Of the most slashing, crash
80 a..hing lighters in the U. S. A.
~, .ms 20 your office and wanted to
. ~, and offered their punches free
= al cost, and insisted upon being
~..ebed against the very best men
;. \. found, and said they wouldn't
~,,a II they were knocked out TWICE
n. same night-as long as it was
~ the benefit Of the Red Cross.
IND If you had already arranged so
-, bonts that it was absolutely I'M
chile to put on any more, and you
-. humping your head on the con-
49, ~. soor in the Offices of the Allied
rs,.trical and Motion Picture Team,
:, No. 1855 Broadway. trying to in
..,s some way of making the night
's.sr~ser-wouldnt it make you MAD If
,~o ' husky young men walked into
s,ur Office and the first n. y. m. sald:
I'm i'm the ROuGHEST GUY in the
-,rldl I want to FIGHT ANYBODY
~ M NOTHING, and then the other h:
N. remarked: I'm the ROuGHEST
GIjY in the world; III EAT EN-
sMIvr eat RAW MEAT three times
ID dsy. and III go ten FAST rounds
for nothing. GIVE me real bad one' "
Wouldnt It JAR you?
Veil We'll, that is just the experience
~. Charlie Harvey and Joe Hum
aSres. who are managing the mon
ps''b p.., boxing carnival at Madison
csa.,s s.s Garden on Friday night, for
~ hene6t of the Red Cross, had yes
.srdsy. w They had already paired up
.i.ven of the best men in the East to
.nnsar in ten round bouts at the Gar
s.r and thought they had the BAN
s.r eard of the year. but still the
he,ers kent hoofng it into the Of
s.ss. Sees pleading to be put on the bill,
v;th aanybody-I don't care if he
Weighs toni"
The Kid Ready for Jack
Ted Kid Lewis, accompanied by James
Jtney Johnston, the Busting Boy
Bandit visited the Offices in the after
Moon and reported himself to be all
primed for his bout with Jack Britton.
The welterweight champion Of the
vorld voluntarily cancelled his bout
yitb Morris Lux out West, scheduled
20, Friday night, and theatrical en-
fsgement at Denver in order to box for
shs Red Cross. This meant monetary
loss Of S2,250 to the Kid, but he only
imil.d and said he was glad to help
out It'll be one SNAPPY BOUT, Ell
anor Ann!
This afternoon, weather permitting,
which it didn't yesterday, Raymond
Hitchcock and VIII Rogers, escorted by
TWO dozen assorted stage beauties. each
and every one guaranteed to be EASY
ON THE EYES, will visit Wall Street
and auction off some of the choicest
seats to the brokers. At the same time
Bob billiard and Charlie Harvey will
motor 10 the Jamaica racetrack and do
similar stunt, aided and abetted by
more se.orines Of class and pulchri-
sads. Oh, it's a wonderful life!
Special Society Note!
Our own society reporter kicked in
Mt night with the EXCLUSIVE in
termation that Ed Terp, the MOST
GENIAL HOST in East Twentieth
Street, between Broadway and Fourth
Avenue, on the north side of the street,
vii be sitting right under the guns by
The ringside on Friday night, accom-
panied by the champion silk merchants
q all classes. u want to be right
down where the BLOOD SPATTERS
and the teeth drop" said Host Terp in
nuying his tickets yesterday. All,
there, Ed!
Unless somebody gets out an injunc-
non, Tammany Young threatens to
lance while the marine band from the
y. y. 5: Recruit is playing at the Gar
asn. The sailor horn tooters were
ioaned by Lieutenant Commander New
son Mansfield, head of the naval re-
esuiting forces in this city, and Mrs.
Secfge A. Wheelock, the worlds
OhAMPEEN navy recruiter and chief
!eoman i Uncle Sans navy, will speak
rom the ring. That's sufficient in
aucement to pack the Garden right to
the gunMales rnatas