The sun., 1918-11-02
GRIDIRON AND RING
STARS TO AID FUND!
49, . : = o. .7s..-ss
Notable Football Teams and
Champion Pugilists volun-
teer Services.
LEONARD TO BOX CLINE
Ted Lewis Matched to Meet
Bartfield in Carnival in
Garden,
LEONARD TO BOX CLINE

The national sports committee OF the
United War Work campaign made
gratifying progress yesterday in its drive
to raise s170,500,000 for various war
funds. II arranged two big football
games and obtained the services Of two
world's champion boxers.
One OF the gfidiron battles will be be-
tween the Harvard Radio eleven and thu
Princeton Avlators. II will take place at
the Polo Grounds on November 20. The
other football game will be between the
Newport Naval Reserves and the Pei
ham Bag tars. The sailors will clash in
the Yale Bowl on November 1s.
The pugilistic champions who volun-
teered to box In the carnival in Madi-
son Square Garden November 10 are
Benny Leonard. the lightweight cham
pion OF the world, and Ted Kid Lewis,
the worlds welterweight title holder.
Leonard to Fight Cline.
Benny Leonard will risk his title In
q ten round bout with Irish Patsy Cline,
the noted Harlem lightweight, who gave
the champion one Of his hardest battles
q few months ago. .t
Kid Lewis will defend his honors In n
ten round battle with Soldier Bartfeld.
ono OF the most formidable men In the
division.
Pete Herman, bantam champion Of the
world. who volunteered his services a
Few days ago, has offered to fight any
nan In the class any number OF rounds.
And the committee Is now seeking a
suitable opponent for the Crescent City
oy.
The action Of this trio Of champions
% accepted as proof that the example set
by Jess Willard. the heavyweight cham
pion, Is not contagious. -. .
The enga ging Of Leonard indicates
that the committee has abandoned the
idea Of q heavyweight bout as the lead
ing attraction and that the lightweight
1 championship combat will DO the piece
! Dc resistance. 8
Leonard. Is, now at Camp Upton at
tending to his duties as a boxing and
hayonet instructor. but will Ihave a
weeks leave, OF absence previous to the
contest in which to Mt himself for the
task.
In the bout between Leonard and Cline
at Philadelphia q few months ago the
J Harlem boy hit Leonard with q Earring
iorce that sent the title holder reellng.
Leonard was boxing with great vigor
In the last round, but Kline feels that
he will do still better in a ten round
bout. ,r-".
Lewis to Meet Bartaeld.
The matching of Lewis and Bartneld
will bring Into the ring a pair OF the
ruggedest lighters known to pugilism.
Bartfield is the personification Of aEgres-
sive energy, and. as Lewis is also of the
active brand. the meeting should be fun
Of exciting Incidents.
LOWS IL now ut Camp Gordon near
Atlanta. taking a course of instruc-
1 ition In bayonet drill preparatory to
Qualifying as a boxing and bayonet IN
structor. Charley Harvey, who has Inn
! mediate charge of tho matches for the
Garden bouts. said II would be necessary
:, 70 get the consent OF the War Depart
: ment to allow Lewis to box. but he
thought this could easily be obtained.
The University Of California wired
4 Gen. Robert ]. Rees. War Department
Committee on Education. at Washington.
) suggesting playing football game for
the United War Work Campaign, with
stanford at Berkeley. Cal. November rs.
The receipts of the last contest between
the two universities were $4,000.
Ralph L. SPOTS. two time American
amateur trap shooting champion and q
member OF the 1912 Olympic team that
beat the world at the traps, has been
added by Chairman Martin MoVoy to the
committe q. charge OF the trap shooting
events at the Polo Grounds November
Is. Others on the committee are George
J. Corbett, chairman Of the New York
A. C. Trap Shooting Committee Charles
g. Wilson, Commissioner Of Agriculture
for New York State; Frank b. Stevenson.
former Yale baseball star and crack shot.
and J. p. Donovan. 1913 champion OF the
Rev York A G.
" N. Y. A. c. Doing It's Bit.
The New York Athletic Club has prof
fered the National Sports Committee its
entire equipment and facilities for the
trap shooting war fund campaign. The
club has agreed to hold at least two
meets, the entire proceeds from which
will go 20 the fund. Capt. Corbett has
echeduied the shoots for the Travers
island traps on November ELECTION
day. and Q.
IL IL planned that at least one special
shoot, or a series of events covering the
winter schedule, be held at each one of
the more than 1000 trap shooting or
ganizatlons In America, the proceeds TO
be devoted to the war work fund.
From Boston to San Francisco elab-
crate schedules OF soccer games have
been arranged. .'
IL the Belgian army's soccer eleven
comes to the United States 70 partici-
patio In the drive It is certain they will
have q warm reception. Chicago, 81.
Louis. Philadelphia. New York and
Boston teams have requested dates and
various other clubs. well known, such
as Fore River f. G. OF Quincy. Mass.
Merchants Ship r. G. and Bethlehem
steel Company y. c. OF Bethlshem, Pa.
have applied for places on the Bel
Rians' schedule. Vice-President II. e.
4 Lewis Of Bethlehem Steel Company has
offered to send the national champions.
Bethlehem Steel Company r. c., 10 any
city to play against the Beigians.
Plans are under way for basketball
+ tournaments in connection with the
A. A. U. drive for the fund. They call
for a round robin series between the
different units OF the United States
Navy in the Third Naval District. and
will bring together such teams as the
pelham Bay N. T. g.. U. 8. g.. Granite
state. Federal Rendezvous, Mine Sweep
ing Division. Navy Yard, Hoboken EN-
barkation Station. Pier 70 and Base 2
at Bensonhurst
A second tournament In one OF the
Brooklyn armeries will probably bring
together the following teamsi Assum-
tion vs.. st. Agnes. Crescent A. @. vs..
Central Y, NJ, G. A. and Morse Dry
Dock VI. Robbins Dry Dock ~, ..s
Members OF the Amateur Billiard As
notation last night met In the ciaridge
xIoteI m dia,iia. tlana for the coming