New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-06-06
BOXING CARNIVAL
FOR OUR SOLDIERS
Big Athletic Program to Be
Staged in Foot Guard Hall

tary Carnival, to be held in Foot
Guard hall, Friday evening, the pro-
ceeds of which are to be used to pur-
chase athletic equipment for the men
IN the 1O2nd U. S. Infantry and those
at Camp Devens is practically COM
ploted and, from present indications,
levers of boxing and wrestling will
have the pleasure of witnessing one
OF the fastest programs ever staged in
= Connecticut. The boxing program is
as follows
Flanagan VS. Gray, 1872 pounds.
Buckley VS. Leonard, 142 pounds.
Anderson VS. Rocco, 1874 pounds.
McMinimen VS. Marshall, 100
pounds.
Searle VS. O'Rourke, heavyweight.
A brief sketch regarding these men
is herewith given
Flanagan and Gray.
Tommy Flanagan is the ex-feath-
e1weight champion Of New England
(profeSsionaD.
Able Grey is the champion amateur
featherweight Of New England, the
title having been won at Boston dur
ing the past winter.
Buckley and Leonard.
Buckley is known in camp as
Emergency Buckley" welter
weight, who will take on men way
over his weight, and has a splendid
record.
Leonard is known as the toughest
man in South Boston,"
Anderson and Rocco.
Ev. Anderson, of the Field Artillery,
in what the Boston Herald called "the
q M nil
ships, lost to Arnold Thornberg of
Fittsburg, but who, when in camp
n atches and against the navy, has
won consistently. He will have as his
opponent at Foot Guard Hall. Rocco,
a Rhode Island professional who has
defeated many fast men throughout
New England.
McNIinimen and Marshall.
McMinimen is amateur light-heavy-
weight champion Of America, a title
won at Boston during the past win
ter. He will be pitted against Mar
shall who recently fought him to a
IL round draw, and this should prove
one of the stellar attractions of the
carnival.
SearIc and O'RourlSe.
Mike Searle is runner-up for the
national amateur heavyweight title,
having been defeated only by Marty
Burke of New Orleans at Boston this
winter He has never been defeated
in his other matches since being In
camp He knocked out Youngberg Of
the navy in two rounds and has
beaten Johnny Savage and James
Tully
O'Rourke is the heavyweight pro-
1oc q Sn1pn6j6
count Of himself since being in camp.
This will be his first. meeting with
Scarle.
The wrestling matches will consist
of q, contest for a gold medal between
Kid Chase, champion featherweight
| OF New England, and Ernest Kent,
champion amateur las pound man or
| Connecticut, at catch weights, two
falls out of three, the winner to re-
| ceive a gold medal.
} Winters Brothers to Wrestle.
There will also be an exhibition of
/ wrestling by the Winters brothers of
| Yale university These men are
| brothers of Izzy Winters, the boxing
| and wrestling instructor at Yale who
is to referee all the contests Friday
| evening.
|
! will be Private Mardaras Albanian,
known as the Iron Eater He has
! downed three men in succession in
| wrestling and can bend an iron bar
with his teeth, hold a great stone
on his chest while a bystander breaks
| it with a sledge hammer and can pull
a spike out of a plank with his teeth.
lie is known as The Devens bear
! Cat"
Danny Creedon, who has been
! famous as a singer in the keth's cir
| cult and is well known in this city
will also come from Camp Devens
and entertain the audience with popu-
| lar songs.
The number Of rounds for each
| contest is to be decided by the COM
mittee in charge Of the carnival and
| Captain Richard F. Michigan, athletic
| director at Camp Devens assures all
who attend an entertainment of rare
. merit, as the boxing should prove a
! wonderful attraction and it is char
acteristic of the boxers in the camp
that they never resort to stalling or
anything; that acts as detriment to
the sport, and he calls attention to
| the program arranged in Fitchburg,
| Mass, for the benefit of the Red
Cross regarding which the Fitch burg
| 'Sont*nH' states that as r means
for raising money for the Red Cross.
the boxing meet was a success, and
from the standpoint of giving tho fans
| their moneys worth it was a bigger
success Tickets now on sale at Alder
mans Drug store corner Main and
Pearl streets.