New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
| 1000 Boxing
ans Rally at
Call Of u. S. A.
Fistic Bouts at Madison
Square Garden Reap Har-
vest for Our Fighters
BY Fred Hawthorne

"eic more imam l,VOO men
and women in Madison Square Garden
last night when the first "skirmish"
began in the giant boxing carnival en-
glneered by Private "Big Bill" Well
man, of Camp Wadsworth, Spartan
burg, for the War Departments Train
ing Camp Activities Fund.
Judging by their numbers and their
enthusiasm the lovers of the glove
game boosted the soldiers treasure
chest sufficiently to buy enough base
oall bats, gloves, balls. boxing gloves
ana everything else fellow needs to
keep IN trim to lick the Kaiser.
Everybody who came to the Garden
wearing a coat, shed it long before the
hrst bout went on. Everybody was
warm, but in good humor. DR.. George
II. Muth. the official timekeeper, whose
business 1t was to pound the gong with
a small sledge hammer, showed signs
OF shedding his shirt when the going
got extra hot, but cooler heads pre-
vailed and modesty was saved.
There were several attractions Of
fered besides the boxing bouts, such
as bayonet fights and broadsword con-
tests, but the crowd was there to see
punches and wallops given and taken.
and reserved it's loudest po.se-making
Tor the glove singers.
IN one of the early four-round
fracases Agile Rather. of The Bronx,
the middlewei ight who once aspired to
the Mike Gibbons crown, but is now
soldering at Camp Wadsworth, out
pointed Sergeant Ross, of Camp Zach
airy Taylor, Louisville. The boys went
at it like backyard cats, but Rather
1ad ms man hanging on at the bell.
Jack McAuiffc was the referee and
just lasted the limit.
Packey Wears Sunburn
Packey Mcfarland, with a beautiful
new coat of sunburn and chubby as a
milk-fed schoolboy with about 100
pounds Of meat on his bones, went
three oneminute rounds with Danny
Fields. Packey let loose such a swarm
of punches that Fields looked as though
a fly swatter would be better defence
TOR him than pair Of gloves
The big doings began after this, for
the band broke loose and Benny Leo
nard, worlds lightweight champion and
boxing instructor at Camp Upton,
walked down one of the aisles, with
10000 tin throats giving him cheer.
Willie Jackson, the Bronx lightweight
who gave up an S1,100 bout in Philadel-
phia last night to box for the soldiers,
was Benny's opponent in the four
round go.
Leonard looked more like welter-
weight than 133-pounder, but he still
was the old master of the marvellous
blocking and lightning punching that
brought fortune and a world title.
jackson is no hunk of cold molasscs
himself, when it comes to the speed
stuff, and he kept Leonard on the hop
from bell to bell. 1t was evident, how
ever, that Benny was not intent on a
knockout. His deadly right was loaded d
with only ordinary black powder, in
stead Of INT, as usual.
Smallest Men Fight Best
Dick Loadman, of Buffalo, and Joe
Lynch, Of the West Side. the two lead
ing contenders for Pete Herman's title,
the smallest men in the ring last night,
put up the most furious exhibition of
the evening in the line of hard fighting.
Every small man in the house swelled
out his chest, until vest buttons were
popping all over the crowd. So proud
they were Of Joe and Dick
After. another four-round boat be-
tween the Corona Kid and Jimmy Muir
ray, bantam, John Tea Dunn, famous
boy orator of the Flatbush, climbed
solemnly into the ring and raised a
regular dervish howl from the gallery
gods by announcing that Jack Demp-
sey. who has gained nationwide pub
Lefty as the contender for Jess Will
lard's heavyweight title, would not be
able to box because of a sprained
ankle
While the uproar was at it's height
Dempsey himself got into the ring,
dressed like a fashion plate, and sat
on stool. Loving hands removed the
shoe, the sock and about eight yards
Of tape from Dempsey's right hoof. and
Jack sat as Exhibit A while Dunn lect-
ured on the dangers of sprained ankle.
Gold Feet:" Says Inquirer
Sure it's not cold feet, Jack?" asked
a tragic voice from the gallery. and
after all the paraphernaia had been
readJusted or the Dempsey foot, Jack
took it away with him.
George Ashe, of PHILADELPHIA. who is
entitled to wear twenty service stripes
on his sleeve for his years in the ring,
was introduced as Mske's opponent.
Ashe was never in danger of a knock
out during the bout, but that was ONLY
because Miske was in a charitable
frame of mind last night. He treated
George as any well bred young man
would treat an elderly gentleman. The
cheers were not deafening when the
bout ended.
The receipts were said to be about
$40 600