New-York tribune., 1918-08-17
10000 Watch
K. ofC. Bouts
AtEbbetsF ield
Dundee and Wallace Put Up
Best Battle-Dempsey
Balks

Brooklyn stepped right out with
rings on her fingers and bells on her
toes last night in support of the
Ahights of Columbus war charity show
at Ebbets Field.
twenty thousand pop-eyed bovine
fans crowded the immense rranJstanS
and the infeld inclosure. maxine one
OF the largest turnouts that ever wit
i'eSsea sporting event in BROOKLYN.
IL was pretty spectacle with the
i.ng pitched at the home plate and a
stIihe OF carbon lights throwing THAR
"hlte shafts on what was otherwise a
pltcn dark field. Flower girls garbeI
IN whl. g took in hundreds of dollars to
sweh s' the knights Of Columbus fund
'A1TyLu,sa ~ I ehe SAFE of carnations.
me nrst bout of any size was be-
1ween 1w;ss IN Phil Bloom, of Brooklyn, and
aas;1,, einsn Iiarsy .iy Kline. The boys went
snasliy through four rounds, although
hloom took "brodie" between tbs
ropes IN the first round Thereafter he
speeued up and held Kline even. both
men men taking it rather easily. RilIv
Roche refereed. D'iiS
Johnny Dundee and Eddie Wallace
" brooklyn. fought whirlwind four
round bout which was voted the hast
Neeii at charity show this year.
sensation was caused when it was
an"puncGd a. p that Jack Dempsey refused
DoN oattlng Levinsky more than
,hree rounds. The Knights Of Colnn,
ous committee Informed Demnsev tha.
II ne would not live up to the mo-
sIafnme of four rounds Billy Miska of
o.; raul would be substituted
pempsey stubbornly refused to
agree af to this proposition. whcreupon
Mlshe ana Levirsky came into tho
rlhg. There was an obvious wait on
the part OF the announcer and the Of
nclals' IN the hope that Demnsev
Would reient 1t was then reported at
iihsslde mat Dempsey. after a
conference with his advisers. bod left
the park '"u ieio
Dundee started with a rush and car
RED the fight to Wallace for two
ROUNDS. IN the last two rounds Wallace
came back like wildcat. fpbtinr ss
Ad Wolgast did, and he was hav;n9
'he better of it at the final bell Tbe
men stood toe 70 toe and slupped fo,
,he hnal thirty seconds of the mill
II was a draw. Jack Skelly, of Yonkers.
e, Silent Martin and Italian Joe Cans
fought four slow rounds. Cans was
gong faster at the finish and earned
the decision. anu car 'eu
:, w lllam J. Kelly, County Clerk oe
iKRlngs, refereed the bout between Fddie
lremley, OF the navy, and Walter Mohr.
OF OF brooklyn. Kelly's work was easily
me IN feature, as he stood still ard LET
me boxers take care % themeoIvos
Nohr proved glutton for punishment
ana the sailor lad couldn't hurt him
'hough he won all the way.
Mlske and Levinsky fought at fast
pace, Mlske carrying the fight to The
Jewish boy in the first round and land
ing severa! solid punches. Levinskv
came back and held the St. Paul bow
even IN the next two rounds, but L
was Miske's bout on points.
agreed to meet Clay Turner. a fighter
OF o, indian extraction from the Middle
vest. The crowd was disappointed
that the original programme was NOT
lived up to, but il gave Dempsey a
rousing reception. Dempsey started at
q hrlsk pace with Turner. but most of
his work was with his feet and there
was little scoring of points bv either
man. 1T was obvious that Dempsey far
cutclassed Turner.
In the third round Turner brought
blood TO Dempsey's nose with a sfiF
,e1t Jan and Dempsey returned the
oiow with interest. Having Turner
bleedlng from both the mouth and nose
before the round was over. Demnscv
opened the fourth round as though he
was trying for knockout. After few
stlf Jabs he cooled down and the bout
hnlshed with both men on their feet.