The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-15
IIMMY WILDE
 ID APPEAR AT NEW FIGHT CLUB

Now York, Sept 15.---An elaborate program for the deciding of amateur and professional boxing champion ships in all weights and classes is pro- vided for by the international sport ing Club, the formation of which was announced here yesterday. The club, working in conjunction ylth the Army, Navy and Civilian Board of Boxing Control, proposed to stage series of tournaments and by a pro- Cess of elimination develop cham pion in every weight class for prUfes- sionals and amateurs, including nu- merOus industrial and service divis- ions.
 The tentative schedule, which de- bends to some extent upon the com pletion of the $500 GOO club house early in February, calls for d match of ten rounds between Jimmy Wilde and some selected contender on the open ing night In addition there will be a. series of six round contests between heavyweight uovices who w4u appear by invitation. The list as arranged at present includes the leading heavics developed in the Army and the win ner will be awarded a gold cup. the gift of Anthony J. DrcxeI Riddle pres i1ent of the club.
 Six round bouts for the world heavyweight championship of both the army and navy will also be a fea- Jure of the opening night In these matches tho heavyweight champion of the American and British armies VIII meet for a belt presented by Ma Jor-Gcneral Leonard Wood while the champions of the two navies will box Tor world. S uavies heavyweight cham pionship and an embIcmatIc belt. the gift Of Admiral ". s. Sims.
 The feature contests 0f following weeks of February will include cItra- inaton contests or six rounds each to decide The middIcwelEht weItcr- weight and HEhrEeiEht champions of America In these matches the Icad- ing coutcnders will box six rounds and the winners will pass on to the serni-tlnai of eight rounds. In tho final tho champion. or the boxer gen craliy credited wi.h such title. will 1ace thC survivor in a ten round bout for special championship trophy.
 All bouts win be decided upon a point basis being judged by two or moro judges appointed for that pur- pose
 According to the sponsors of the club a large mum bor of tho leading professional boxers of both this Coun- try and Europe have siEuiilod their willingness to appear under the con- ditions outlined and in tho ease of tho recognIzed champions, to defend their titles for the championship belts. The actual matching of the prOfes- sionaI boxers will be directed by c. l.. tTeN) Bickard. whose success iu pro- noting tituinr ring contests on large scale has made him famous through cut the boxing world.
 Similar methods will be tnausurat- cd in the amateur and industrial classes. Belts or other trophies have been donated by prominent men for more than fifty divisions of industrial boxers who will be divided into feath- CT, light. middle and heavyweight classes. Tournaments will be staged both in New York and other cities with the ultimate survivors meeting for the championship belt in their in- dustria1 division. The classes include automobile. ship builders, iron and copper miners. lumberers. Coopers carpenters, upholsterers. wood work CTS, railroad men and scores oi others.
 The amateur. club and industrial boxers will be under the direction ot Frederick W. Rubien, Secretary ot the Amateur Athletic Union. who will arrange for all such tournaments and supervise the staging of champion. ships as well as national eIiminarlor contests such as the Olympic Gamei try-out which will be necessary earIy in 1920.