The New York herald., 1920-01-25
PROMINENT WOMEN
SEE SOLDIER BOUTS
Service Workers Sit with
Wounded Men and Referee
Some of the CONTESTS.
GOOD PUNCHERS APPLAUDED
Amateur and Professional Finals En-
tertain Veterans of Far Hill
Hospital.

Wounded soldiers shared rinsside seats
with prominent women at a boxing tourna-
ment, held yesterday afternoon in the
Central Opera House. at No. 2oS East
ISixty-seventh street. The occasion was
the finals of the amateur boxing tourna-
ment which the National League for
Woman's Service has been holding during
the week for the entertainment OF wounded
veterans at the Fox Hills Hospital, in
Staten Island.
A series of lively bouts kept the dough-
boys well interested, and the women Visi-
tors, some of when ga2ed at the proceed
lings through lorgnettes, were not slow IN
registering enthusiasm when good puncn
went home The programme was devoted
chiefly to boxing and wrestling exhlhl-
tions by professionals, the remainder OF
the programme being taken up with the
finals of the amateur contest Or these
latter bouts three women were Judges
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Pell. Mrs. John
Mott and Mrs. Edward McVickar. When
the programme was about to be closed
lScotty Monteith, who arranged this ana
other performances for the wounded boys,
called for three cheers for the league.
and they were given. Mrs. Peil then led
the boys in three cheers for ''Scotty."
The guests from Fox Hills, one hundred
to the city in automobiles. Many of them
were partially crippled, and these were
carried upstairs to the ring side by husky
policemen from the East SiXty-seVenth
street station. detailed by Captain Under
hill for that purpose
Johnnie Dundee was the bright light OF
the professional part of the programme
He boxed three fast exhibition rounds
with a sparring partner, Willy Curry. OF
Staten Island and Curry kept him step
ping. Captain Freddie Welch. U. S. A.
Sanitary oCrps, and formerly lightweight
champion, refereed this bout The other
professional bouts were refereed by Eddie
Pollock and the contest bouts were ref
creed by Scotty Monteth. ]. J, McHugh.
of the A.A.A., was timekeper.
There were two finals In the amateur
contest In the 1870 pound class the women
judges decided for Floro, of tho Paulist
AC., over Charles Dugard, OF the West
Side A.C. The Florios came out on top
again in the l45 pound class when Nick
Florio, of the Paulsts, took the medal
from Joe Ferris, of the West Side A.C.
Douglas and Victor Ziegler, aged six
and seven, opened the exhibition with
fisticuffs in miniature. Knockout Bill
Brennan boxed three fast rounds with jim
Monahan, and a second heavyweight bout
was staged between Chief Clay Turner
and Harry Benson, OF New York. Other
Exhibitions were given by elizabeth ana
Murray Lindey. of New York, and G.
Slattery and Gene Davis. of the Paulist
lac.
Comedy was furnished by wrestling
match between Young Hackenschmidt and
Young Muldoon. Muldoon undertook to
throw his man in ten minutes for forfeit
his bout His efforts to carry out his
agreement kept the soldiers in roars OF
laughter He did ont throw Hacken~
schmidt
After the bouts the service men were
guests of the league at supper. The
patronesses, practically all Of whom were
present except Miss Anne Morgan who Is
on a lecturing tour in the West, were
Mrs. Edward McVickar. chairman; Mrs
Littleton Fox Mrs. George Barton French,
Mrs. Adolph Ladenburg. Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt Pell. Mrs Francis Rogers. Mrs.
Joseph Sears. Mrs. Caspar Whitney, Mrs
Charles S. Whitman and the Misses Cara
mai Carroll. Fanny oCttenet, Janet Fish,
Belle Burnee, Anne Morgan, Jean Roose-
Welt and Maude Wetmore.