New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Florio Brothers
Win in Finals
Before Heroes
Mrs. Peli and Mrs. McVickar
Render Correct Verdicts
as Wounded Look On
By Fred Hawthorne


rhich boxing bill to pass, they had
better insert new plank in the plat
;o.m,' providing for women judges at
: re ringside. The verdict Of TIE
wounded soldiers from the Fox Hills
= hospital VINO attended the finals Of the
4 amateur boxing tournaments yesterday
afternoon at The Central Opera House.
rs East sixty-seventh Street, was:
We'll say they're good"
TIE doughbcys were not referring 70
he bouts themselves, although all
.asse were above the average. but to
q WORK Of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
pen and Mrs. Edward Mcvickar, chair
nan o. .he National League for
! Wcmen's Service, under whose
suspices the bouts were held. Mrs.
psll and Mrs. McVickar sat outside
I .ne ropes while the amateurs were
4 siring limitations of the devastation OF
Belgium. and kept accurate and un
! siased tab on hooks. .olts ana upper
/ ,uts.
"Scotty" Mortieth. manager Of johnny
! Dundee. the lightweight who was named
it.er the town where the best MARINA
/ lsde comes from, was the referee. an
! nouneer and general master of cere
/ monies, but he was saved the burden
/ o. rendering his decision at the end OF
/ each bout. Il had been previously
1 agreed that the referee would be asked
70 name the winners only if the judges
disagreed The ladies we're absolutely
harmonious in their selections. how
ever, so all "Scottv" had to do was to
/ lOOk like the manager of Johnny Dun
dee He d.d.
Even the Losers Agree
We have often heard the term "A
isir Judge but until yesterday, at the
Central Opera House. we had never
seen one. There was absolutely no
doubt as to the wisdom Of the decisions
sf Mrs. Pell and Mrs McNiekar; even
tie losers in the bouts looked as though
they agreed
The National League for Women's
Service has been conducting this ANA
leur tournament for the wounded SOL
dsrs at the Fox Hills Hospital, OF
Staten Island. all week. the preliminary
set-tos taking place near the hospital.
Yesterday the boys were all brought to
the Central Opera House in auto
mobiles and placed in ringside seats
night under the guns About five
hundred doughboys and civilians were
IN the hall when the festivities began.
The timekeepers were Theodore
ROOsevel. Pell, Johnny McHugh and
captain Freddie Welsh. now IN the
saRitary corps OF the army. but once
i1t~ n, in, -
|ihe world; Eddie Pollock and X. o."
|sill Brennan acted - referees. AL
armed encores. Several professional
|HXers entertained with three-round
Exhibitions before the amateur scraps
'erc put on. among those giving their
evvices being Johnny Dundee. Willie
urry. X. O." Bill Brennan. Jim Mon
aaan. Chief" Clay Turner. Harry Ben
Ml, johnny Clinton. Maxv Green,
iene Sla.tery and J. Davis
The arst bout was h h-rricanc affair
'stween two midget brothers. Douglas
1 md Victor Lieg.er. five and ceven
Ieafs old. who went al each other for
nree rounds as though intent upon
zutual fra-ricide. !, was agreed be-
arehand that if both were living al
ae end o. the third round the bout
Eas 20 be declared Z draw. Decision
\ t4-
Praise for Press Agent
, Right mere, in this prominent para
rsph, e- Us say a word or two in
7faise Of the press agent OF the
low Miss Bessie James. The average
i p a. is never around when you most
1 saat information or tickets or ring
de sea. Mss James fu-tered arouLd
snong tae pencil cnautfeurs and gave
1 regular sightseeing bus lecture about
s!eryoody 6 prominence in and olt
A ! me ring and she knew the records
all tne fighters, too. She was &
%on TO -ate comers to the press seats,
I'D las. bu. nor least, she was easy
70 The eyes"-very.
Toe Fiosio. Of the Paulist Athletic
.go. and Charlie pugard, OF the West
Sde A.aie.ic Club, two fast feather
4 'sigAts, were the first pair 20 appear
the amateur class Montieth
AMoea snr0 tne ring and introduced
se boys. Mrs. Pel and Mrs. McNickar
'ss tnelr seas b. The ropes. and tho
ight started
There p'as plenty Of temptation 20
az aooE, the infuenze epidemic, or
= prospect for gay seasor at Palm
,sscn. ou. Mrs. McFickar and Mrs.
Ell concentraced on nothing but hooks
H. lans. and after Florio had hooked
~ swung continuously on Dugard's
f9aght li'-e tricklc Of blood from
IL game Charles nose, the judges
sAocnced tna- Joe had won. Loud
3sserEl
N:ek Florio. Joe's elder and bigger
's'ae-: ard Joe Ferris. o. the West
8 - Athlete Cub, weltc rweigh,s. were
nexs par in me ring. and Nick .
t'@sd saolaer decision for the House
t.erlo. Ferris being all bus 'out'
tas az. round Mrs. Pell and Mrs /
.ssHkAr i9o<ed sympathetic, but
f'ses Ira Mex vas the winner.
asre "iirrrahst"l
s% Day's ard Gene Siattery. both Of
tfaul.st Athletic rub, gave a three
K ~ exhibition ard u good time was
- ~ a., although Gene stopped
] =" s.oves r She threc SERMONS.
n Dundee and Curry Mix
.as ocst bout between the "aoneyed
~ vas taat ~ which Dundee (
- !, Up v.ts Willie Curry. Both I
~ wsst g. fast a well-greascd
a.l<silser, bpt Dundee earned the /
sss a. me end Brennan and Mona
H. "rHs snsn1gr lively three rounds,
Il b.ehnan getting the edge, and
~ hfneon fair, fat and forty"
4 -. .'9@e1 isse gentleman amateur
4 ~,1ea .i<e professional, out /
- thief" Turner all the way.
y linton ootw.tted Navy Green
4 g gS.~ iA7t cf I'm PRO" bouts
ar.ss.t. NUE. nDt forget 10 mention the
H,slsY bout between "Yo1ng" Hack
s%a.sas and "Yoong' Muldoon, vel
% ~. ~ Act.oA ever3 second, most /