New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
Mitchell Boys j
Start Training
For Debut Here
Pinkey Threatens to Thrash
Leonard if the Champion
Disposes Of BrotherRichie
By W. Q. Mcclellan

The Mitchell Brothers 49, Ri;chie
Pinkey and Wilie-wIil entertain o.
the training ship, Granite State. STAR
ing to-day. Brother Eitchie boxes
Benny Leonard On the lsth; Bro,he-
Pinkey boxes Willie Jackson a wee,
before Brother Willie collects. Brother
Willie will pour az the FIRST afternoon
reception.
The Mitchell Brothers, who box.
have rot been seen in the East vet.
but out il Milwaukee, and In fact a,
through the Middle West, they are
very highly esteemed. ia fact since
they reduced the stuf tha; made Nil
waukee famous to g half OF one per
cent. and thereby made Milwaukee aat.
the Mitchell Brothers have been the
only source OF pride for thar stricken
and despoNdcnt city.
Ritche Ntchell WAS once candi-
date fer the lightweight championship.
and was doing very nicely until he met
Benny Leonard for the first time and
was tapped on the chin. He won a de-
cision or two over Joe yelling and
tackled quite few OF the leading
''contenders."
This bout at the Garden will be bv
way Of a return match. and they do saw
that Ritchie IS very optimistic abous
his chances OF grabbing off the ligh,-
weight championship. The lads al.
always optimistic until Leonard LAND,
on thoir chins.
Pinkey Tailest Lightweight
Pnkey is said to he one of those
adjustable boxers. When he fights as
a lightweight he is the tallest light
i-rar
five feet eleven inches with his socks
subtracted. In the old home town
some of the lads think that Pinkey can
beat Richie. They have never tried
this out in public and perhaps never
will, unless ire rates for boxing bouts
go even higher
If Leonard whips Ritchie again and
Plnkey should whip Jackson, Pinkey
declares that he viii want crack at
the champion to averge the injury TO
the house o. Mitchell, also to ge,
Willie Mitchell will see that he does
There will be quite an EXPENSIVE
house for the Leonard Mitchell bout
as what is lett .ftcr the two boxers
carry away their $50. 900 guarantee
will go for the fund for devastated
France. Miss Anno Morgan is stag
ing the bout TO swell this fund and
there are quite 4 number Of people
who are going TO see to it that dcvas-
tated France gets at least as much as
the knights Of the caulflower car.
Seats and box seats will be auctoned
in the grand ballroom of the Commo-
dore Thursday afternoon, also in front
of the stock exchange. These aut-
tons will be directed by Miss Morgan.
OtSo B. Shulhof. Louis c. Stoddard
and Colonel Arthur H. Woods of the
committee for the aid of devasted
France. Among those who will auction
the seats are Loon Enrol. Big Bill Ed
wards. Burr Mcintosh. Marie Dressler
and Katherine Martin.
Joe Humphrey. the human log horn
and the greatest catch-as- -catch-can
orator sent out from Tammany Hall.
will act as master OF ceremonies at the
auction at the Commodore TIE pres
cnce Of Mr.. Humrhres alone is guar
antee that the affair will be full Of
class, eclat and all that sort OF thing.
Greb Now After Wilson
Harry Greh. the favorite son of Pitts
bureh has deci'ed to make his home
in New York from row on. Greb. who
can make the mid1leweight limit and
trave! some at that. sees no reason
why Johnny Wilson should remain the
titleholder in the middleweight divis.
ion: Neither does anybody else.
Grob announces that he viii camp
on the trail Of Wilson until ne gets
a match, but canning en- Wilson's trail
seems to eather little moss. After se-
curing the middieweioht Championship,
Greb announces that he Viii Try tc do
a Robert Fitzsii'lacns and vii ign up
with Dempsey in q audablc effort 70
knock the heavyweight champion into
the raspberry bushes.
As Jimmy Johnston. tie no, bandit
OF Madison Square, rrma-keC You
cant hang guy for trying.