New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
HigF1-Class Bouts
To Feature Cards
On Memorial Day
Gibbons-Clifford Battle and
kansas-Delmont Fight
Head List of Attractions

Pugilsts Will be busy indoors and in
the open air tomorrow, when no less
than five cf the leading fight clubs in
New York City and vicinity will bid for
patronage The big attraction at Eb-
bets Field, Brooklyn, and the Rocky
Kansas-Gene belmont battle at the
Walker Sporting Club, Ivanhoe Park,
Ridgewood, loom as real high class
entertainments. Not far behind them
in point of interest will be the fights at
the Brighton Beach Club, Coney
Island; the Brighton Club, Staten
Island, ani the Freeport Auditorium.
At Ebbets Field Tommy Gibbons, the
st. Paul heavyweight, will endeavor to
make Jack Clifford, of Brooklyn, his
ninth consecutive victim by the knock
out route. Gibbons fattened his eighth
opponents within recent months on Fri
day night in Youngstown, Ohio. His
victim was Sergeant Ray Smith, of
Camden, N, j., who was carried to his
corner in the second round after he
had been knocked fat three times in
the first session.
Jack Clifford recently came to New
York from Atlantic City, where he was
engaged for week as sparring part
ner by Jack Dempsey. Jack is said to
have found the remuneration at the
seaside out of all proportion to the
amount of puni shment he was expected
to consume daily, and so took French
leave OF the Airport.
Added interest in the events at the
Brooklyn baseball park centers in the
promised appearance, for the purpose
OF being introduced of Georges Car
pentier and his manager, Francois Des-
champs. In the semi-fnal of the Ebbets
show Mike Gibbons, an older brother
twelve rounds with Soldier Bartfeld
Andy CLANCY and Dutch Brandt will
clash In another twelve-rounder
Rocky Kansas, the Buffalo light
weight, who will endeavor tomorrow to
topple Gene belmont at the Ivanhoe
Park arena, in Ridgewood, is scheduled
to meet Benny Leonard at Harrison,
N. j., only one week later. Kansas has
as yet failed to explain his daring in
taking on so large a burden as belmont
n.
Rocky certainly appears to be max
ing big mistake, but it is his own
business. Few boxers have escaped
unscathed after twelve-round fracas
with the Memphis lightweight, and if
Rocky does so it will certainly ele-
Vate his prospects of putting the tall
ented champion away. Kansas has
climbed to the top of the list of con-
tenders for Benny's crown by many
months of hard fighting andl if he
goes to Harrison crippled in the least
respect ne cannot expect to stay the
route.
Joe Colletti and Jimmy Jackson will
meet in the feature of the open-air
show tomorrow afternoon at the
Brighton Beach Sporting Club. In the
semi-tinal Ray Wandell and Louis
Kreger will be the contenders and the
route also will be ten rounds
Bobby Hughes and frankie Fay are
top-hners OF the big holiday night
snow at the treeport Auditorium. They
are scheduled for twelve rounds. Two
ten-rounders will precede the main 90,
IN which Terry Martin and Franklin
Williams and Happy German and
Jimmy Carter will be paired. Artie
Dawn and Babe Hayes will come tn.
gether in the curtain-raiser of six
sessions.
Johnny Howard, the veteran Bav.
onne middleweight, and frankie Flem
ing, of Richmond County, will box
twelve rounds or less in the main 90
at the opening show tomorrow after
noon at the Brighton Sporting Club
Staten Island. A big open-air arena
has been established in Sisco Park
West Brighton, where the carnival will
be staged.
Jay Lanahah and Jimmy Solly. former
A. E. F. chChpion, will meet in the
ten-ronnd e,9ni-fnaI Wv