Evening star., 1931-04-23
RUTHERFURD HEIR
TO GREAT FORTUNE
Former Princeton Athlete Is
Out for Light-Heavy
Amateur Crown.
BY WILBUR WOOD.

n YEW YORK, April 23.-To the
M average young man of the
4 Y stock market the winning
of a championship is de-
sirable chiefly because of the pot
of gold at the end of the trail.
Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney,
for example, started boxing with
out a dime in their jeans and fin
ished in the millionaire class.
What Of a young fellow with millions
Of dollars already at his beck and call
starting out to acquire boxing cham
pionship just for the fun Of fighting?
You say that's just a pipe dream?
You're wrong; there is such fellow.
His name is Winthrop Rutherfurd, jr.,
and he will be one of the 200 young
men competing in the national amateur
championship tournament in Madison
Square Garden next Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday.
Heir to Great Fortune.
Winthrop Rutherfurd, jr.. of ALA
muchy, N. j., and New York City, Is
heir to a fortune estimated at S20,-
100000. Yet the one thing of all things
he desires is the amateur Ight-heavy-
weight championship. That's some
thing that must be purchased with
socks instead Of simoleonS.
Young Rutherfurd was quite an ath-
lete at Princeton. from which univer-
sity he was graduated in 1927. For
three years he pulled an oar in the
varsity shell. He held the heavyweight
boxing championship of Princeton. He
also played bit of foot ball.
Unlike so many college athletes, he
did not cease to take an active part in
sport after being graduated. Only last
Summer he and Clement Newbold rep
-esenting the Varsity Barge Club of
Philadelphia, won the double SOULS
championship of Canada.
Wins Extra -Rounder.
Last week at the Newark A. c. Ruth
erfurd earned the right to represent
New Jersey in the national champion
ships by defeating Bobby Mess, New
Jersey light-heavyweigh champion. It
was hard fight and the judges called
for an extra round, in which the for
mer Princetonisn had enough left to
gain the decision.
This scion Of wealth and the social
aristocracy may not win through to
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shunted aside by some young butcher
or baker or candlestick maker. Once
that bell rings, all the money in the
world does not suffice to take the sting
out of left hook. But he will be in
there swinging, will this descendant Of
Peter StuyveSant.
His Beak Messed Up.
These who saw Rutherfurd box Mess
at the Newark A. c. say that he is a
fairly good boxer, but what they liked
most about him was the way he stood
up under a punch. He fought as If he
liked it. He has a bit of fighters
nose, too, testimony that he has stop,
ped more than few punches with
that organ.
This years tournament will bring
together the most cosmopolitan gath
er1ng in the history Of the event. Every
one Of the 29 districts in the United
States will be represented. Canada is
sending a team. SoX boxers from
Hawaii will arrive today. The Army
and the Navy each will be represented,
as will several colleges.
The tournament is expected to draw
a total attendance of close to 10000
for the four nights, which would be a
record. Receipts should total close to
100000, which would be a new mark
In the box Office.