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a Penny Says He Is Glad He) Was Floored for Count as It Proves to Boxing Public He Can Take a Punch and Then ‘Come on and Win. By Alex. Sullivan. ‘T punch that Richie Mitchell dropped me with Garden last night, Saw myself a defeated idol in the _ dressing room telling the reporters brought about my defeat, I knowing instinctively that! Thad lost—in fact I lived years in one punch. “Tt must have been only a second ‘What I wes dazed, but I quickly re- q my wits and knew enough to take the nine-second count so that ‘ty head would be completely cleared when I arose to my feet. “Tknow that if T had risen at which I could have done, 1 : have put in jeopardy my title, ) © wef stayed down as long as permit- . tee under the boxing rules without counted out fmoon as I reached my feet I that I had recovered from the of that punch, but gee, what it was! Clean living, I ruess, me to recuperate so quickly. floored because I got a trifle I don't think for any other I underestimated the ability ‘epponent, | thought because fact 1 had dropped™ him so and because I had him down times for the full count that ‘Was no danger to be fenred. a mistake that was! It might have cost me a title that T hope will me a quarter of a million dollars B the next two years. om now on, take it from me, no how drunk with punishment onent is, I'm not going to take n Tt doesn't pay. @ way I am glad that I was x It showed my friends that ze wan take @ punch. I needed nome- _~ like that to wake me up. T was ast trifle too confident, but as I said before that punch proved to the ming world that I can take a lick- and come on and win. you can bet no other opponent ig to catch me napping again, extract the teeth from a lion wouldn't fear him, would you? Wouldn't mind playing with him, ‘That was about the way I 4 Mitchell, I thought that the whipping IT gave him, and the of him for the count three ie oe emt Se TN eee ie ampion Leonard Says He Was Knocked Down | Because of Carelessness PAS THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1921. times in rapid succession, made him harmless. Hut 1 can almost feel that left hook yet, It came like a bolt out of} a clear sky, as you writers would say. It was like a ton of bricks falling on me. “I have been thinking that maybe Mitchell dropped so easily because he had purposely planned such an action to catch me off my guard, and to make me think that he was through, and then he figured he'd uncork a knockout wallop—and he nearly did. “That was the only Moy during the Gipht that I was really in danger, al- though several times before J put him away he kind of rocked me. “Richie went down with colors fly- ing. He is as game as @ pebbie. I was sorry he was forced to take such punishment, but in that sixth round 1 just couldn't take any more chances Po I sailed in and knocked him into ich a state of collapse that the ref- eree had to stop the bout to save him from a possible injury. ‘Mitchell wouldn't have stopped unless he had been knocked cold, and 1 was all set for the final blow when Referve Johnny Haucop waved Richie to his corner. “Lote of people think the weight burt me—they say I was weak. No such thing. 1 beat him easier than I did when we met in Milwaukee, Out there it took seven rounds to fin- ish him, whereas |t took only six this time. “I take great pride In the fact that such a notable gathering turned out to see the battle. I guess all the aris- tocracy of the city was there, and he bir men that help to run the Affairs of the cily, State and Nation. T am pleased to think that they all enjoyed our efforts. Of course T am doubly pleased to think that | was able to perform like a real champion and win by a knockout. “| have knocked out Joe, Welling and Richie Mitchell, two of my most dangerous contenders, in the Garden. Now they can bring on the Tendlers, Jackrons, Dundee: simmonsen or ai the weight, and I hope to be able to serve them all as I have done Jor and Richie, “The boys up my way won lots of money on the result, They tet heav- | Wy that 1 would stop him inside of ten rounds, I've told many of my inpat ardent admirers that they shouldn't have such unitmited confidence in me and think I can stop everybody tn jig tune, I'm only human. There are Rood fighters in the world besides myrelf.-and you never can tell when the Iad will show up that will take me as I did my predecessor, Freddie Welsh. “That's why I don't like to see mv friends bet eo heavily and give such falwe odds as they give, even 10 to 1, that I_knock out dangerous contend- ers. But u all know any time I step in the ring I am out to give the fans dest there ts in me, and I) take on any opponent the public de- mands wntil Tam ready to lay away my boxing Sloves,” Just as soon as the fieht war over Renny got into his car and drove to his home on Seventh Avenue where & number of his intimate friends were on band to receive him. FIRST ROUND—Benny landed the Punch, a left feeler to the nose. was full of actiongidancing but seemed frightf@ly ner- i in almost the next second lenny hooked a right to his chin and went down. Looked as if it be short and sweet for Benny. raised himself to one knee decided to take the count. He pup and covered his face with his j as he backed toward the ropes. iY, however, found an opening in | body, shot in a left and asain went down. Benny, the per- jon of confidence, sparred ind carefully and finally hooked a to Richie's chin‘and down went Milwaukee boy for the third time. 's right eye was almost closed ly. Just as Benny appeared to shoot the right for the tin- } Yi punch, Mitchell, although grog: worked in close’ toward Leon- : smi! own corner and suddenly hooked m the point of Benny's cnin. ent the champion with a thud .was almost too sensational for erowd. Benny shook his head Jooked toward his corner. He Assurance to his'manager and he was al) right. He was plainly for probably the first time since Hecame cluunpion. He didn't up to resume fighting, but in- showed generalship by taking oount. There were few blo after this before the bell rang. COND KOUND—Leonard start- ively, picking: Richi eye with his left. He landed rack but wusn't quite Ko cer- af himself after his early knock- He swung a right on Mit- jaw and just as the crowd had that Mitchell couldn't fight a Rohie shot over an inside right | ‘of Benny's jaw and the champion ‘on his pins, Benny knew by tame he had a fight on his hands. IRD ROUND—Mitchell fell short two lefts to the face and then Mt over the next two. He shot hi to Benny’s jaw and nearly | d him again. Richie then walked ‘ nied a left solidly to Ben- wtomach. Benny started kidding sand saying, “Come on in,” but ieaeemen paid no attention to this, In- he forced Bonny back on’ his t all around the ring. Benny then and stabbed two long left io the stomach which Mitchell took tt flinching, but he afterward ‘Re block for a right which Ben- Blow-by-Blow Story Of Leonard-Mitchell Go to his jaw. © Milwaukee standing up wel! under Ben- | Leo: Pponches, Hale blinied fought back gcame- them since he won the title, It looked like a case of brain ogainst brain early in this round. Mitchell reached eat with his left und then shot over a right to the chin tut wan a litle short. Benny was plainly waiting one good apening. He jabbrd Mitchell on the nose twice and Mit. ghell took another chance with his right. It missed as before, Benny pack a hard jeft into Richie's stomach but it didn't stop Mitchell's aggressiveness. ‘He walked in and put a left on Benny’s bleeding lips ‘They exchanged left hooke to the chin and Mitchell then chased Benny around the ring and landed two lefts to the face and two to the body. He left a big opening in doing so and Benny promptly shot his t over to Roohie’s jaw. It was plain that he was depending on getting Bonny wit) a right for a knovkout, But in doing #0 he was taking a lot of chances. FIFTH ROUND—Quite a bit of sparging until Richie put in two lefts to Benny's face. Benny swung bis right, but he was short with it, They both were fighting with great respoct for each other now. Benny fiddicd “round & second or so and let his right go to the chin, Mitchell wasn’t checked any, stepped in with two good lefts to the body, Benny, however, | was the fox of the two. He was le! ting Mitchell do most of the work. SIXTH ROUND—Milwaukee wae now cheering aguin for Mitchell, who |seomed badly handicapped with his right eye closed, They tried to out- | feme gach other and finally Renny won out, gett his right full on |Mitchetl’s chin. flichte went down on his hands and knees and wisely took the full count. He got up and made | Renny miss two well intended pundh- jes: Benny aguin slammed his right, a jNttle high ‘and then hooked over. his jleft to Richie's chin, With a suddan- Rees that was amaging Mitchell then seamed to lose all control of his fight- ing machinery. He reeled back over to a neutral corner and with hands down stood like one In a trance. Leon- jard piled right In, hit him with one Jott swing to the jaw and then moved & bit to the right for better aim and took eleven clean, @olid cracks at Mitchel! face before the Milwaukee boy finally slunk down and rolled over, He waa beaten as badly as any man ever was, but the referce insist- ed on couming over htm, At nine Mitchell was on his feet again as if by instinct. He apparently didn’t know what he was doing. This time CHAMPION LEONARD DROPPED FOR COUNT, BUT STOPS MITCHELL THAT LEONARD-MITCHELL SOCIETY EVENT - By Thornton F isher SOCIETY WAS WELL RINGSIDE NEUTRAL CORNER IN THE THE END 5 oF MITCHELLS ASPIRATIONS BACKING HIM INTO A THE CHAMPION OROoVE tl CLEAM ,BLows TO RICHIE Ss HEAD - THE — (Copyright, 1921, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Hvening World.) ARTER HANG BEEN Lacan Mise STIHES RICHIE SENT A STIPE LEFT Hock TO BENMYS CHIN WHICH LAETED Hit UP AND SAT Hi DOWN WITH A THUD THEY OWNED FOR LONG “THREE TIME S Ww THE 155 RO THE FLOoR- rurcHeces LEFT WAS THE HOST ANNONING THING IN HIS BAG OF TRICKS ma HE WAS GAME — FIGHTING WIT. ONE EYE OUT OF COMMIS! ONCE IN & WHILE THE ATTENTION OF THE HALES WANDERED From THE AGHT- counts REFEREE —? STEPPED Id AND SAVED THE HELPLESS MAN + (Continued From First Page) Leonard's hands, and fmal undoing. this was his He used no ring tact whatsoever, plunging in in vain at- tempt to win with a single punch, Leonard, on the other hand. used bis he d thoroughly and with shanp eves | uwajted openines of which always quick to take advantage. After his early knockdown, he made every punch tell and wasted nothing. had a real farhter on his hands, yet | be the ultemate victor, The last round was sensational in wo far as the collapse of Mitchell came suddenly He had been knocked to his hands and knees in the centre of the ring, but got up ap- parently unhurt. He then backed off | to the ropes midway between Leon- ard’s corner and 4 neutral ring post. Leonard pursuing him, hooked a left hich on Richie's cheek bone and Mitchell's hands dropped to his sides. He gradually stumbled across the canvas and stood in a corner like a baby about to burst into tears, He had no defenge and probably didn’t Somehow or othgr the Garden didn't look like the same old piace; at least, this was true during the preliminaries, ‘The gallery comedians were unusually quiet, and the crowd that sat around the ringside and those occupying arena boxes seemed more like & theatre turnout. ‘They confined their applause to handclaps, and altogether were too decoroux While a general View of the amphitheatre indicated o crowded hous, a tour of the enclosure showed that there were many empty seats, ThIx in a measure was ex- plained by the fact that many of the contributors for the cause of de- astated France stayed away. This doesn't mean, however, that all of the elite wet absent. On the contrary, many of the boxes contained what ™ t have been opera parties, Miss Anne Morgan, for instance, occ pied the most prominent box in the place, directly opposite the ring, decorated with the national colors of France entwined with the American flag. Ex- Governor Al Smith was Miss Morgan's guest He came in late and took a seat between the late banker's daugh- ter and Mrs, Ludlow. Acconting to Announcer Joe Humphreys, this was the first boxing matoh the ex-Governor had ever seen, Tt wasn't strictly the full dress affair that wus expected. Here and there in the vicinity of the ring one could see a white shirtfront and a lady in evening clothes, but there were more of the folk who came In thelr stores clothes. Although the house wis supposed to have been practically sold out, tickets were to be had at a discount outside of the Gar- den long before the main event. In 4 cigar store on 27th treet $20 seats could be bought for $12, according to the barker outalde. mard shot {n righta and lefts to his cpponent’s unprotected face and | Mitohell fmally sunk down again. With the crowd clamoring for the ref. free to stop it, Haukop counted again. Mitchel again got up aurenulanely but this time the referee stepped be- tween them and the fight was over. Mitehell’s brother Biny waa on the Ker, of throwing in the towel any~ ww. This round hy Hecate 8) Proeteped 3 The jast preliminary before the |main event of the evening brought |together Bobby Michaela and Johnny Reisler, son of the erstwhile John the Barber. Referees Patsy Haley spent moat of his time warning them‘ and breaking thelr clinches. Their bout, LEONARD AFTER TAKING COUNT CUMES ON AND STOPS RIVAL know whether he was in a ring or in Leonard hit an airship. on the jaw w the delivery ward, moved foe. erate aim. Benny ing right then to he Was) Milwaukee lad's knees sagged, but he} | didn't go down. in ten more to the same jaw and Ritchie finally No one knew batter than he that he|alid down and floor. ‘The How, goodnes: fenseless, Leonard sent general bing head, floor from again began to count Standing off and taking delfb- referee bean it was plainly apparent that he would | He reached nine and M he gtood with head hang- ing listiessly on his chest direction of Mitchell's bob- | He sank down to the} weight amounted money lected. For 000. for him again ith his left, out Anding of bis punches awk to (.v other side of his! sent a straight erash-| | Mitchell's face. ‘The Leonard then sent drives by actual count rovled over on the counting. hell got up. s only knows. Still de- This time in four punches in the} hese and the referee} At nine Richie |. THe ing the tax on the tickets. does money which was taken in on the programmes or other tions which the Committee col- LEONARD-MITCHELL BOUT DREW be Garden to $13 last night 145.60, imelud- This the not Include contribu- knocking out Mitchell, Benny Leonard received a guar- antee of $40,006. while Mitchell drew down a guarantee of §20,- Exactly 11,042 people paid tickets The tickets sold as follows: to see the show. $133,745.60 | BY JOHN POLLOCK. The gross receipts of the light championship fight tween Bennie Leonnrd and Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee at Madi- son Square “First Punch Dazed Me And After That I Don’t Rem em ber,’’ Says Mitchell | Leonard's Left Hook Which Floored Him Spoiled Richie's Plan of Battle. By Robert Boyd. T was not necessary for us to ask Richie Mitchell if the thought Benny Leonard the greatest little fighting man of his inches tn the world. It was obvious by the atmios- phere that enshrouded the beaten fighter’s dressing room after his sen- sational battle with the lightweight chanpion Bruised, battered, beaten and fight- Seen and Heard Around The Velvet Ring Posts By Richard Freyer. opera, “Knockouteo in the was half etratghtened on his shaking | Sixtheo" with Mons, Benjamin Leon- legs, and as Leonard set himself for¢ardo playing the leading role, with a another punch, Haukoff stepped be: tween the men and stopped what ap- peared to be nothing more than bru- Had he prevented any more punching after the first knockdown, tality no one would Bout Not the Full Dress Affair That It Was Expected to Be Mitchell, the have complained. supporting cast headed by Mr. Before the under way somebody high in the up- permost point of the Madison Square Garden came near spoiling the eve- Richie Milwaukee socker, was a decided success. Quite a few of the villagers turned out in “soup and fish" to witness the proceedings which were staged for devastated France, Mons, Leonardo and Mr. Mitchell. affair had quite got | tin from across the other side of the | North River. for (i down a couple of times in the open- ing stanza, but the Jersey boy took things easy and stuck the round out. In the second he just stalled along until his breath came back to him. It looked Ike curtains * From that round untii the finish the ttle Irishman did practically all the leading and was the agressor throughout the remainder of the con- test. Marlowe, from ali indications, could have won hands down had he tried, but lacked aggressiveness and evidently thought the first round knockdowns would carry him through to victory. At the end of ten rounds the judges disagreed and Referee Dan Hickey called the match in when Marlowe sat him) men out of the ring. He didn’t think they were putting forth their best efforts according to the announce- ment made iby Joe Humphreys, Most of the crowd agreed with Haley With them out of the way the camera men made their attack on the ning’é enjoyment, when Joe Humphreys, announcer ex- traondinary and dispenser of fluent language, stepped between the velvet pexlded ring ropes to utter a few was words. It all happened all square. approval. mation Curtin won This met with the fans’ Marlowe and both feathérweights and in our esti- Curtin are by a SHADE. For the first time since the Walker ri from the Fourth Joe Avenue side. thin a couple of minutes eight of them -had tripods set and cameras | Stairs got ready for usual flashlights of the principals of the evening, Leonard and Mitchell. Joe Humphreys then| Outside of in his choicest language extolled the |oonfined to cause of devastated France and brought the crowd to its feet with great applause as he referred to Miss | marker Anne Morgan, head of the committee! orderly that in charge of the night's affairs, disciple of good, then wasn't sented his old pal, crowd, referrii est Governor bad, Milwaukee ing the section It oceu name Another outburst and hat waving for Alfred B. in full, is clean sports. Joe satisfied until he pre- Al Smith, to the ing to him ag the great~ the Empire State ever of applause fall then let the rest of the crowd know of its presence by shout- | ducats, name of Mitchell from the| the “tickets upied. It spelled Richie's selling at a Mitchell was first into the ring, fol- | try for the lowed a few ard leaned over was going to When Pretty good, Did you see did? As Henny passed our he entered walked to Mitchell's corner to shake | bo: Richie's hand and, amine his bandages. Billy Mitohell, manager of his fighting brother, felt the bandages on Benny's hand and Leonard walked back fo his corner, Before he took his cl over the rapes to say, seconds later by Leon- woat he and confided that “he do the trick to-night." the ting Benny last night, incidentally, ex- | Francisco, weights and given the de sixth round. not meet Public, who short time. Ruddy were ir he leaned that's get this in your story, what Mitchell's brother) He smelled my bandases,” the Garden and it was a tribute Now York boxing enthusiasts. ‘The’ speculators taken for several chunks of mazuma. Somehow or other the fans would not for the practically prohibitive prices the ticket mongers put on the} Before the first bout went on wrapped around a set of evening clothes and a wag up- real “poisonal" and asked Humphreys where he got the Tuxedo. | that all remarks. were the hearing of coupon holders two seats wway from the re- The crowd was the most ever attended # fight at to ome again were by fair means or foul boys" woke up to this fact and started discount. It was a vic- fans and always will be a viotory if they carry on as they did| ‘The lads were middie- the visiting pugifist was ion at the end of the ‘The judges’ verdict did booed and hiased for a Tommy Shortell and Joe the judges, while Cupt. Charles Dieges acted as timekeeper | | ‘The opening bout of the poe brought together Jack Gtone, a local} ten rounds. , and Jack Maclelland of San with the approval of Mr. | peripd Leonard got a wonderful reception | when he was introduced and there was generous applause for Mitchell too, in his corner awaiting the gong. There Was apme unimportant Introduction, after Which the snapshotters cot in their deadly work. Johnny Haukop up to the sixth round was voted by ringsiders as being the worst ever seen at the Garth In thts session the referee could stand it no longer, topped contest and ordered both of Brooklyn appeared in the ring as the referee of the big event. ‘The weights of both men, made at two o'clock in the aftern were exact~ ty the same, 134 pounds =|, Richie looked nervous as he sat) Stone had a mean left hand which he used at long range to good advan- tage Maclelland was a sucker for this blow, and try as he might could not find any means of defense for it. A draw would have been just to both boys, The second contest was the second best bout of the card. The particl- pants in this match were Billy Maz- lowé, a Rockaway Beach product and yy, and Johnny Cur- law made boxing legal in New York State, three referees officiated in one night's programme. ‘Patsy Haley whe third man in the ring for the first bout and the semi-final, Dan Hickey worked in the second match, and John Haukop, who refereed the Dempesy-Brennan bout, labored in the star event. In the Johnny Retsler-Bobby Michaels waltz both terpsichoreans were thrown out of the ring after the sixth stanza had progressed a brief Haley, the referee, went out of breath breaking the dancers, and finally told them to go home and fin- ish their knitting. This is the second time Reisler has been disqualified, and he will evidently be divorced from his licenao for some time to come, Thousands of dollara were lost on jthe big scp. The wise boys were betting 8 to & Leonard would win the popular verdict and 3 to 1 he would score a knockout. The most popular bet was 2 to 1 the fight would not go A delegation of Mitchell fans from Cleveland, Chicago and Milwaukee, Richie's home town, occupied a sec- tion of the house just behind first base, or rather, Leonard's corner, They rooted themselves hoarse when the game out-of-town pugilist sat Champion Renny down for the count of nine in the first round, After that there wasn't much rooting from Mil- waukee. The seventeen delegates from as many States who attended the recent meeting Of the National Boxing Asso- ctation witnessed the bouts, They were led by Billy Kramer from Ar- and were much impressed by things were handled. They paid due credit to Tex Rickard and the (New York Boxing Commission for this Sree ing as if his life hung tn the balance, the Milwaukee youth went as far as human physical powers would carry him against such a relentless puncher as the New Yorker, then stopped. But only after his brain and body ceased to coordinate. Generally a fighter even in defeat will talk for publication. Sometimes he will tell you what a great little fighter his adversary was. Or, per- haps he might say it was a ludkcy punch that sent him to his doom. Sometimes he might request another chance at the title All of these go with the utterances of the defeated fighter. But not Mitchell. ‘Two important moments stood out in the mind of the game little Wis- consin fighter that swayed the tide of battle once in his favor, which he lost becauge his brain had been numbed by the first hard punch that Leonard hit him. Richie went into the ring with the intention of fighting a different bat- tle than he did last night before the | distinguished gathering and for the worthy purpose of devastated France. But fate frustrated his plans. It was the first knockdown, a left | hook to the jaw in the first round, that won the fight for the champion, according to the Mitchella and inci- dentally played a great part in pre- venting the challenger from finishing the champion when he floored him |with a right cross in the last few | seconds of the first round. Mitchell could not speak of the fight as he lay resting on the rubbing table in his dressing room two flights up in the tower of Madison Square Garden. His right eye was com- pletely closed, his nose badly bruised from the champion's punches and his face showed much the worse of the hard battte he was through. His brother, Willle, official spokesman of the Mitchell family, did the talking. “The first punch that floored Richie turned the tide,” said the astute, old- est member of the famiy. “It dazed him and from then on he fought in a state of semi-coma. It prevented advantage him from taking of Leonard when hé had the champion on the floor from the effects of his right cross to the jaw. When I asked him after he returned to his edrner why he did not take advantage of his opponent when he had him down he answered his brain was not clear and he did not know what he was doing. He was dazed from the wallop Leonard dealt out in the few minutes previous," After the first round Mitchell fought doggedly on fout it was mere- ly with the last few sparks of his in- domitable fighting spirit and a cold numbed brain from the first hard Punch that Richie did not see coming Frisch me Lead All-Collegians in Game To- Morrow Frank Frisch's all-star team of col lagians will be the opponents of the New York Professionals in a game of basketball at the 12th Regiment Armory to-morrow night. William O'Brien, who is the manager of the home team, says that Nat Holman, lin the line-up of the New Yorks, It appear jn the line-up of a rival team, but Manager O'Brien says that he will be on the five that faces the great known inflekler of the Giants brought together for this contest. There is great interest attached to the appearance played at Fordham he was not onty regarded a wonderful diamond star, but he made a great name for him- self at the net. they hope to take into cap ’ the famous pro, will positively appear | has been stated that he was going to aggregation of players that the well has of Frisch, as when he ‘The New York pros lare also composed of star players and the All-Collegians REPRESENTED AT BOUTIN GARDEN Sip Many Well Known ‘Leaders Looked On While Leonard and Mitchell Fought. Soviety was weil rapresented at the ' Madison @quere Garden bouts last | nigtt promoted by Miss Anne Mor- | gan and her committee for the cause lof devastated France. Here Js a list of some of those present: Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer L. Schif® entertained a party in two boxes. Baward Dean Adams, Louis Stoddard, "Waterbury, Mr. and Mra Herbert Bayard Swope, Mr. and Mrs. William Zeigler, Mr. and Mrs. Seward Webb jr. Snowden Andrews and Peter G. Allen Corey also occupied boxes. Miss Morgan's party included Col Arthur Woods, M. Casenave, French High Commissioner, and his Military Aide; former Gov, Smith, Samud Mather, Elizabeth Scarborough and | Robert Lovett of Boston; also Wille jam H, Edwards, Collector of Inter+ nal Revenue. In other parts of she house were Mr. and Mrs. L. Pierpont. and James M. Brennan, who had a box. In Mrs. Benjamin Block's box were Jessie 1. Livermore, J. H. Black and A. L, Rose, Other box-holders were Roy Rat ney. Charles Dana Gibson, dirs. G Allan Peabody, who had charge of the programme work; Allan Pierce and Marshal Crane. Two boxes were filled with Racquet and Tennis Club members. Others present and holding boxes were Mrs, Charles Shoemaker, Robert D, Wrenn, John Gellath rs. James Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Monta~ | gue, who entertained a number of friends, including Guy E. Tripps, EB, Preston, Edward Loomis, Paul D. Cravath and daughter, Mrs. Jamee Larkin, Cass Gilbert and his son, @ Gilbert jr. Frank MoGovern, Joyce Kitmar, Mrs. J. Kendrick Bangs, Mrs. Eliho. rs. ‘artin MacAlen, er “and Charles M. Chapin also were present. The programme girls were the Misses Lillian Cotton, Graee Peabody. Doris Trevor, Abbie Morrison, Peggy Shaw, Mrs. H. H. Preston and Billie McKeever. These young ladies later viewed the bout from Box A. Others present were W. 5, Kimball, J. C. Lowell, John A. Roebling, Mise Elizabeth Perkins, Miss Miriam P. Blagden and Miss Mae Murr Mr. and Mrs. Joseph }) Dovis and Frederick B. Dalzel! 5 hosts at box parties. Guests in «none Kim- bails box Included Allan McLane jr. James Pleros, Miss Hope Williams John Honey fr were John A. Drake, Andis ‘stumean Dr. Sanford, Mr William Farnum, Wille iam H. Gavin, Hollis Honniwell, Bu- geno Reynaid and Pauling Fosdick. —o— PINEHURST. N. C., Jon, 16.—R Mur ray Purves of Woodi snd Low Ham~- iton of Garden Cit | to play the final round for th ship of the Winter Golf League o vertiging In- terests to-day, when found the course wet yesterda threatentn: clouds swirling abou! cad. A Ue ber of other finals wes, jut over. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15.—C. J. (Punch) Fairs of New York, former world's court tennis champion, will meet Jook Soutar of the Philadelphia Rac- quet Club to-day in the fin round of the first professional court. tennis tour nament ever played in the Uni Statea, as 8 result of h victory to-d over ees of the Boston Te nals equet Culb. Fairs won in. straigh sets, 6-5, 6-2, 6-2 Frasmus Hall High School of Brooklyn and Townsend Harris Hall High School of Manhattan will pass into history as joint holders of the PS Ae yeminming championship of Greater News York for 1921. OMAHA, Neb. Jan. former heavyweixht of the world, who le (Strangler) Lewis n fering from a stroke o| right arm and shoulder, according to an anmouncement by Dr. Lee Exiwards, the attending physician. 16,—Tor Stecher, vrestling champion his title to Ed. paralysis in bis Gives Beating. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Jan. 16.—At the Veterans of Foreizn Wars boxing show Pete Hartley Carlson Bad here last nignt Pete itnrtley. of New York defeated Harry C 1 Of Brokk= ton, in a fast Pound bout. Hartley fought a heady battle and fairly riddied his opponent with rights and. lefte Carlson continually held to stave off m Kknockeut. ‘The bell at the end of the tenth came as a welcome sound YANKS TO OPEN SEASON AT HOME WITH ATHLETICS. 15.—Deticiat an- CHICAGO, gan. | nouncement of the opening dates for | the baseball nenson of 1921 in the two major leneues wan male yesterday by John A. Heydler, President of the National Leatue, and Ban B. dohnsony President of the American Leag The season will open on April 1, and as asnal 154 games will be played. The | New York Yankoes will make their hor wt the Polo Grounds on that date wita the Philadelphia Athletics ax oppe- nents, while the Giants will clash with the Phillies In Philadelphia. Return opening dites will be on Aprit 21, when the teams that were away for the first grand crash will be home, The full schedule for the opening day, April 13, follows AMERICAN LEAGUE—ehiladelphia wt New York; Boston at Washington; Chicago at Detroit; Cleveland at st. Louis. NATIONAL LEAGUE—New York at Brookimn at Bosto Pittsburgh @t Cincinnatl; St. Louis Chi Mo MICKARD'S Official Moving Ren OM Dewpsey ¥ VS. Brena ciao sit PARK. Theatre Col. Cire 4