Show CUBAN WOMEN WON OVER TO BOXING HUNDREDS WILL ATTEND BIG FIGHT WRITES WRITES' AMERICAN GIRL In London and Paris Miss Mis Cecelia Wright an American merican vaudeville star has ha been caVed called caled upon to report boxIng boxing box box- ing matches e. e for newspapers rs on her regular trips trip there therea 9 women boxing f fans are re numerous in In those tho cities She possesses s a thorough knowle knowledge ge of boxing and Is now writing writing- regularly regu regu- lary for H Havana van newspapers on the Johnson Willard Johnson Editor fight Editor By MISS CECELIA WRIGHT Written Exclusively for The S t Lake L ke Telegram HA HAVANA V A A. A Cuba April 4 Cuban iba women have taken to society have boxing even en better beter than they took to bullfighting bull bul bullfighting fighting In the ol old days In Cuba And all aU through a feW lev fc articles s in inthe inthe the thc local newspapers rs Wh When n Villa Willard and Johnson meet no less than 2000 of or the tho vcr very best women omen of or Havana Havana anti and Cuba Cu a will be In attendance ater attend i ice at atthe the ringside If I the tho event was to take place in th the evening I believe It I would rival rhal the tho g gatherings gatherings- of ot beau beau- beautifully gowned women that formerly attended the big in be Paris be before tore fore the warS war ar Boxing in Cuba t is only six bc weeks old and during duing Its is short hort life it I has old been horribly mistreated The Th first fight here wa was Wa on February 13 1 13 and to be seen Been in the n not t a woman was feen the audience Then two to weeks weel later another another tIght fEh was staged between n two heavy weight negroes Again the women were absent She put the sport in the same samp category as base baseball bae- bae ball something ball bal something too rough to draw draw tho the attention of a a woman and so ex exciting ex- ex citing ClUng that the enthusiastic male mRle patrons would become objectionable Women do not attend baseball games in Cuba The long bleachers bleach bleach- ers filled with men send out such fiod language that the Cuban woman does not care to patronize pat pat- the game The Cuban is isan isan is isan an effervescent sort of an indi individual vidual vidual-he vidual he wants want to root louder than his friends in the next seat and he wants want to bet his money after much Sometimes this conversation H Is I not of the most polite type type ancl and this is what has kept kep women away from baseball games in Cuba The Cuban woman feared the same thing would woud happen as tar far as boxing was concerned concern concern con con- cern ed d Th Then n I came to Cuba on m my annual trip and one of tho the newspapers here knowing I was interested in boxing asked me to write the story of the Frankie Frankle Mack-Kid Mack Lewis fight First short article ad advising advising ad- ad how however ver I 1 wrote a artcle women to see the match and give Kive the sport a n fair trial trial A few tew of them attended the bout and liked it it it The same thing happened a week later The women b became interested and yesterday at Willards Willard's training quarters tors in the Gardens tho the 4 Jv S 0 4 i A 3 7 CL j P i 1 57 7 5 1 5 I Ge Cecelia eli Wright right most aristocratic hotel hote in Cuba antI and the most expensive in the tho world I I counted no less than women w watching Wiard Willard train train and and they were the very flower of Cuban so- so so fower det Only Ont the very best hest known women omen socially are admitted to the So far tar seats scats for more than for tor the women have lu been een reserved championship fight I believe four foul times this number will m attend The lights fights in Cuba Cub up p to the writing of this let letter r have been of a quality that would Interest women and now the Johnson Willard-Johnson Johnson looks like a record breaker in the matter mater of women at attending Havana has two beautiful fight tight stadiums one n owned yb George c M. M Bradt known as ns the tho Stadium and o. o th the other managed n ged by John R. R R Robinson RobInson Robinson Rob Rob- inson known as tho the Colon arena Both managers are ar r making efforts to get Jet the women women even cven oven more Interested th they the thc are arc at Rt Present present and both are ac succeeding din All AU fights are are held in Lile LC open air all in I Havana and nd this fact alone prevents tho the scenes which marked the fights fights' In Paris Personally I would not mi miss mil s the fight for for worlds I I antici pate a splendid day I 1 lW saw saw the Johnson Johnson- Moran Johnson Moran fight In Paris Pais the Welsh Ritchie Welsh Welsh- fight in Lendon London Lon Len don and have been going to big battles batles for seven years years' earB At first my folks and friends objected but gradually I have changed their minds until at the opening of the Colon arena here I ha had two boxes containing twenty seats seat at my disposal and I too to took tooka k ka a woman for every Best Willard looks in magnificent condition condi condi- tion ton hut but I have sc seen n Johnson fight before beforE and if he Is only one h half one 1 of the old Johnson he will wi defeat Ie t Wil IVil Wilard Wi Willard lard despite despie the handicaps h of weight h height bright and reach a against him |