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Show FIGHTERS MUSE BIG RELIEF FUND Society Folks Net $90,000 for Hungry Ones From Leonard-Mitchell Leonard-Mitchell Go NEW VuP.lv, Jan. K. Tin- American Ameri-can committee tor devastated franco .today announced it had realize. JU.- 000 from its management of the boN Ing bout lost night In which Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, scored 1 technical knockout over Ritchie Mitchell in the sixth round. The sat.- re. cil.t.i amounted lo 1 --immi --immi the larj;-l In Hie lilstor.v ot lightweight light-weight boJClng, of which 140.000 went lo Leonard and $20.oo0 to Mitchell The crowd of about 14,000 which ipackfd Madison Square Garden was made up not only of the usual .Quota of fisdic fans, but a gula.w of society folk wearing glittering starch, d ixhoits and evening gowns. Miss Anne Morgan, chairman of the committee, I who woe given a rousing ovation bj tho crowd, declared she was 1 'crazy about" the fight. Fans were -still discussing the bout todav. which all experts declared was lone of the greatest encounters 111" a ) decade. Discussing the blow Mitchell delivered In tire first round which uiade the champion stagger down fo. a count of nine, Leonard said: "It was a dying lunge It caught me falr-lly falr-lly and It certainly bothered me It 'came so unexpectedly. Qh, yes. Mit-lehell Mit-lehell always was a dangerous man. When i dropped i cleared my bead and winked to Billy Gibson (Leonard's manager) to let him know I was all right ' I "I wont to fight him again." declared de-clared Mitchell, "I almost had him j licked, but I tot careless. Next tim. J will certainly do it." |