In West Palm Beach, James H. R. Cromwell, son of Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury, famed Philadelphian, posed with his mother, wearing a silk bathrobe ornamented with nude women and nymphs, then dropped the bathrobe. Attired in shorts and boxing shoes he boxed before a gallery of debutantes with Tommy Loughran, once light-heavyweight champion of the world, who wore the proper costume for boxers in training—a headguard and gym tights. Loughran refrained from knocking Cromwell out during the bout, at the end of which Cromwell was given the decision, by prearrangement.
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