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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1917
gOXER HAS NO TIME EVEN TO THINK OF STALLING IN A RING MATCH OF ONLYSMINUTEg
,:SIX-ROUND BOUTS ARE POPULAR
BASEBALL MAKING
stander. "The Olanls have won .vT"
A HANDY MAN AROUND THE HOUSE
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series since 1005. They won . VW '
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: WITH THE FAN BECAUSE OF SPEED
:;i UNDER WHICH BOXERS ARE TAXED
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STRIDES IN FRANCE
Allied Soldiers Did Not
Care for the American
Sport at First
BIG CROWDS AT GAMES
No ono llkek Ito lose In anv . 'A
there will frequently be more w' '
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losing mis autumn than In wlnnin,
big score Is rthe number of ,. J Th
big score Is rthe number of m. I' ,1
each 1916 eleven to tho front. ent "7
"' , $ew York Promoters to Emulate Philadelphia by
Cutting Down Distance of Matches May
Be Scheme to Save the Game
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"PHILADELPHIA'S Idea of llmltcd-round boxlnc bouts Is about to bo tipliyjd by
New York promoters. Thnt a. six-round match Is more Interesting for the fan
than one of longer duration goes without Raying. A fan who has seen a Phila
delphia six-round show and then a progrnm of ten-round bouts will bo convinced
' without a doubt that tho shorter matches are faster and lnstl&ato moro en
thusiasm. Fistic followers thrlvo In action; they admire a pair of pugs full of the
eld pep. In an elghteen-mlnuto set-to there Is no time for stalling; the boxer must
Ret under way right off the reel. It Is n case of Jumping Into tho lead at tho
outset, and then to keep on top tho boxer must continue at a break-neck pace
until tho final gong clangs. On tho contrary. In a ten-round bout usually a
pair of boxers flddlo nround. waiting for the other to lead, for five or six rounds,
end by the time they get up speed all Interest In tho contest has gone by tho board.
Another point to prove that the six-round game Is more Interesting for the
fans Is the fact that the pastime Is going so well In Philadelphia. No boxing
center In America has been enjoying more pugilistic success than this city. The
sport has been on a healthy basis for a long while, and wilt continue so. Every
once In a while a howl for longer bouts Is started, but every promoter here will
agree that six rounds Is the right distance and longer matches would rob tho fans
of a lot of action. Then, too, hhortcr bouts allow tho promoter to give tho public
a wider variety of talent, and instead of watching six boxers perform tho fans
Set the benefit of at least ten boxers. New York's six-round gamo is to bo intro
duced by Dan MeKotrlck and Harry Pollok. They haven't decided on a definite
date, although they are positie of going through with tho plan. The first six
round jhow Is expected to have Denny Leonard. Krcd Welsh. Kranklo Callahan,
Soldier Bartneld and Jim Coffey paired off In dllferent bouts.
BOXING Is due to die In New York next month. It may bo that McKet
rick and Pollok are scheming to save tho game for tho metropolis.
By shrinking the bouts four rounds, thereby Increasing action, they may.
try to convince Governor Whitman that tho critics of "stalling and fakes"
would subside.
m Tinnnti T.pnnm-il Tnkinn in Ton Much Territoru
JUST because Benny Leonard hit Jim Coffey, tho heavyweight, hard enough on
the chin to make the big Irishman's knees sag. Billy Gibson Is dreaming of a
triple titular honor for the most wonderful New York lightweight. Leonard and
Coffey do a lot of boxing In the gymnasium, and according to Gib's dope Benny
let one fly and the heavyweight almost toppled to the floor. For this reason
Gibson is willing to let Leonard box Ted Lewis and Mike Gibbons, believing that
Victories over this pair would earn for the New Yorker tho three-cornered crown
of llghtwelght-welterwelght-mlddlewclght champion.
If Benny should be able to do everything Gibson claims for the boxer,
Leonard would take his place alongside of tho Sphinx and the Pyramids as one
of the wonders of the world. Never has there been a lightweight who aspired
to such heights. There Is no getting away from the fact that Leonard Is a sen
sational and brilliant boxer, far too great for tho present lightweight crop. Yet
good as he Is, the champion Is taking In Just a little too much territory. It will
be a long time before the public or Leonard or Johnny Kllbane forgets what the
llghtwplght title-holder did to the featherweight king here shortly after both had
beaten Fred Welsh. Leonard gave Kllbane the worst beating of his career.
KIL3ANE was Just ns good In his class as Leonard was In the light
weight division, and the latter won. It was tho ancient story of a
good big man against a good little man. There Is no reason to believe
that Leonard would reverse the order of things should he go up against
a heavier opponent. Lewis is clever and is one of the hardest punchers
in the game, and Benny would be taking a long chanco In opposing tho
Briton. Then it would be laughable to see Leonard try to smash Gibbons
on the Jaw. The best of the mlddlcwcights have tried It and failed.
Weight Favors Leonard Against Britton Tonight
r: CANNOT be said that Benny Leonard Is launching himself Into tho welter
weight class when he meets Jack Britton at New York tonight. Britton has
been showing great form in the 142-pound division and ranks, with Ted Lewis,
as the best of the mob. But Britton is not boxing as a welterweight tonight.
He has agreed to weigh In at 139 pounds, and while the weight may have a ten
dency to handicap Britton, It should be a big advantage for Leonard. Like
Leonard, Britton Is a clever boxer and a hard puncher, too. But unlike Leonard.
Britton never was arrested for knocking out any one. It will be the heavier
man's "plan to win from Leonard on points, while Benny's main purpose in meet
ing Britton is to win by a knockout.
Leonard will Jcnock out Britton If he can reach Jack's chin, and that Is
exactly where the matter of weight come3 In. Just as soon as Britton slows up
Leonard will be after him like Zimmerman after Collins, with reversed English.
Y Leonard might not succeed In laying Britton low with one punch, but If Benny
I once gets the drop on Jack the welterweight Is bound to hear the birdies chirp.
This, of course, is all supposition in tho event Britton weakens because of tho
Vireight.
A KNOCKOUT for Leonard over Britton no doubt would lead to a con
test between the lightweight champion and Lewis. Ted-Kid, through
his talkative manager, Jimmy Johnston, has been hot on Leonard's trail
for a match at 135 pounds, weigh In at 3 o'clock In the afternoon of the
contest. This bout, at the weight, also would favor Leonard. Yet
victories In both bouts would add no laurels to the lightweight title-holder
In so far as welterweight prestige Is concerned.
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Willie Mcehan Has Good Press Agent in Mrs. E. C. Walcott
VN SEVERAL occasions a female manager of boxers has loomed up, but at no
time have they proved successful. Now another woman has broken Into the
boxing llmeglare, this time as a press agent, and Mrs. Eugene Christopher Wal
cott appears to be able to put over a lot of good stuff for her husband. Mrs.
Walcott Is the wife of Willie Meehan. the Frisco Fat Boy, and she Isn't backward
In saying that her Willie Is the greatest fighter In the world. The afternoon
before Meehan's bout last week with Jack Dillon, Mrs. Walcott handed out a
fine line of conversation that would have made any P. A. envious.
Furthermore, all of her conversation proved Interesting. She said that
Meehan finished training for his contest with Dillon in New York and that Willie
did his gym boxing with tome of the fastest boxers In the country. Meehan
slipped the mittens on with Johnny Dundee and Benny Leonard several times for
workouts, and that alone was an honor, if nothing else. Mrs. Walcott says her
husband's idea in boxing with smaller men Is for the purpose of getting up speed,
Which In Itself Is a good Idea. '
Speaking of future matches for Meehan, Mrs. Walcott said that nothing
would jilease her more than to see the Fat Boy box Carl Morris. Morris appeals
to the female P. A. as a huge Joke, and she said, smilingly, that it would be a lot of
fun for her Willie to box the Strapping Sapulpa Giant. And Mrs. Walcott
hasn't the least doubt that Willie would bo the winner.
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WALCOTT never attends any of the bouts In which Meehan par-
tlci nates. She says she doesn t like' to watch any one throw punches
V at the pudgy person. However, If Willie Is to be matched with Morris,
1 Mrs. Walcott says she would rather pass up a good drama to see the bout,
believing It would prove the best comedy In the world.
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Fitzsimmons Reported Close to Death
THE news that Bob Fltzslmmons Is close to death In a hospital In Chicago la
deeply regretted the world over. Greatest of all fighting men, he Is the most
picturesque of his' kind. A freak In size, weight and appearance, he was the
marvel of the roped arena arid his equal will never bo seen again, perhaps.
Built on a top-heavy plan, principally because he made it a business to develop
his fighting tpp, Fltzslmmons was a ludicrous figure as he shifted about before
1 wen who were almost twice his size In weight.
,'' He fought for years, In fact was In his prime at a time when athletes follow
n his calling were supposed to bo home, poring over the old scrap book of
"" past deeds, Fltzslmmons in his day was a natural hitter, and ho made a study
'mi vulnerable points and the art of reaching those particular spots by the shortest
i route. Bob Fltzslmmons was always ueiier man an even money snoi wnue on his
feet, wnetner ne was siuggeruit, unuc jiuuiomkicui u i.uvhj nimuus in ana out
sji front of the best heavyweight In the world.
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HEN ha beat Jack Dempsey In New Orleans the first remark that
the sobbing Nonpareil made In his dressing room was, "That fellow's
A devIL He can whip the world."
gloves In threo classes.
And Fltz worked wonders with the
Ghastly Even to Think of Lacing Due Eddie Wagond
F lty; the police department doesn't step In and stop the bout Monday
ntgfet between Benny Leonard and Eddie Wagond. Wagond may be a tough
MUwt und it is vory we) to believe that there is a slight possibility of Bddlo
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BOXING fans now are sitting back anx
iously waiting for a boxer to come
through with tho ability to win from Benny
Leonard. After the New York phenom
began knocking oft his opponents with con
sistency the public wanted to see a boxer
who could stay the limit with Benny. Now
that he has made himself a flxturo on the
pinnacle of the lightweight throne, the fan
wants to see a boxer with sufilclent class
to defeat the champion. Johnny Tillman
Is anxious to get the chance. "Let Hanlon
or McGulgan throw me In the ring with
Benny Leonard and he will be up against
his first teal fight since ho became famous
via his knockout punch " This is the senti
ment of Tillman "I'll admit that my last
bout with Leonard wns u marathon and
coverlng-up exhibition on my part But I
succeeded In one thing. I was on my feet
at the finish Leonard was putting every
one to Bleep In Phllly then, and It was the
ambition of a boxer to stay the limit. In
that I succeeded. Now that the fans want
to see some one win from Leonard, all I can
say is that I am willing to try. and Benny
will know that he was In a hard bout
when It Is oer. I'll be out to win this
time, and not to stay. If Benny is to
knock me out. he'll have the opportunity,
for I, too. will try my best to slip one
over. I thank you "
TILLMAN eldently would bo an
other kayo victim of Leonard's if
he were to open up against the champ,
yet one never can tell Tillman was
picked easy for Charley White. Ha
opened up In both bouts against the
Chicago knockout artist and won both.
It would be wcirth while giving Till
man another chance, and If he dogged
It as before, then the Minneapolis man
should be exiled from Philadelphia for
all time.
Evening Ledger Decisions
S0CT1IEIIN A, C. Knockout At Wasner
drew with rrnnkie miliums. IMdle Daley rie
fated Untiling Mlneer. Jllke Warner won fremi
Dick Loitiin, Tommv . llllsnw MonPMl Al y
Mnnn. Ilnttilne Martin knocked out VIIUo
NEV' YORK Will Antler outpointed Henny
Vnlicrr, llurhej llrelln drew , with I rankle
Ilroun, .Toe. Inch on from Mickey Dnnn.
ATIANTIC CITY Wllle Hnml won from
.loo O'Ueefe. liny Ilelmont defeated Kocco Ford,
.lack Hantaan heat Cieorse Ilootiev. Sam ram
Mno outfought Joe Tuale, Joe Mark outpointed
John Hassan, Jim WlMin won from Snmuel
Roblnxon, Wallace Murray defeated Tommy
tilbtton.
Eddie McAndrew Is another boxer who de
lrr an encore with Champion Leonard Me
Andrewa and Johnny Tillman ro to tho post
tomorrow nlttht at the National riub A tctorv
for MrAndrews would eliminate Tillman, and It
may put the Manayunk man In line for a
match with Leonard Mike Krtle boxps Muckel
Riley In the semi to tho Tlllman-MeAndrews
eet-to The other matches will be between Al
Waner and Younsr Lawrence. Terry McCue
and PattllnB Mack and Johnny Vlirgl and Eddie
Talmer.
Eddie Wnionrt says "To read the parers you
would think I was Bolng up against tho whole
German army I m solng to nsht only ono man,
and all I can do Is mv best " referring to his
much-abused bout with Benny Leonard at tho
Olympla Monday night At that. Wagond may
think he is facing a rapldjlrlng gun until tho
final shot puts him down and out.
Ylncent Rngglo, of the White Circle, doesn't
belieo In thanwlng his name for boxing pur
poses lie la open for competition In the 135
pound class.
Torotnr Stevens, weighing 105 pounds, Is here
from Cincinnati. The newcomer throws the
fauntlet down to Joe Ilradlv, Hilly nines,
ndian Russell, Joo Dillon and Rattling Murray.
VMe Ramsey, whose real name Is Frederick
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peted annually In tho rollco Carnival bouts,
is with tho military police company at
lancoca. AUKunia. ui. noma
bnxed as a pro. ami In the last few
SUber,
t'amp
Tommy Ilnurk, retired featherweight, will lead
the grand mirch of the eighth annual ball of
tho Combination Club of Philadelphia next Fri
day night. Tho proceeds of the affair will be
for tho benefit of Corporal Nate Mllgram, who
lost both legs while with tho Third Regiment
Jimmy Fryer Is the hero of the Fighting
Twenty-slxth at Camp Meade, Md. Besides
hawng knitted a sweater for himself, Jlmmv Is
tho feature boxer of his commnv. The righting
Twentj-siMh alto hits a bisketball team.
Charlcv Cross, local boxer, second and handy
man around a club. Is among tho draftees at
t'amp Meade Charley Is in charee of boxing in
his barraiks and writes that a lot of gloe
action goes on dally.
Jack Welnsleln, Benny Leonard's Philadel
phia leading rooter, left for New York this
morning to see the champion tackle Jack Brit
ton tonight. Welnstcln's pockets were bulging
rather conspicuously, and 'tis said he has a
largo bank roll to drop on Benny.
Iloxlng bouts were the feature of the William
Patton Artisans' Iidge last night. Kddle P;lpr
was opposed to Franklo Ray. Frankle McOtrty
boxed Eddie McCloskey and Al Nelson sparred
with Bobby Remolds. Eddlo O'Keefe rcfereed
all tho bouts.
IMdle O'Keefe was scheduled to box In the
semi to tho Leonard-Brltton bout In New York
tonight, hut because of a torn ligament In his
right hand, suffered while sparring, he was
forced to call off tho bout.
Young Illades, a newcomer here, will box In
the semi at the Olympla Monday night Ho will
meet Johnny Mahoney In the other bouts Pete
Howell boxes Young Medway. Tommy Hogan
takes on Eddie Segal and Young Buck rlemtng
meets Jack Lester.
rT VrirtPIA A A Broad & nolnbrldg
UL,irVlrl J. . Hnrrv Kxtwards, Mgr.
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23
Young Ilnrk Fleming xs. Jack Lester
Tommj Hogan is. Eddie Segal
I'ete Howell vs. loung Medway
Young Mohoney tb. lnung Illades
Benny Leonard vs. Eddie Wagond
Adm., 25c Dal. Res.. BOo & 75c. Arena Res., $1
NATIONAL A. C. JJH ;,",?,'&,.
SAXL'ltnW EVENING. OCTOBER 30TH
Johnny Tillman vs. Eddie McAndrcws
Mike Krtle vs. Muckle Riley
8 OTHER HIGH CLASS CONTESTS 3
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Another One of Those Grand hhows
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GUNNING NOTES
The pheasant and squirrel season opens In
this State tomorrow.
New Jersey gunners have
tha vvestmont Field Club.
gram or nity targets,
govern.
sport tomorrow at
The card Is a ttrn.
Lewis class system to
Up-State hunters, are In th mountains scout-
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Ing for a shot at Mr
last .Monaa
Uruln. The season opened
The big southern trapshootlng classic Is listed
for January 21 to 20 at Tinehurst. S. C.
By GRANTLAND RICE
Weutenant Ororge Melville Tnylor, of the
C'n.nndlan ovprcean rontlnirent. who ' a
nephew of Tresldent Ed Barrow, of the In
tern ttlonnl l,i.iKUe, 18 another who luports
a hlB European ndwince In basehall. "Tho
Canadian tind Americans," ho Fays, "are
playing the gamo at every chance, and tho
crowds that watch theso gimes arc Increas
ing each week. It Is taken for granted that
after this war Is over European Bport lovers,
especially among tho English, will want a
game with plenty of snap and dash. Just
what baseball offers. They dldut care
much for tho game at first, but they arc bo
ginning to pick up Its finer points now, and
the general attitude Is shifting. Over thero
they believe that It Is now only a matter
of tlmo after tho war when we'll have a
real world series between winning American
and European teams."
A Throw bacK' to Monday
After the last world series game we were
talking with Eddie Collins nbout that fa
mous chase with 'Am
"It's a funny thing," remarked Eddie,
"but, as It happens, I played my first pro
fessional gamo with ltclnlo about ten years
ngo, In a little Now York town Wo wore
both just stalling out about that time I
thought about this later, and while I was
glad enough to win, I was soiry to sco that
fate made Heinle the goat of the scries "
"How did yoUfeel?" wo asked Collins,
"when you saw tho way was open to tho
plate?"
"I felt," he remarked, "that Just about
that moment I could beat a rlflo ball tho
rest of the way. When you are running
fifty feet for a championship and J30.000 the
chances are you are going to do all the run
ning your legs will let you do If I could
have sprinted as fast as I felt like sprint
ing at that minute I don't believe a grey
hound could have caught me I can say this
for Zlm, I neyor ran faster In my life before,
yet I don't hlnk I gained an Inch the en
tire route "
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order to axclude from tha gasoline tha
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kerosene.'
Qfflciat Press Statement
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We're bacn preachlagind practicing tho
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ever and anon. You set your
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or fiddling with that delicate instrument
each time you put-in a new lot of gas.
But and here's the point that
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each and every time. Pull-up where
you see the Atlantic Gasoline sign. If
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