El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-28
GIBBONS DENIES ILLNESS EXCUSE;
DOES NOT EVADE AHEARN MATCH
Says Fever and Bronchial Trouble Resulted from Train
ing Down too Finely, But Is Now Starting Light
Work for Match With Ahearn Expecting to
Fight About Middle Part of January
By t. :. ANDREWS.

Mitchell and Joe Mandot were matched
for Dec. q. Mandot boxed Benny
Leonard in New York Dec. II and was
knocked out thus hurting the Mil
Waukee match. MandOt's mana ger,
Tommy Walsh. cancelled the match on
the Milwaukee club, although the club
was willing to go through on a
straight percentage basis The club
was out between $500 and $500 ex-
pense money, besides the rental of the
building, with no come back These
are only a couple Of instances where
promoters are up against it right
along. 1t does not seem a fair break
and IL IS up 10 an association like the
American Boxing Assn TO take hold
Of the matter and try TO bring about
an adjustment Another thing. the
boxers should not be permitted to
schedule bouts so closely together. OF
course promoters are to blame them
selves for making matches, knowing
that the principals have others sched-
uled ahead, but then the promoters do
not always know of these previous
matches, so the only safe way is to
include a clause in the articles OF
agreement to the effect that no pre-
vious match will be permitted
How Lenny Came Back.
funny incident happened at the
boxing show given by the Duluth Box
ing club at Duluth, Mimi, last week.
Sig Abraham. the matchmaker and
promoter, had arranged three ten
round contests and decided to put on
to introduce a local youth whom he
thought was the real goods The
youth in question was called Young
Brady and he had a pretty fair repu-
tation among the boys in that vicinity.
his opponent was announced as Ed
ward Lenny.
When the two boxers stepped to the
center Of the ring to begin operations,
the older of the two, Lenny, began
TO feel his man out in a very deliberate
manner. He also began to jab in
very careful manner with his left hand
as though he was playing with a couple
Of kittens
The referee, Harry Stout. watched
them for few moments and then
stopped the bout and said: say, is
this 10 be Sparr1ng exhibition or a
real boxing bOut2" He was informed
by the promoter that it was a boxing
contest We'll, just get busy" said
referee Stout. and no more Of the ex-
hibitiOn stuff"
Then Lenny Got Busy
It was hardly necessary to advise
Mr. Lenny in this respect, for he i'm
mediately began to shoot over left hand
labs and right crosses so fast that
Young Brady began to see stars and
at the end Of the round was wabbling
about like chicken with its head off
the beginning OF the third round
Brady was so wabbly that the referee
stopped the contest and sent him 10
his corner.
referee Stout as Lenny was leaving
the ring One of the newspaper men
present happened to know him and
remarked, That is Eddie Lenny. the
old time featherweight who used to
fight in Philadelphia and the east
against the best boys in the country"
We'll, he hasn't forgotten any OF
his cleverness yet" remarked Stout,
nor how to keep in condition"
The fact is Lenny is now a prosper
GUS business man at Duluth. but he
tirely, so he decided to take on this
bout merely as a matter of exercise.
He is quite well to do and does gym
nasium work daily. keeping in excel
lent condition. If it were really ne
cesSary, it is almost i certainty that
Lenny, who must be around the 40
year mark. could hold his own against
a whole lot Of featherweights who are
touring the country as stars.
Hard Week for Top NOtcherS.
There were number of serious set
backs for some of the boxing stars
last week For instance. Ad Wolgast 1
vas put to the bad by frankie Whit !
ney at Atlanta, Ga. Joe MandOt was
knocked out by Benny Leonard in New
y ork and robbed Of a chance to meet /
Richie Mitchell in Milwaukee It was
a severe set back for Mandot for he I
had practically been matched to meet /
FREDDY Welsh in a worlds title match I
at New Orleans
Pal Brown, the Minnesota light +
weight, who was making his come /
back appearance at Duluth, was given I
a beating by Matty McCue of Racine I
Soldier Bartfield also suffered a set !
back at the hands OF Mike O'Dowd at 1
St Paul