Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-14
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f,ibson Says Round Was Short
pliiv Gibson, who was holding watch
IA EsepinR time-unonicially, of course
ts,r,Iv declared that the round was cut
ehnrt is seconds and his boy, Benny
leonard robbed of a Knockout.
Z sIt was a short round, and | can prove
~ no shouted. This is no way to treat
~ nut-of-town boxer. Why, the round
Ma fb seconds to go, look at my watch y
mi no EXPOSED timeplece which showed
sractly 2 minutes and As seconds.
lack Hanlon manager of Sam Robi-
5ssn rushed across the ring. He was
htrhly indignant and even his silk shirt
seemed ruffled. '.'
dyer crazy when you pull that short
,n,nd stuff" he shouted back. THE round
vas an even three minutes and l have
sa00 70 $50 that you don't know what you
ara talking about. A newspaper man was
rsttinR next to the timekeeper and he
eays that everything was on the level.
dare you to bet me J!
Then Reddy Weigmore, clad in his
srow-white makeup, sailor collar, tie and
everything, shooed them from the ring
and the mob scene fell fiat.
But It Was Exciting!
sPerhaps the round was short and then
again. perhaps it was not. AS stated
above, II seemed short, but 1t must be re-
inen1bered that there were large parcels
Of excitement every second and the time
was lost track of. The spectators were in
tensely interested and were disappointed
when the session ended. 1t would have
been the same had the round lasted five
minutes.
Despite the riot act, Mr. Leonard whaled
the tar out of the former sailor, who
was on the verge of dreamland when the
short changing, or rather short timing
was alleged to have been done.
A left hook to the jaw staggered Robi-
deau and Benny sailed in to finish him,
in precisely the same manner that he
finished Jimmy Murphy two weeks ago. A
couple of hard rights sent Sam against
the ropes and Robideau frantically waved
his arms and fell into a clinch. Benny
tore himself loose, sent home another ter
rife right-hand smash and Sam bent over,
both feet on the floor but also resting on
his hands. He seemed to be ready to
topple over on his side when the bell ended
he contest.
Robideau Not Knocked Out
Now. to save arguments, time and much
trouble, allow us to state that Robldeau
was NOT knocked out And, regarding
the alleged shortage of time, we are in no
POSITION to give an opinion either way
Billy Gibson says he lost 20 seconds. The
official timekeeper of the club says the
round lasted three minutes. Take your
pick, and allow the Olympia A. A. to eX-
plain, II any explanation is due.
But this should not detract from Leon
ards performance last night. Benny again
showed that he Is the logical contender for
the lightweight crown and has all of the
earmarks of a champion. He is 1916
model of Abe AttCli. He never loses his
head, is thinking all of the time and
never misses an opportunity to shoot his
haymaker across. He has met sluggers of
the Murphy and Robideau type, clever
men like Johnny Dundee and has beaten
them at their ow.. game. He is entitled
70 recognition and should be Freddy
Welshs next opponent, if Ferdinand can
pc induced to ente the ring without first
being presented with the United States
Treasury
Benny does not look like a pugilist,
We have said this before, but an encore
Y not at all out of place. To quote Wat
aon Magill--you don't know him. but we'll
Quote him anyway-"he looks more like
tailor or an automobile salesman than
guy who knocks the blocks off other
guys for living"
made very creditable showing and gave
!eonard hard battle until he began TO
block too many of those left hooks with
MS chin. In the first three rounds, he
lsd Benny worried and kept after the
New Yorker from bell to bell. He
lsnded many telling blows. but Leonard
was too clever TO allow him to follow
up his advantage.
In the fourth round, Benny discovered
knal Sam could be hit easily with left
nook, and Sam was handed a choice as
sprtment. He began to weaken and at
'ne end OF the session was very tired.
Benny Gets Into Trouble
the NTH round almost proved to be
ne undoing OF our gallant sailor. Benny
snoHered about dozen left hooks on
i.Qpideaus chin and Sam was ready to
stze the high dive. He was wabbly,
s-Fenlng from side to side, but Just as
senie and courageous as ever. He knew
- was IN bad shape, but he fought back
s,sfaer than ever. Near the end, when
Al nope seemed lost, Sam let go a wild
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