Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-28


TO. He is the most likely looking light
weight seen around here for some time
Fl and he will prove il as soon as he gets
N n chance mt the tOp-notchers. In his
+ hattie with Burns, O'Leary showed that
y he could hit with either hand was Il fast.
willing boxer and could keep up a whirl
wind pace from start to finish He dropped
A Soly twice in the first round and had him
f on the canvas in the fourth. OvcranXious-
ress on Johnnys part deprived him of a
F. knockout.
{ Introduces New Stuff
But the feature of the battle and the
4 new stuff introduced by the visitor was
the "whirling punch" which dropped Burns
{ three times The punch is administered
BY O'Leary and his opponent does the
whirng. The spectators did not get onto
4 It for couple of rounds. and it is doubt
iul IL Solly has discovered it vet.
Here is the dope on how it works:
l Johnny rushes into a CinCh and, as he
pulls himself away. whirls his opponent
around. For an instant the opponents
back is turned and when he gets back
into his original position johnny slams
him with his right or left. This was
tried successfully in the first round. and
Solly hit the floor for a count of nine.
A short time later Burns allowed himself
. to be whirlcd Il second time, and again he
took the count.
The audience began to shout and sew
eral 'boohs' were hurled at O'Leary
They thought that Johnny was taking an
unfair advantage of his opponent but
Referee Jack AiCGuigan ruled that it was
according to Hoylc and the new stuff was
allowed. 1t is a very effective punch. and
It will take the others some time to find
defense for II.
0'Leary Is Surprise
O'Leary surprised everyone i'll the first
round when he rushed out of his corner
carried the fight to Burns and had him
on the floor before the battle had
progressed one minute.
There was a miN-up. a clinch and as
they broke away Burns seemed TO turn
as If on pivot, Johnny drove a short
left hook to the jaw and Solly dropped
i looked as if the battle was over, but
Burns gamely struggled to his feet and
fought back even harder than ever. lie
went down again, but stayed through the
round when O'Leary became too anxious
70 put over the final haymaler.
Solly Burns seems to have a mysterious
jaw, which grows stronger as the fight
progresses. In his contest with Wagond
two weeks ago, Solly was dropped i'm the
FIRST round and was all but out lie re-
covered, however, came back strong and
IN the later rounds took punches on the
Jaw that would floor an ordinary boxer.
saturday night it was the same. After
the first round hoe stopped everything.
save in the fourth, when he took the
count but was in fair shape ut the finish.
An effort Is being made to match
oLeary with Benny Leonard, or some
other hard hitter, and If it is put through
lhe battle viii be worth going miles to
see Darby Kelly, manager of OLeary,
Is willing to forfeit his end Of the purse
II MS man is not declared the victor.
Herman in Debut Role
Another newcomer will be with us to-
night. He is Pete ("Kid"D Herman, of
New Orleans. The Southerner has i'm
Iaded this side of the Mason and Dixon
lhe after he proved his mettle as a lead
ing contender for Kid Williams crown
ny holding the champion to draw re-
gently for the purpose of tying more
scalps to his strinG-also adding more
aheckles to his bank roll.
Lew Tender. mysterious bantam
sWkwardly clever. left-handed and elon-
sN'ed-Will be pitted against the scrap
per, rrom the South at the Olympia to-
night, This match will he Herman's first
experience in the ring opposed to a boxer
VINO stands With his right foot out and
Hi hand pulled back, Tenders style has
puzzled all of his opponents i'm the past
aa Mr Herman may fud himself Iu q
Yuandary in an effort 10 cross his trusty
ught-the mttt that staggered the cham
Less Than year ago Herman was a
sshiaIlplon-hest OF the New Orleans boot
S4eEs Before another l2-month rolls
the little Italian believes he viii be
hsuc utleholder TO win the bantam
sssurels so that there will be no flaw in
S,s MS crown Pete wants TO beat not only
"n"alns' but also Johnny IIrtle who is
canning the title on the strength of Win
tlng from the Kid ON Il foul. Remmy
Dofr' Herman's manager, says-and ad-
and ErtIe