Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14

time 10 go TO bed yet Hold up yer rite
hand Stop them wild wallops! Step
aroun'! PLEASE step
nh oionr of the bell cut short Dick
r,risy,s fearful entreaties to his boxer
!. ~ ring Dick quickly climbed through
~ ~ ", rones. grabbed the arm of Soily
r Wy yrbo was listing heavily To mort
Du"J' ws sto oogerinr toward the low stool wait.
~ ,.s for him in his corner Solly was all
s tio had stopped one of Eddie wa.
n.,,,s =. overland wallops and found him.
IN rolling around on the floor, with
Jack McGuigan slowly counting him out.
Al the count of nine Solly staggered to
Ms feet fell into a clinch, while he
frantlcally shook his head to drive away
M film that had formed over his eyes
Eddie tried and tried to put across the
final blow, but his staggering adversary
just managed to keep MS mead out or
the way.
AS the seconds rolled on, the mist
cleared and Solly was able to look down
into the startled face OF his manager,
p,ck Curley-no relation to Jack CurleyI
Who was beseeching him to "step aroun'."
II was hard work to weather the storm,
but Solly did it.
- ,,,o o,d 10 t,o ,ooo,,d ro,,D,, NJ
ma semi-windup at the National A, C.
saturday night. Solly Burns, of Los
Angeles met Eddie Wagond, of this city,
and the battle was fast and furious from
me start. Eddie started right in to finish
his man and showered n series of rights
and lefts on the face and body If Burns
vntll the boxer from the West was nearly
helpless. 1t looked like a short battle, and
Eddie was sure of It, At the end OF the
interest in the proceedings and when the
SECOND rs session ,sn eilueo % ne looked ready 10
~Ae "e nus" u''e'
DICK Curley oammed wel-used and
venerable orange between Burns teeth
while the other seconds showered cold
wafer over hlin' Solly sank low IN MS
teat win ms arms ana legs outstretched'
uying Valnly 10 preathe ana talk through
lhe orange
TITS clnch, tell va" painted Dick, as
he slapped and cuffed the boxer on the
face and ears. Honest, Solly, there amt
no chance for you tn lose. That big bum
b the luckiest stiff in the world. He
inrted that one from the floor and almost
hl the referee. He amt goin' ia do It
again. Step aroun' little Don't let him
~ set, Be clever! Box him. but PLEASE
eSnt try TO hte' Hold up yer rite han
" 'ne uire'
soly Burns reluctantly arose to his
feet at the beginning OF the next round.
He enjoyed his one minute rest and
wished It had been a.. hour. He still felt
The Impact of the padded fist against his
Jaw and did not care to repeat the per-
iormance. Eddie, on the other hand,
s leaped froil his stool and seemed anxious
to oresume hostllities. He wanted to score
AKnocAout' and that proved his undoing.
w.In..
HaBohu MISSED anu MISSED
Wagond swung hard IN tbe law with
his left and missed. A right swing also
missed SolIv and Eddie Stood hack N
get the range and take better aim When
he did this, SolIv stuck his Ieft ont and
hbbed Eddie in tho face lie J,d IL
again and again. until Eddie was bIeedino
from the nose and swnIIinr be~on to
appear above the eve. A hard right to
me law spun Eddie ground and he was
forced to fall into a cllnch. The crowd
vas In an uproar, for the battle had
mrned and the under-dog was winning.
surns continued TO Jab and step away
throughout the entire round and at the
sna seemed to have recovered his strength