Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01
o'KEEFE AND TENDLER REDEEM
SIT YES AS THEY BOX A DRAW
q REFORE 5000 AT OLYMPIA A. c..
tocal Bantams More Than Make Up for Unsat-
isfactory Bout Staged Week Ago-Kilbane
Wins From Packey Hommey
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL

night? II a preliminary boxer tried to
get away with the stun pulled by the
lightweight champion, he would he shooed
from the ring In the first round But n
champion is n champion and anything he
does seems to be satisfactory.
The public likes good boxing exhibitions.
The boxers need not stand toe to toe
and slug for six rounds, but they are
expected to do their best II Harry Ed
wards and Jack McGuigan profit by this
lesson, they will stage some more "come-
back battles i'm the future or insist that
the boxers put UP creditable perform
ance every time they step in the ring
Wind-up Is Very Sad
The Kilbane- Hommey bout looked very
bad last night. 1t was sandwicheh be-
tween two very fast exhibitions and It
suffered by comparison. 1Silbane dis
played his usual cleverness and long
range boxing, but did not seem to be
trying. He could hit Hommey at WILL
but never got started until the last 10
seconds of each round. They put on
some great finishes, and, as Is always
the case, they got away with it.
After the first round had started and
Hommey was swinging wildly and miss
ing all of the hard blows, a spectator
sitting behind us asked his nelghbor:
do YOU think the bout will last six
rounds?"
"Six rodndsl' was the reply. "why.
1t could last a week and neither would
be damaged"
That is how the bout impressed the
writer The boys seemed to be the best
OF friends, es they were smiling at each
other throughout. Perhaps they saw
scme humor in the remarks from the
crowd when they urged Johnny to put
him out"
Way out West there ia a boxer named
Otto Wallace, an unknown, who has had
about eight battles thus far. He has had
little experience: In fact. his name does
not appear in the record book. Yet ne
was able to hand Packey Hommey n
terrible lacing last Tuesday night, was
able to hit his opponent at will and won
by a big margin kilbane was unable
to do as well as this unknown.
Was Taking no Chances
Perhaps Johnny was taking 10 chances
last night and was saving himself for the
big battles to come. A broken hand would
mean the loss of thousands of dollars and
as Packy is tough boy, the champion
did not care to take any unnecessary
risks. He knew he could outpoint his OPP
ponent and was content to let 1t go at
that. But it must be remembered that he
received $1,000 for his exhibition and those
1O-second rallies at the end of each round
did not make much of hit.
Bobby Reynolds and Micky Donley
boxed six fast rounds and ended with
honors even. Bobby is one of the clever
est boxers In the ring today, and If he
possessed knockout punch would be
among the topnotchers, He had Donley
missing more than half of his blows and
hit the New Yorker three times to every
return. Donley's blows were the hard
er, however, and he is entitled to a draw
Eddie Doyle, Joe Littletons new cham
pion, stopped Jimmy Crawford in the
fifth. Jack Kantrow beat Eddie Sulli-
van, and George Blackburn won from
Willie Bankert.