Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-03

R. w.
weight champion reacts on the alleged
ability OF Mr.. Ertle. the claimant, as kaut-
man knocked the tar out Of Johnny IN the
same ring a couple OF weeks ago us easy
10 figure out-simply a matter OF deuue-
tion-and we strongly advise that you try
II on your piano
williams Makes Good
But 10 return TO whatever we are writing
about Kid williams appeared among US
last night and put on an act that removed
ali doubts as to his ability as boxer,
fighter and worlds champion. The 5OOO
enectators and Pat Moran--for II was IN
deed he-were satisfied with the perform
snce and from now on williams will be
spolen Of with respect In exclusive boxing
circles II was rumored, however. that
Pat Moran's sympathes were with Kauf-
man because the Phillies also lost yester-
day.
Renny was left at the post when he at
tempted 10 start against the titleholder
He was outpunched, outgenealed and OUT
guessed by Williams, although. the local
bow made a credtable showing in the frst
two rounds Kaufman adopted rushing tac-
tics. and when the bell changed for the
nrst stanza Benny was on top OF the cham
MON showering a volley Of lefts and rights
on the head and body. Williams was
forced to the ropes. and IL looked sad for
the Baltimorean The Kid quickly got his
of the round in doping out Bennys at
tack He solved it near the end of the
second round, and from then on Kaufman
could be referred to only as among those
present"
Champ Is Versatile
AS the battle progressed Williams
stabbed his opponent with his left jab until
Benny's face assumed the rosy hue OF a
sincere sunset Then tho champ would
shoot a couple of hard rights to the body,
3ust to show that he was versatile. kaut
man was aware of the fact. but Williams
wanted to prove II TO the cash customers
After the second act Benny's attack re
sembled that of rookie on football neio
trying TO tackle a guy like GRAVY VII
ilams He would lower his head, throw
out his arms and lunge forward, only to
be met with a stiff arm with clenchec
fist concealed in glove at the other end
Our local pride felt the glove more thar
the stiff arm 1t was! an object lesson or
how football should NOT be played. WI
shall not attempt to criticize the boxing
because we know no more about it thar
Benny.
In the fifth and sixth sessions Williams
rocked Kaufman a couple of times will
hard rights to the head but Benny neve
was in danger He was too busy stoppinl
the champions punches to even think Of ii
Thrilling Adventure
There were several prellmnaries. we ar
told, but as we did not see them Mr.. Lou
H Jaffe has promised to pinch write 70
us. We missed the early part of the shov
because that kind-faced, sweet-voiced ten
der-hearted Baron of Lieperville insiste'
that we ride to the Olympia in his offen
sive-car. 1t was a good-car, but afte
leaving the drydock 1t developed hecti
flush and a hollow cough, and severa
other things which prevented extensive o
speedy travelling. After pushing the ca
three miles in two hours. we left IL leaning
against a friendly fence somewhere nea
Darby, where we were rescued by Mr.
Lew Bailey. who Forded us back TO town
Mr. JANE has the floor:
Diggins Shows Well
The best bout Of the night was between
Young Dggins and Frankie Quinlan. Tn
former was winner, but he was force'
TO go at top speed in the latter rounds, a
Qulnlan earned an early advantage. Bot
boys boxed fast sluggec willingly In tn
clinches and there wasn't an idle momen
In the eighteen minutes.
wally Nelson made a credItable showin
under the circumstances In his match wit
Gussie Lewis. He substituted for Mlcke
Brown. Gussie won with plenty to spar,
but he was kept on the alert throughout, a
vally's rlght-hand wallops were copin
thick and fast at times. Twice Wall
crossed wild wallops on Lewiss chin. rock
Ing him, but Gus came back each time an
more than evened up for Nelson's flashes.
The semihnal was frost. Lefty lyle
substituted for Young Palmer and It wa
apparent that Sailor Smiley was about
have a nice little knockout party when bot
Referee O'Brien and one Of Leftys second
decided that Tyler had showed enough az
tlon for $50. A towel was tossed into th
ring and o'Brien sent the boys 10 their RI
spectve corners
!, Denny Hughes won the opener. defeatin
Frankie Conway.