Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-04

-. fore he played Sec
ond to Willard a week ago.
It was n fast, sensational duet, and the
cash and other customers keenly felt the
extreme excitement. They became so in
terested that few left the arena until the
final bell ended hostillties. And it's
safe bet that they would have remained
through six more rounds.
Rally Comes Too Late
Tender put on n ninth-inning batting
rally, but couldn't score enough runs to
win Even Benny Kauff, to say nothing
of Ty Cobb, would have had hard time
getting away with 1t. Kaufman took the
lead at the start, held It until the closing
session and then breezed under the wire
with lots to spare. He paid no attention
to Lewis long right jab, got in close and
battled his way to victory via the Bat
tling Nelson. route His whirlwlnd attack
bothered Lew considerably, and he did
not solve It until IL was too late.
Benny virtually won the bout in the
first round, when he rushed Tender all
over the ring, landed many hard rights
and lefts to the body and had Lew hang
ing on before the conflict was one minute
old. Tender did not like that body pun
ishment and began to drop his guard to
protect himself. He did this twice and
It almost proved his undoing. The second
time he lowered his hands Benny rushed
him to the ropes and landed hard right
smash to the jaw. The blow landed flush
and shook Tender considerably. Lew fell
into n clinch and weathered the storm, but
IL was narrow escape
1t was this blow that defeated Tender.
From then on until the sixth round Lew
was on the defensive and allowed Benny
to pile UP big lead. The tall battler
opened up n trifle in the second but his
rally was stopped by another right hook
to the jaw and again he drew into his
shell. Kaufman then forced the fighting
and Lew protected himself with his long
right jab which sometimes landed.
Benny Follows Instructions
Benny kept close to his man, evidently
following his instructions to the letter.
Adam Ryan was his chief advisor, and 1t
was Adam who planned the winning bat
tie The noted trainer did the thinking
and all Kaufman had to do was fight.
Tender did well in the sixth round and
easily held BENNY at n reasonable dis
tance. He found that his right jab had
some value and worked 1t beautifully.
Had Lew started his rally in the fourth
act instead of the last there would have
been different story to tell, AS it was,
he showed what he could do and probably
will do better If he meets Kaufman again.
Eddie OKeefe made his first appear
ance in the club since he boxed for moth
ing a couple of months ago and made
good in the semiwind-up. Eddie clashed
with Battling Reddy, who substituted for
Pete Herman. and took all of the honors.
O'Keefe was anxious to meet Herman,
as he wanted to show his superiority
over the Southerner but Reddy gave him
tough fight and kept Eddie on the move
for Is minutes. OKeefe was in great
shape and won nearly every round.
Tuber Plays Nurse
Joe Tuber played nurse to Leo Flynn
In the second bout, when he put him to
sleep in the third round. The battle was
fast and furious while 1t lasted and the
knockout came when least expected.
Flynn, who has been coming to the front
rapidly of late, put up a good battle and
was handing out some healthy wallops.
He landed hard right on Joe's head and
Tuber clinched. Flynn backed away and
rushed again, swinging both arms, when
Joe's right shot out and connected with
his jaw. Then all was dark.
Young Cohen defeated Sailor Smiley in
the curtain-raiser, but lost the decision
when he attempted to indulge in persifiage
with his opponent after the bout Cohen
was in his corner receiving congratua-
tions and ice water. which were showered
upon him simultaneously by his joyful
seconds, when he looked upon the floor
and saw a tooth lying all alone and de-
serted.
'TIa, ha !" said Cohen. I'm gonna play
a joke on Smiley Gimme tn 'toot' an I'll
slip it to tn Sailor. 1 must gave him a
awful waIlop to knock out tn toot.'"
Cohen Makes Mistake
A second placed the molar in Cohens
glove and the victor ambled across the
ring to Smiley's corner.
"Haw, haw, haw," he said. Sorry you
won't be able to eat tomorrow. Had to
hand yuh hard one and busted one of
your teet. Better have 1t fixed. Haw."
Smiley's glove went up to his jaw and
then he barred his teeth, smiling through
hit battered lips.
''Whatcha givin' me?" he demanded.
"I amt lost no toot'. It's a bum toot'
anyway Betcha lost 1t yourself"
Cohen turned pale. He took a hasty
inventory of his dental furniture and