Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-19

tempted TO rttaliats, but he missed by
wide margin.
Bombardment Begins
The clubmen were surprised and decided
70 take hand in the match themselves
Programs, rolled up tightly, were hurled
into the ring, but they were not heavy
enough for accurate throwing. Then came
a glass tube, which missed the marks. and
thls was followed by shower OF wire
springs, lemons. dollar watches wet news
papers and n knife The bombardment lcst-
ed nine inmates. and at the Cnd no one
was hit excepting those, VINO sat Ia the
press row and were too large 20 crawl
under the ring. A pleasant time was had
NOT.
II was said afterward that the cluhmen
did not like the match and took this meth
cd - prove Il. Their intentions were good.
their aim very bad. but they left no doubt
In the minds OF ell OF those present rs TO
the exact state OF their feelings.
II was the worst bout put on AT the
Olympia for many day and the specta-
tors had a perfect right to get sore. They
had witnessed four exceptionally good pre-
limlnaries and expected the windup TO be
just good. Then, when the boxers per-
sisted In holding and clinching, the only
way to show their dIsproval was TO bomb
ard the battlers with everything that was
handy. The bout ended before they tore
up the seats.
Ring Is Uttered
In the nth round Referee o'Brien found
it impossible 10 kick the wads Of paper out
OF the ring and the boxers waded through
| them in their clumsy efforts to get into
| another clinch. Perhaps O'Brlen would
have made more of hit had he thrown out
| the boxers inatead.
: Joe yelling Is said to be a clever boxer
and In line for the lightweight champion
| ship. Perhaps no Ia, but you cannot prove
| II by us. Robideau also Is touted highly,
| but we cannot hand him anything on his
work last night. II the public would stand
| for II. this pair should be forced to box
| again like O'Keefe and Tender, but II Is
| doubtful IL any one would turn out. Ones
| Is enough at any price.
This should be lesson to the match
makers in Philadelphia. The boxing fol
| lowers will not stand for poor matches
when they are billed as exceptionally goot
| ones. Another night like last night will dc
| a great deal toward killing the game here
and steps should be taken to prevent Z
similar demonstration.
Cannot Blame Club
Still, taking it by and large. the Olympii
| Club cannot be blamed for the poor show
| ing of the boxers. The match was made Fl
| good faith, the boys received a large amour
| of money for their services and were ex
| pected to perform like top-notchers Whel
!
agement to stop the bout. That was the on
| mistake.
But the other part OF the show was yer.
| good and the boys were evenly matched Il
each case Even Tommy Allen who doe
not shine in pugilistic circles made a cred
table showing against Johnny Moloney, bu
| lost to the former amateur champ. in si
rounds, Young McGovern beat Joe Tuber {
the semiwindup and Mickey Donley Tough
a draw with Freddy Kelly,
The best bout of the night was put u
oy two boys who received the least none
for their services. Johnny Campi clashe
with Al Wagner, and six furious rounds 70
lowed. Wagner, who is a newcomer, did ex
cellent work and had Campi in bad shap
| in the fifth and sixth rounds, but could nc
finish him. Johnny gave a great exhib
ton of gameness, and 1t was only his bul
dog courage that kept him on his feet at tn
| end.
1t was a better bout than the highprice
| wrestling match. Anyway, the public neve
| did care for wrestling.