Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-31

,l don two years ago.
The Dear Old Public was getting tired of
his tango performances with carefully se-
lected pork and bean athletes in various
parts of the country, and the champion
virtually was forced into the match How
ever, Freddy is in excellent condition, his
wind Is good and he has developed
strong pair of legs in these no decision
pink teas.
Plenty of Action
There will be plenty of action in to-
nights scrap, as the fate of boxing in
New York hangs in the balance Agita-
tion over the Willard-Moran fight con-
tinues, and although the ma jority of
those present Saturday night were con.
vnced that both men did their best, the
foes of the flstic art are doing their best
to convince them that they can't believe
what they see. AT any rate, the cash
customers now are getting dubious about
worlds championship contests, and will
carefully scrutinize every action of the per-
formers this evening. There is TO doubt
but that the boxers will do their best.
If Freddy Welsh puts up one of his
usual Philadelphia performances, he Is
done as drawing card in the big league.
But If he fights the way he did against
frankie Whitney in New York last Fri
day night he Is bound to regain some of
his lost popularity. Freddy stopped Whit
ney In five rounds and acted like a regu-
lar knockout artist. He took punch to
land one, was constantly on top of his
foe and never let up on the slam-bang
stuff until the referee called halt.
Leonard Has Wallop
Leonard is clever, has a knockout wal
lop concealed in either hand and always
gives the spectators a run for their money.
He is popular in New York, and his fol-
lowers are confident he will slip over the
haymaker before the battle is over.
1t is his ability to punch hard that has
made Leonard the favorite in the title
tilt tonight. When he knocked out Joe
Mandet and followed it by stopping Joe
Welsh, Phil Bloom, Jimmy Murphy and
others, Benny jumped into the limelight
and has remained ever since. He has
been clamoring for a match with Welsh,
and now that his wish has been gratified
he probably will make the most of it.
The top price for seats is ST. and gen.
eral admission is from 81 to So. The
lower priced seats, which are not re-
served, will be placed on sale late this
afternoon, and a detail of police has been
engaged to keep the crowd in order. Only
few reserved seats remain to be dis
posed of.
McGuigan Has New One
Jack McGuigan will spring another new
one tomorrow night in Billy DE Foe, of
st. Paul. Mr.. De Foe appears in the
windup Of an all-star show and is slated
10 go on with Eddie Morgan, of England.
Morgan made favorable impression two
weeks ago, when he boxed six sensational
sessions with Irish Patsy Cline on paper
1t looks like a good bout. Tommy Buck
who has been resting" here for the last
eight weeks. gets his first chance to show
how he has improved when he makes his
bow in the semi-windup with Eddie Wal
lace.
Johnny Tillman, of Minneapolis, who is
said to have defeated Ad Wolgast and
other well-known boxers, also makes his
initial appearance. He will mix II up
with Buck Fleming in the third bout
X. o. Sullivan, of Allentown, and K. o.
Baker, of Wilmington, two slamming,
hard-hitting kmlddleweights, will fight it
out in one OF, the earlier bouts.
Two bantams will endeavor to make
good at the Olympia next Monday night
and put forth their best efforts to regain
the laurels they lost at that club They
are Pete Herman, who held Kid Williams
TO draw and later was outpointed by
Lew Tender, and Eddie O'Keefe, who
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