Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-27

IW the date-wlll 20 down into history
as one Of the most noted days that ever
fingered in Philadelphia. Two boxers
regular boxers, who heretofore always
have counted the house and insisted on
getting real money before appearing in
the ring--wll box six rounds at the Ohm
MIA A. c. on that very evening. Nothing
not But get this:
The boxers will put on their act after
the regular show, and they will not get
one cent for their services And they are
offering $4,000 for 10 rounds in New York!
Eddie O'Keefe and Lew Tender realize
that they put up n very poor exhibition
last Monday night They are aware that
they have fallen in the estimation Of the
boxing fans in Philadelphia and both are
anxious to come back" Last night, in
the office of the sporting editor of the
EVENING LEDGER, the managers of the
bows signed an agreement to appear at
the olympia next Monday night, and
there was no haggling over terms.
First Time in History
1t is the first time in the history of
boxing that two pugilists of the standing
of Tender and O'Keefe have boxed for
nothing It probably will be a long time
before anything like this occurs again.
All pI .l,rS ca'He nsr,oJ %OT piron,or of pnbiic
ssS T,,Iio, 9n j,yost,lato tho disan-
nointinr bout which disgusted the fstlc
fans last Monday night. Director Wilson
ordered Superintendent of Police Robin
son to conduct the inquiry, and work
already has begun. The EVENING LEDGER
I'd ,,ststs m eeeinr that the nublic gets
a"u 'nro aaai And the n,IhIlc was not
, SUI O., ,ri,, r,,,a,, o,I;aoro ana TnndIer
uea,e1 .o.t,oJ t%oir tt'oir' ,gr,,dge -
set'''u ''ie"
The majority OF the auuleuce ieit oe-
fore the bout was hair over. CIles oil
fake" were heard on all SIDES we were
at the ringside, and the bout certainly
had every appearance of IL 'frame-up.
Other Side of the Story
But wait for the other side of the story.
Both O'Keefe and Tender assert that the
contest was OH the level, that they tried
hard every minute OF the pout ana ana
the best they could lhelr ilahuScIS
back tnem up a lraiie-uP @ was 10. ~
even thousnt o. 'neS sa,u, "''' '''
charBe VI l"Ne 10 an "''u't
Harry EdWarus' PTeslusnt Oh tnS U,E ~
p pa - -, - oTatnis 80 ,bn o,rb and phi
S,,,, ol,I, ,.,,',,t, - an, ,Tordlor
HiaSs.i,i" ,.1 .i,a aeoo ,,estordo,, oS,or,
nnnn r. ,vos ofter n renortcr Of the
Evr~,vc TEncER had conferred with
6Irector Wilson
- j, . 1900,
rSNeu o.ir,i, .i,JS. 81. ,,,,,,h oS tba,,
U6,, up ~ S'IfoafopTnmd,or bo,,t T." said Mr.
EdwarGs I'VE agree that If was n poor
axbibitIon ana nerbans n raw things can
he stroiobtennd nut Mr. CfIossman, man
ager Of Tentler Is here and Moe Green
baum, who looks after O'Keefe, will be
here in n few minutes. I'd like to hear
what Glassman has TO say about it,"
Glassman was eager to explain. al
never was so surprised in my life he
said Lew Tender trained hard for the
bout and was in good condition. He was
confident of winning, and know he tried
his hardest to put up a good battle.
Tender Cried After Bout
after the bout was over Lew rushed
into the dressing room ana sat down
and cried.
81 don't know what was the matter
with me- he said L know | made the
poorest showing OF my career and l tried
hard all of the time. l simply couldn't
get started
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O. % ~ q Nei ''.S -, 49, 18th ,',o
tu t'liueu Vlus''i'"i, an" w W. 49,. 70
, nau II ~ w VEor "S",n, init" 80 do
please the pupilc anu are WINS 9 ~ "'
ahgtnlhg 10 regain its Conl'ueiGe' .
"hal are you "lllhs 10 ~ ne vas
asked HOW 90 you Hltehu u El''u'-
cate yourselfE
Anything at all. replied HlassHiah
ia ike TO ma out
would you allow your BOY 10 poN
o'keefe for nothing?'
Would /? certainly would and IA
thank Mr.. Edwards for chance to put