Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-02

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FCJS5 Mr.. Thomas is a
" MAXWELL boxer who takes his
.No-cise in the squared circle when the
. cnb managers think he neeas IT, r,,r,IIe ie,,
cru cuV nxercisinE, however Mr.. Ihomas
notas not most of his time running up ana
speno1 ,p,.,, ,be scale and sprinkles harmony all
uoM Wv. .ho mace. He has a beautiful tenor
over '%v i'y6r,s lots of songs, memories the
8 ,ords and always is willing TO ophse'
Prominent Clubman
1Io has entree to many of our most ex-
+ .,,a,,,a clubs, the Olympia, National,
pvan Quaker City, Broadway ana
.sors and is a great favorite with the
4 s,an,bers Every time he visits one OF
.hssa nlaces, the clubmen INSIST that ne
nut on vocal number, which Is greatly
appreciated. ,..,,.
stuff coup d'etat," or anything else
one might call it. Gather cioseS "i''
we diyulge the secret
charles visited the Olympia last night,
4 ,rhore he appeared in n duet with Mr..
4 ,,on,y I,eonard, of New York, who stopped
off lust to spend the evening with the
home folks Now Charles never SHOWS up
,,orv we'll when some one else is in the act,
cd he nut on his monologue before his
. partner appeared.
Sopne 5000 prominent clubmen attended
,he weekly meeting and they asked MT
rrbornas to stage his single act. MIR.
Tbomas obliged. He stood in the centre
4 of the stage, threw back his head and
hurled his beautiful tenor voice at the
rafters, walls, ceiling and everything else
ue kent the vast audience spellbound Tor
Ave minutes and retired to the wings amid
& tumultuous applause.
4 Strategic Victory
And here is where Charles scored his
3 strategic victory. He had a song to sing,
and he sang II. The members OF the clup
enioyed 1t because Mr.. Thomas used his
head and sang BEFORE and not AFTER
his duet with Mr.. Leonard. 1t is doubtful
3 II the singer could have done himself
s Justice had he put it Off for IL minutes
8 After his single" act, Charles went on
with Mr.. Leonard, and allowed the visitor
10 take the leading part. Mr.. Leonard
nroyed TO be a good leader. for he led
. all the way through the six acts, and
would have been leading yet If the law
hadn't put an end to the performance.
i In Justice to Mr.. Thomas, however, 1t
must be said that he is a very hospitable
person. He entertained a visitor and en-
tertained him well. He was superb host,
and received better than any host mas
received before. He received on his chin.
4 Jaw, neck, nose, ears and BODY ana
allowed the visitor to do anything he
pleased.
AT times Mr., Thomas seemed to grow
weary of receiving, and indulged in airy
persifiage with Mr.. Leonard. He would
stand still, tell Mr.. Leonard some family
history that surprised Mr.. Leonard, and
then start receiving again. The visitor en-
joyed these verbal tributes very much,
and Immediately presented Mr.. Thomas
with an assortment of crosses and hooks
to show his appreciation.
Wouldn't Go to Sleep
Benny had an idea that Charles was
spending too much of his time with him,
and tried hard to make his host retire.
For Is minutes the visitor endeavored to
convince Mr.. Thomas that 1t was time to
go to sleep, but of no avail. Charles IN
SISTED on remaining up with his guest to
see that he had pleasant time.
In the very first act Benny allowed
Charles to do the receiving. He put over
several left jabs, uppercuts and hooks
which were received nicely on the nose
and chin. Thomas covered his head with
his arms and then began to receive on
the body. 1t was the same stuff through
out the other acts. Benny was insistent,
kept after his man and had him very
tired at the finish.
& 1t was a fairly interesting affair in
spots but some of the members went
home disappointed. They expected to see
the Kid go to sleep before the perform
ance was over. but Thomas cared moth
ing for their wishes. He was there to
stay six rounds, and he stayed
From the start Leonard tried to put
over haymaker. He would get Thomas
tied up in knots, feint him a couple of
times and then shoot his right or left
4 10 the iauU ghnnlr Charlie pOnEinaF-
ably, but was unable to knock him down.
Whenever Thomas got into a tight place
ne would cover his jaw with his arms
and Benny was forced to step back and
wait for an opening.
Took No Chances
Leonard did the best he could, but he
had other things to think about besides
hhocking Thomas out He had to pro-
teet himself and didn't dare TO run the
fisk OF breaking them on Charles elbows.
MANY times he landed his right to the
Jaw, out the blows did not seem to affect
ihonas. He would cover up again and
wade IN to take some more.
ihomas proved that a man with any
ile Alna OF a defense can stay six rounds
sIh champion. He stayed the limit
aho az a result quite a little money
snehsed hands. The wise ones" who
stand In the rear of the house bet large
- -SboA tHlueT lHdL LeOIldIu 6Oulu
not score knockout
Sharhe's face was bloody most of the
tnnis, but ne was not hurt. A cut on the
ststese OF the nose bled profusely, but
sissf every round 1t was patched up and
- appeared again just the same as ever.
AeehArd's work last night proved that
~. the oest lightweight in the business.
No. estehse was superb, he landed his
M M.o~s eleanly and would have scored a
ass.oeAont - had Thomas taken the aggres-
80 more than he did But Charlie
|ttsssht ISM mis- own fight and did the only
s.ils that possibly could have been done.
- - Anew he didn't have a chance to win
4ea n ~ py lucky punch ana was taking
tommy Carey Does Well
lae other bouts were very good The
60 e"o were short ana sweet, Frankie
- stopping Young Kid Mccoy in the
81 ~ ana Ritz Walters dropping Young
=. - neinert In the first Tommy Carey
- Up a beautiful battle against Tim
eAsy, and won an Of the way Tommy
3 a9t been boxing much Of late. but his
.ssaas - last night should bring him some
81 sssai~andup vas rasf ana exciting.
f17zs. yoangstsF from New Or