Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-07

r. w. MAXWELL very strong card
for the regular customers to look at There
should be plenty Of excitement from start
to finish and a big crowd prob ,ly will
be on hand to enjoy 1t.
Leonard discovered In his last battle with
Freddy Welsh that he had not been work.
ing enough, and II was up 20 him TO keep
busy. He also discovered that he must
use his knockout wallop at all times instead
of depending on his cleverness alone. When
Benny became DIR wing card following his
long string of knockouts. he decided TO be
clever guy like Johnny Dundee. and the
result was very sad. Now he has returned
| to his old habits
McAndrews Prepared
Benny is in great shape for his quarrel
| with McAndrews and is confident that he
will win before the sixth round Is called
Eddie, however. is likely to prove a tough
customer, as he, too. has been working on
q haymaker and intends TO make good use
of It.
Since Jimmy Murphy hit the skids, Nc
Andrews looks like the best l35-pound boy
| in Philadelphia. Some say he cannot make
| the weight. but we have ii straight from
| Jack McGuigan that Edward can make It
with his eyes shut That being the case,
the local boxer has chance to jump to
| the front in his first bout All he has to do
Is to beat Leonard, and that is an easy
| job, is 1t not? Yes, 1t is NOT.
Be that as 1t may, Eddie is In better
shape now than any time in his career
| Instead of taking things easy all summer,
he donned his oYeralls every morning,
grabbed his full dlnner-pail and worked in
the trenches near Manayunk. McAndrews
welded the pick and shovel until he beacme
as hard as nails and tanned like a piece
of leather. He also took off considerable
weight and when he was In to see us last
week, he said he tipped the beam at 139
With a weeks training II should be an
easy matter for him to take of four pounds
Kilbane Has Floor
Johnny Kllbane is through boxing his
opponents at catchweights From now on
| the featherweight champion will insist on
everybody getting down to a respectable
size or there will be nothing doing.
II think 1 have earned the right to do
| some debating myself" said Kibane, as he
walked away from the arena at Cedar
Point Monday. Ever since l won the
featherweight championship have been
| forced to go out Of my class every time
| made match. have met lightweights
galore, and the next thing know they will
| be running in a welterweight on me.
"At the same time after looking over the
| field Of featherwelghts now that CLANCY is
| eliminated, l can't see any one whom I can
meet. 1t looks as II must go out of my
! class for keeps, and when do, I shall not
stop until try for the title. I will meet
| Freddy Welsh any time at 1873, and Benny
Leonard and the others can meet me II they
make weight"
Can Make 116
When Kilbane made 1872 pounds for
| CLANCY without turning a hair, many of the
wise persons who have been knocking the
champ of late sat up and took notice of
| what was going on. They (the wise guys)
| had charged that Johnny never would see
| 122 again and the first time he made that
weight he would lose the title They prob
| ably have recovered from the first shock, so
allow us to spring another.
Kilbane can get down to 11e pounds.
| This is no Joke, for we were among those
present when Johnny stepped on the scales
In Cleveland last Saturday after light
workout and weighed 120h. Before he did
| any training that day, Johnny ate a hearty
| lunch and absorbed enough food to satisfy
a heavyweight Not once while training for
| the Chaney bout did the champion stint
himself on food OF water. II he dried
| out" for day or so. 116 would not be so
very hard for him.
Remember. Kibane is built ike Bob
| Fitzsimmons. He has wide shoulders and
very thin legs, thus carrying most of his
weight above the belt. His weight AZ de-
ceiving, but when he stepped on the scales
| for CLANCY he wore his fighting toys and
did not raise the beam. Perhaps JOHNNY
Will take chance at the bantam limit
some time, but he will take fewer chances n
he takes on the iightweights instead.
CLANCY Beaten Before Bout
| While the majority OF battles are won ir
| the ring. few are won outside OF ths
| squared circle before the battle besins
Chaney was fiattened IN the third ronnd
while the high-prieed spectators looked on