Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09

fTrTLE THING LIKE KNOCKDOWN
FAILS TO PREVENT GUSSIE LEWIS
h@ FROM DEFEATING BENNY M'NEII
|Floored for Count of Nine in the Second Round
a Phily Bantam Shows Reversed Form and
Finishes Way Ahead
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE

|4fy... 9 scheduled as the semiwind'up, yet
2}R 1.,,ssls Iewis. Benny Mcneil bout so
W u'.rsbadowed that between Eddie
~ ~. and Battling Reddy 1t wouldn't be
Epkss,a 10 attempt even to make a
<Nes.snr At the same time it wouldn't
E,epns.n difficult for any two boxers to
better showing than the principals
~ s,ar bout at Shibe Park last night. A
u w W.. .,a,,ld have referred to the O'Keefe-
Wv bout as a grand success. but there
sssnt any present.
That Lewis has big heart; is game
4.,. estcufian; is improving with every
s -, ,srd gives promise to make a lot of
...ns wv sit up and take squint was
as...d when he put on a great uphill battle
h pp,ss, Mcneil. after Gussie had taken
}s' .a,ond nop in the second round 4
~ ~, 10 ,der on the chin dropped Lewis to
ts.sases where he remained until Referee
1g.,no had given Gus the full toll allowed
Ikiofe getting up
4 '7lxs,t. n appeared that I.ewiss proceed
IN. '.in the ring were about through for the
ysss, and II would take only another good
ysw m two to spell the fracass fns
K ,k,.s,n fooled Mcneil and every one else by
=. onlv finishing the limited eighteen min
~ ~ rlr hut also he evacuated the twenty
Ms'foot battlefield the winner. There was
y. ao,bt that Gus had overcome McNeils
4 'ssoSxdown advantage and breezed through
vi,h .colors f1itterlng'
Lewis Looks Good
yeuis's comeback net only was scnsa-
,,oral and unexpected, but ii also proved
\ ,hat ne had the right sort of stuff to make
AIM n successful scrapper, one that gives
sromise to liven up things in the bantam
opd l,p nf 'pnt
,ysliest Gus ha: a good head and he uses
i, ffe didn't appear at sea after being
h 1cored and covered nicely until he regained
\ Il, hearings finishing the round by boxing
~ strongly as Mcneil
h Starting with the third round Lewis in
,s,s,d Of boxing Mcneil from the distance.
h sxltched his attack to the body and sugged
ssxay, with both hands. Mcneil evidently
~1oasnt relish a body bombardment and he
made this unanimous by holding on at every
\ onnortnity after Gus had pummeled away
III Bens stomach.
u Lewis Is one of the few good legitimate
kntams In Philadelphia, speaking of those
4 s,IshIng 116 to 1lS pounds, and he boxes
istrongy at that weight.
Reddy Subs and Wing
Artie Root originally was to have boxed
Eddie O'Keefe in the final bout, but he
wired Matchmaker Bobby Gunniss late
tuesday afternoon that he had suffered an
Injured nose while training. Battling Reddy
xas brought over from New York and,
Vhjls he was an understudy, he came
through with a victory, little credit going
z With it, over O'Keefe.
s There was no action to speak of. In the
tetond round Reddy shook up O'Keefe with
"A left hook and in the fourth a right cross
~ the chin jostled the Philadelphan.
] fhete were only three good wallops in the
3 Vntre bout, O'Keefe landing the other one
h the fifth otherwise they fiddled around
'tpaifed and feinted each other without con-
nertiAg many punches.
swany Nelson was another eleventh-hour
!. HHormer. He answered the bell in the