Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19

CARBONE GOT THE JUMP ON KRAMER
BUT THAT WAS ALL; THEN THE DOPE
AND REAL HARD GUY GET WALLOPED3
Tough Brooklynite Scores Two Knockdowns in
First Round, After Which He Does Little But
Assimlate Lots of Punishment
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE


CETTlNG the jump on the other fellow
~ is great advantage in every sort of
competitive sport; the one that shoots out
IN front at the outset usually breezes
through with coors in the breeze. Boxing
Us included in this getting the jump" dope.
When boxer gets off into big lead right
on the reel, especially in a limited bout of
SIX rounds, as staged i'm Philadelphia, he Is
seldom oNertaken. And two clean knock
downs can be considered a perfectly large
and distinct advantage.
This enormous lead is exactly what Frank
'arbone, Brooklyn "Joegrim- Johnny
mayo" middleweight, accumulated i'm the
snort time of three minutes. But the dope
ala not run true TO form Carbone was
opposed to Billy Kramer. the Milwaukee,
clever fist artist, In the semi-fnal at the
National Club Saturday night Twice
two clean knockdowns Carbone toppled
Kramer to the canvas. and when the bell
sounded ending the period II was almost
"A unanimous opinion that only another
round would see the finish of the fracas,
but there was flaw in the dope.
Shifted Like Ketchell
In that one first round Frank Carbone.
of Brooklyn, reminded the Old Timer be-
hind us of Stanley KetChel. the late and
last recognized middleweight champion.
Swinging both arms with terrific force, Car
landing powerful punches on Kramer's body
and head Billy first went down from
snort left hook; and again Kramer Topped
to the canvas from "A right-hand uppercut
Both knockdowns We're scored while at
close quarters and when Kramer pulled
himself together the second time, after a
three-second count, it looked as though an
other wallop would halt hostilities The
finishing blow was not forthcoming and the
bell was good music to Kramer's seconds
and Billy himself. lie staggered to his
corner
Kramer's remarkable recuperative powers
became evident when he bounced from his
chair in the second round like an un-
leaShed tiger. Bill had q great handicap
to overcome: great uphill battle to fight
And Billy started to fight it right away.
Kramer is a hard punching boxer he has
proved this in previous bouts. And every
ounce of force in kraners possession was
piled on TO Mr.. tarbone. from Brooklyn. But
Mr.. Carbonc then proved how rugged a
battler he was.
Carb0ne Is Wild
From the second round until the final
sound of the gong Carbone couldn't hit
Kramer with a forty-foot pole he was as
wild as the proverbial March hare. And
all the while Carbone missed. missed,
missed. Kramer jabbed, hooked, uppercut
and right-crossed Frank; they were ter
fl1c wallops, too. The punches just about
budged Carbone but didn't faZe him.
That Carbone was a dangerous punching
batter was proved in the opening round
and in the next five rounds Kramers best
punches on the BroOklynites jaw showed
how rugged he was. Carbona has all
other tough guys lashed to the mast. Most
of the boxers who enjoy getting punched
all over the ring usually show black eyes
puffed noses and split lips as Il result of
their enjoyment. but Carbonc's features re-
| .,,,.. Of e.. 4.
with the exception of a cut over his left
eye, suffered near the close Of the contest
Anent Cheese
You're hunk of cheese" said he AS he
faced him for the fifth round and the
quick answer was. Maybe you amt"
Maybe they both were correct, bu far be
it from us to influence the intelligent audi
ence.
The he referred to was Jack Burke of
st. Paul. The him was Jimmy Murphy.
and the two sons of Erin celebrated st.
Paddys night by the pleasure OF punching
each other in the Nationals wind-up Which
had the more pleasure was really difficult to
decide, but when their pleasure came to its
scheduled finish neither suffered much the
worst of IT.
Burke started the bout by rubbing his
nose, like the famous Michael Gibbons, his
cousin. but thereafter Burke's exhibition
was so much like the Phantom's style and
ability that it was different The ST. Paul
boxer came here unheralded and he prob
ably will leave the same for he didn't show
anything TO herald him as a wonder, or
near wonder.
Murphys exhibition was a good example
of what two months lay-off will do for
IA boxer. Jimmys judgment of distance
was pathetic lie started right -ha nd
punches that wound around Burke's neck,
or missed their mark entirely. However,
Jim connected with one in the fourth round