Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-30

OF the game. Jealousy can be found in all
lines OF business, even more so in the box
ing game. Fortunately, in the Kibane.
leonard ,.sd case the inside tip on the supposed
rake 1ell nat and the bout proved the
most emphatic uplift of the pastime OF
any ring event in long while
Diseruntled rivals of successful match
maker nave attempted to kill off many bouts
IN IN the past, and so 1t will continue in the
Iuture. However. the public can't be fooled
anu any time blarney is put over, the guys
VINO pay the least to see the bout and are
tne furthest away from the ring are the
rrst to know the works" are in.
McGovern After Dundee
Before Johnny Dundee OF New York, Is
gwen match with Benny Leonard, Terry
McGovern, the Hogan, is anxious to prove
that the boxer of his own flesh and blood
lMcGovern and Dundee, you know are both
itaLans) Is not worthy of the recognition.
McGovern wants another chance to clip
dundee on the chin, and he believes so does
FREDDY Kelly that he can duplicate Willie
Jackson's feat
McGovern boxes Lew Tender at Shibe
Park Wednesday night. Terry feels so GER
tain OF victory over the newsboy southpaw
that he has asked for meeting with Dun
dee before the Wop Scotch is signed for
match with the champion. fracas with
dundee, McGovern says, would eliminate
johnny from the path of Leonard Yes
Terry is quite confident that he can knock
out Dundee. And no one can hate or ar
rest Mcoiovern for believing that he can slip
the twilight sleep" to his fellow country
man.
Beside the McGovern-Tender setto. four
other "Made-in-Phllv" bouts are scheduled
for Shibe Park We lesday nigh., as fol-
lows: Buck Fleming rs Joe Kirst Charley
Thomas vs., Ed Wagord frankie Williams
VS., Freddy Goodman and Joe Dillon VS..
Young Leonard
AL Palzer. the late Iowa farmer. who died
! as result of rifle shots fired by his father
| last week, was one of the large crop of
white hopes that came into prominence
shortly after Jack johnson won the heavy
| weight title from Tommy Burns. Luther
| McCarty was the best of the bunch and
| after series of victories he claimed the
white heavyweight championship. under the
management of Billy McCarney of this
city.
Palzer was a big. stronf; fellow, and he
| could punch hard. too, but he lacked the
| science to make a star boxer. He gained a
| lot Of prestige by knocking out Bombardier
Wells, of England, in three rounds. A few
months after he was stopped by McCarty In
eighteen rounds in n match billed for the
| white hope title The contes, took place at
Vernon, Cal. January l, 1913.
! After suffering this knockout Palzer suf
| fered a series of other defeats and was for
| gotten virtually until about two weeks ago
| when he announced his desire to do a come.
back since being sparring partner for Fred
| Fulton.
! Muggsy Taylor has arranged triple
wind-up for Broadway fans tonight Ht
has matched Jack Doyle. New Yorl
bantam, to meet Bobby Mccain, of Gray:
Ferry. in the final fray. Jimmy Carson
and Muckle Riley and Battling Murray
and Willie Spencer are paired in the othc
| feature matches. Young Lowrey ant
Young Stewart will appear in bout be
| tween gemmen of color, and Tootsie Boyle
who has been knocking 'em out opens tn
| show opposed to Tommy Bidde.