Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-15

| w funny and larruping will show as much
! grace as three-legged elephant when he
waddles his way back into PHILIPS fstic
| limeglare at the Olympia tonight. Like the
| Prodigal Son. the fat boy from Frisco VIII
| have a lot of admirers to admire his re-
! turn. He will be as welcome as sunshine
| at the Polo Grounds, New York. today.
The miniature mountain all the way from
| the coast Is to measure his hefty wallops
| with a regular opponent, an opponent VINO
can fight and who is a set-up for nc 7spir-
| ing boxer who expects more than one bout
In the same vicinity. In meeting Jack Dill
! lon. the Frisco fat boy will be pitted
| against one sometimes referred to as the
| Giant Killer-one that carries crusher In
either mitt and one who is not TO be trifed
with.
Dillon a Fierce Fighter
Dillon has a serious-looking face when In
the ring and he is serious He looks rs II
| he means every punch. and he does. II
| Dillon can knock out Meehan with the first
punch out of the box he will. So the large
crowd that is to receive their large and
welcome guest are TO see regular battle
rather than comedy knockabout bout
Willie possesses a lot Of circus stuff
more so naturally. He is so clumsy on his
feet he is clever. Like a baseball pitcher
who can throw with either arm, Meehan is
ambidextrous He winds up equally as well
with his right as he does with MS lett'
and although Willie doesn't take aim or
measure his distance with whichever glove
he happens to let loose, the punch usually
finds a resting place
Meehan is not to have a pink tea by
any means. While Willie is serving Dill
lon with punches in his clever, clumsy and
clownish way, the Fat Boy will have to be
on sharp lookout for Jacks sharp-shooting
shots It's not TO be a punching party on
Of p-1Nv naTitCinant
one of those affairs where both contestants
concerned are permitted 20 whang away
and whang away as fast and as often as
they desire only not more than for eight
cen minutes.
Good Test for Meehan
A victory for Meehan remains In his un-
believable cleverness to outpoint Dillon. VII.
lie isn't a light puncher but he doesn't
carry a clout hard enough to topple the
indianapolis Caveman.
This bout will be a good test for Nee
han in so far as competition with flrst-rate
light heavyweights. When here on his
first invasion, Willie made playthings of
lot of third and fourth raters. His clown
ish antics helped Meehan oulld remark
able reputation 4or himself. But against a
fighter of Dillons caliber Meehan has a
terrific tussle on.
CoCIETY NOTE-Mrs. Eugene Chris
y topher Walcott, of San Francisco,
will be among those present at the
Olympia tonight. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mrs. Walcott was Miss
Sadye Flood and that Eugene c. Wal
colt, Esq, is professionally known as
Willie Meehan.
Return of the Dusky Flash
UNTIL about two years ago a flash like a
/ bolt from a clear sky scintillated out
of the northeastern section Of the city
every once in a while and emblazoned the
local hstlc horizon. Were It not for the
dusky hue Of this particular pugilistic star
It might have come to pass that he would
have found a place in the sun.
Preston Brown, all Philadelphia boxing
fans remember, was as clever a piece of
featherweight fighting machinery as was
ever unearthed here. He went along out
pointing and defeating lot of well-reputed
boxers and accomplishing his victories in
clever and sensational form.
Tommy Reilly is one person who cannot
be convinced that had ii not been for
Browns color the negro would have had thu
same pugilistic ranking as Joe Walcott, Joe
Cans, George Dixon and Jack Johnson.
Johnny Kilbane was offered a bout with
Brown several times during 1914 and 1915,
but the featherweight champion was a strict
believer of the then popular color line
Last fall Brown didn't thrive so well in
the ring Whelher ne nau gone Dack or was
rusty because OF lack of competition. Any
way, Billy Fitzsimmons, a New York south
paw. dealt out a pair Of painful trimmings
to Brown and his stock in the fistic market
went flop.
Brown has been in training for more than
a month. He is ready to start anew. With
Champion Benny Leonard overstepping the
color line, Pres. no doubt. hopes that Johnny
Kilbane will allow the darky folk a chance
at his title.
ID RowN, Of course. can't expect a
ID crack at the championship now, but
II he can go along winning as consist
entity as he did two years ago and show
the form, Brown should put himself in
line as a contender for the feather
weight title.
Idle Johnny Tillman
MOT since scoring his unexpected ten
/ IN round victory over Charley White IN
| New York about a month ago has Johnny
l Tllman heard the tinGle az the bell
Johnny's ioleness really wasn't his fault nor