Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-26

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mailer man was outc!assed and outfought,
IA although he was not counted out by
pateree Frank O'Brien there is no doubt
~ the minds of the onlookers but that 1t
-ould have occurred in the next session.
v,,hane was game to the end, but didn't
have chance.
The third round was about over. Only
.oa second remained when Leonard hit
ynhnny in the back of the head, knocking
sir, 10 the floor, 1t was the famous occipi-
.aL nunch, and the featherweight champion
snneared helpless as he, fell face down.
-ard Iie grasped one of Benny's legs, as
~ 70 steady himself, and Leonard tried to
.hoIe himself free At this juncture Jimmy
nnnn tossed the towel into the ring as
soten of defeat The white rag was In the
air when the bell changed, and 1t looked 10
tonne as if the round was over before the
towel was thrown -
,ha ouick thinking and immediate action
toten by Billy Recap. the Official timer
pafore a protest could be raised, Recap
j.sped to his feet, held his watch In MS
hand and shouted:
"The towel was thrown two minutes ana
Afty-nine seconds after the round started
There was one second to go! The time was
two minutes and fifty-nne seconds!
SPECTATORS Surround Ring
while the announcement was being made
spectators rushed from the grandstand ana
"A surYounded the ring to congratulate the
victor. 1t would have been impossible TO
continue When the excitement was at It's
height Kilbane was taken to his dressing
room to suffer in silence, while the light
weight champion, smiling like happy
schoolboy, acknowledged the plaudits of
the multitude.
Some believed that Dunn acted too hasti-
4 " when he tossed the towel into the ring.
THEY said that Knockout could not have
occurred in that round, and a minutes rest
would have brought Kilbane back to form.
This might have been the case, but 1t didn't
look it. kilbane appeared helpless before
his onrushng, calm and merciless foe, and
II was only a question of time before the
Knockout blow would have landed. To my
mind, Dunn's action was the best that could
have been done
Dunn Explains
Jimmy was heartbroken after the battle.
Iknew that Johnny was licked he said,
and / couldn't bear to see him take
batting. / saw that he was not the Kill
bane Of old, and acted like novice in
stead of a champion. l don't know what
happened, unless he had an off night Why,
any one could have beaten him tonight.
Johnny and l have been close compan-
Ions for nine years, and in that time
friendship sprung up which means more to
me than anything else in the world / was
5; dazed for time when he seemed helpless
before Leonard, but after 1 got my bear
ings decided that / would not allow Kill
bane to take a terrible beating. Johnny is
the gamest boy in the world. He doesn't
know the meaning of the word fear. He
would have stayed in the ring all night, had
he been able, and take his punishment with
out murmur He was not knocked out,
although it goes as a technical one. But
saved him from serious injury and would
\ DO the same thing again."
The Finish ...
That final round furnished a sight that
never will be forgotten. Fifteen thousand
pairs of eyes We're fastened on the brill
Nantly lighted ring in front Of the grand
stand. They watched the touseled head OF