Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-13
Scraps About Scrappers
BY BILL BELL
T1ED LEWIS. welterweight champlo

NNED LEWIS. welterweight champion.
L is the innocent cause of a substitu-
ton in Saturday nights card at the
new National a. A, and one might say
IL Is a good cause.
Soldier Bartfeld. of New York. and
Jack McCarron, the fighting Allentown
lrishman, originally were billed by
Matchmaker Herman Taylor to supply
the fireworks In the main racket at the
National entertainment, but Lewis set
a match TO the pyrotechnics and then
premature explosion resulted,
Lewis. be It remembered, boxed Bart
field at the Olympia some weeks ago
and in the course of the evening. buste ed
the soldier on the eye. Bartfied didn't
mind the blow bit and the cut wouldn't
have bothered him any more II It hadn't
become infected The infection de-
veloped into such serious proportions
that his manager. Dan-yell McKetricl,
was forced to advise him to lay of
training and also cancel the bout with
McCarron.
Taylor. therefore, had TO seek new
talent for his windup, but he has been
equal to the occasion and has paired
frankie Callahan, the Brooklyn bear
cat with Young Joe Borrell, the
ferocious local lightweight
Jack Thompson, who has been winning
as regularly as Willie Hoppe in his
bouts here, will engage Bill Tate called
the BLACK Jess Willard" by the same
guy who dubbed Eddie Plank "the left
handed Christy Mathewson," in the semi
final, thereby adding considerable color
to show Of all-around merit.
Johnny Burns, the fiery Kensington
promoter, has arranged a toppy card
for the weekly show Of the Cambria
A. c. on Friday night Young Brown
the New York lightweight who was
considered coming top-notcher until
he ran afoul of Benny Leonard. viii
clash with Joe Welsh.i Bobby Gunnis's
demon pugilistlc pet in the grand finale
and In the semifnal, Preston Brown
the colored featherweight, will engage
Andy Burns for six rounds. or less.
Willie Edwards manager of Joe Mendeli
}2S Trshs RHo a9a tSs Msr YnrE
der his mSSnsssme,nt mana n, Bloom has beer
s slated to box Joe welsh, bobby Guniss..
champion, at the olymn!s in a few weeks
Eddie MeAndrews, Mansyunk mauier, hai
been matched to meet Jack Brazzo. OF Ha,
zleton. at Hazleton. for ten rounds or
I
Tommy Sheehan, a Chicago pugilist, Il
coming to this city In short while, Nat,
Smith, a local sportsman. has taken SheehaI
under his wing,
Billy Kelly. manager Of Chuck wigsin,
| from Dayton. o., to have Virgins box the
! best boy there, Virgins opposes X o
! I,ouahlin, the South bethlehem middle
weight. March 10. at South Bethlehem.
Johnny Dundee, the walieping wop, ha,
heen matched by Jack Hanlon, matchma kei
OF the Olympia A., A., to boz Johnny Ray
the Pittsburgh sailor; in the wind;up OF al
ali-star show April I,
Marty Cross. the New York weiterwetsht
has enlisted In the navv and has been ap
pointed a chief petty officer.
Tom Gibhers. the crack ,middlswsight o,
mute, OF New York, In a hftesn.round con
test at Baltimore tonight.
Frankie Feriro, q newcomer from Albany
will endeAyef to make a showing before a
philadelphia public when he faces Joe Men
dali. the newsboy champion, at the Olympic
Monday evening In his Initial appearance,
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