Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26

shot a left hook to the head, then in
stead Of trying to follow with a right
he simply retreated in haste for the far
corner of the ring. Later Britton ex-
planned that he did thfs to avoid the
Leonard rap, which consists of pulling
in" the opponent, then crossing either
right or left.
Jimmy Dougherty Was There
Jimmy Dougherty. the Baron of Lei
pervlle, accompanied by Samuel NJ.
Nauclain. of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works. and Commander Payne. witt
messed the flstic treat from a box close
to the ring.
1T was great fight" exclaimed the
Baron. This Britton sure Is a wonder.
Why fifteen years ago he was entertain-
ing the crowds, and he looked better to-
night than ] ever saw him before.
think he had 1t on Leonard tonight"
Mr.. Nauclain and the Commander
merely smiled and agreed that it was
a good fight.
Frank (Pop) O'Brien. well-known
ring official. who recently was appointed
referee for all fights in Baltimore, said
he believed Britton won.
Paymaster Savage, of the naval air
| craft factory. and Frank Parker. also
an employe of Uncle Sam. viewed the
n,
fused to be interviewed.
Great fight, that's all, a great fight"
agreed both.
DR.. George wittmaier also was in the
press box He said It looked like
Leonard from where he was, but, then.
you never could get good line on a
battle from the clouds. Don Scaffo and
George Dugan motored all the way from
Pennsgrove to view the attraction. They
returned to their Jersey bailiwick much
pleased with the encounter
Big Crowd in street
Long before the main bout went on
the crowd was collected in front Of the
big park. Only a few windows were
In operation, and due to the war tax.
which brings into play the use of uuan.
titles of change, the work of selling the
tickets was very slow. The mana pe-
| ment worked hard to keep the tickets out
or the hands of spectators and sue
ceeded. but it caused the loss of much
valuable time. congested the turnstiles
ana had the fans stretched all the way
from Twenty-first to Twentieth street.
A large army of ushers was kept busy
directing the fans to their seats. After
| tne crowd once got in the gate the ma
! chinery on the inside was we'll oiled for
! sehding them to the right seats.
| Promoters Are Pleased
Promoters Herman Taylor and Rob-
ert Gunnis were much pleased with the
light. The crowd was large, the fight
was great and everything went fine.
| But they proved to be modest pro-
moters, even Bobby refusing to be in
! troduced. But when it came time to
turn the fiashlight on Britton and Leon.
| ard, their seconds and the other celebri-
ties. Herman and Bobby managed to
crowd into the picture. However, and
| despite their extreme modesty. the pair
Of youthful promoters are entitled to
much credit for bringing such a high
| class attraction to this city.
| Treasurer Jack Weinstein was not ON
| the field. Jack was so busy counting the
| money that he was forced to read the
detailed account in the papers This
was painful to Jack, who is a great
Leonard rooter, but he said the cause
| must be served. Jack Hanlon, the new
matchmaker of the wildwood A. c., was
one of the timers and his loud check
suit could be plainly heard But Jack
| proved just as modest as Promoters
| Taylor and Gunns. He refused to let
them announce the card for the opening
show OF the Wildwood A. c., which
will present Leonard and Jack Brazzo
in the afternoon at the ball park
Ted Lewis, welter champion, also was
present, and was one of the first to
| congratulate Britton.