Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-12
TENDLER PROVES HE POSSESSES
A KNOCKOUT WALLOP WHEN HE
ROCKS TOMMY TOUHEY TO SLEEl
Lew Rehearses in the First, When He KNOCK
Foe Out of Ring, and Puts on Finishing
Touches in the Fourth Session
BY ROBERT w. MAXWELL

m HE curtain dropped in the fourth
l. act of the thrilling drama at the
Olympia last night when one of the prln-
clpals suddenly became drowsy. went
to sleep In full view Of the clubpen and
could not be aroused. This was not at
all chubby on the part of the snoozer,
for II drove the members out into the
cold night air and chased them home
well inside the legal time limit While
1t lasted, however the show was enjoyed
by ALL
Tommy Touhey, the strawberry blonde
from Paterson, ~ j., was the party OF
the second part who found II difficult
to stay up late. He performed In duet
with Looie Tender and absorbed all
of Looie's stuff before the nightcap
was introduced. Looie had a swell bunch
OF jabs and jibes and not one missed
Tommy from Paterson. without the
visitor the show would have fallen fiat
long before the fourth act. AS 1t hap
pened, Touhey did the falling and also
Tell nat. What more could one expect2
Looie in Rare Form
Looie was in rare form and his stuff
went great. No one doubted his in
tentions after the first minute of the
first stanza. for he was out to make a
hit and he made 1t. lie jabbed Tommy
lS.755 times, according to the official
Z count kept by Phil Glassman, and Phil
might have missed couple. He had
Touheys face blushing furiously like a
Kid caught playing hooky from school,
and it was impossible to dstingu sh
where his red hair started or ended. His
entire map was all one color.
1t had been reported in select circles
where the rail birds are wont to congre.
gate that Looie had nothing but a right
Jab and that let's him out. All of this
, is true. but 1t must be remembered that
John d. Rockefeller has nothing but
$1o0,0O0,000 and that let's HIM out.
Tender proved beyond question of
doubt that he possessed a big-league
wallop last night when he accomplished
something ! never have seen before at
the Olympia He walloped Touhey on
the jaw in the first round and there was
so much power behind the blow that
Tommy was knocked out of the ring.
into the lap of Judge Imber. The Judge
and the other Smilers assisted the fallco
gladiator back into the arena, where he
received more of the same. Looie dropped
h m again in the first and when the bell
changed the Paterson person was a very
tired guy.
Classy Exhibition
In the second and third Tender gave
the classiest exhibition of boxing ever
seen In the local arena. He confined
himself to long-range jabbing and con-
stantly kept his glove in his opponents
face. Looie's shots were accurate, and
he kept pecking away at Tommy's loft
eye. Time and again the padded mitt
crashed against the rapidly swelling
optic until Tommy imagined that a
thousand gloves were being showered
upon him.
There was patch of plaster on
Touhey's nose and Tender decided to
let 1t alone. He did not wish to take
advantage of his foe by opening up an
old wound. and the remarkable thing
about 1t was that his aim was 80 good
that the plaster was not disturbed. That
one thing. more than anything else,
shows that Tender knows how to place
his wallops and seldom allows one to
go astray. 1t also proves that Looie is
the best lightweight in the business to-
day, outside of Benny Leonard lie looks
/ better than Dundee, and would give
| Patsy Cline hard battle IL Cline could
enter the ring at the lightweight limit.
End Comes in Fourth
But let's get back to the battle. In
the fourth round Touhey came out of
his corner ready to do some more spar-
ring and keep his left eye on Tenders