Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-15
CLINE-TILLMAN BOUT HAMMER M
AND TONG AFFAIR BUT HONORS
ARE EVEN AFTER HARD ROUNDS
Irish Patsy Takes Lead at Start, but Jawn
Finishes Strong and Grabs $3.50 Break
in Windup at the Olympia
By ROBERT W. MAXWELL

vNHERE was only one thing wrong
L with the wind-up at the olympia last
night. II wasn't long enough. For SIX
rounds Johnny Tillmau snd irish fstsy
Cline mau,ed and battered eacn o,ner'
md at the end if there was a oinerenoe
hs,ween the victor and the victim we
Sai,ed ,o see Il, IL was a very good draw.
yJad the bout gone a few rounds furtne,
! son.thinv serious would have happened
"a ons az the biokes because the ardor
AZ tho battlers was not cooled AT 'ne
nnl.h. They seemed TO be wlli,hs 10
argue all night. and the crow" was
wildly cheering at the hnisn'
Cline put UP classy per,or snrs,,
hut 80 aid Tillman. Tho lrisn petso"
Sas s,v,s all his own and used II 10
maoa aayantase. on the other hand'
Ti,,man. with his lumberins' awk"aroI.
cIeyer slams, which came from every
dir.ction. also used his own methoos Vi
warfare and each found 1t nara 10 n-
nct punishment on the other. NO mat
ter how YOU figure it, 1t was nf'y-nit!
break.
Cline Flashy at Boxing
Cline is a boxer and his work was
nashy. Tillman walked around IKE a
sailor on the high seas ana had every
motion Of a ship in distress. ne hso no
science TO speak OF and his clever stun
was as valuable as glass eye on
dark night. lie was the nsn'er pure
and simple. his blows or the rounohouse
variety. But despite all OF TINS ne nae
defense which II was virtually I'M
possible to penetrate.
Patsy hit straight from the shoulder
and made the better showing. No mat
ter where his blows landed they I'M
pressed the spectators. lie landed many
waIops on Johnny's anatomy. but the
ma iority of them hit Tillman's arms and
shoulders, with an occasional bih on
ths chest. lie seldom missed. Tillman
is a swinger. and wSA1 he missed his
wallops few harmlessly through the air,
causing as much damage as a breeze
from an electric fan. But he landed
as many blows as Cline and put more
behind them.
Tillman Goes to Mat
Johnny got Off to bad start and was
trailing at the end of the third stanza.
He was swept off his feet by the rushing
New Yorker, and before he knew it was
running bad second In the first
round he tripped over his own feet and
fell to the mat, and at the end of the
second took another flop when Patsy
leaned on his jaw when Tillman was
off balance.
Muggsy Taylor's pride began to take
notice of things In the fourth, and started
a steady tattoo on Cline's ribs. He show
cred blows from every angle. and Patsy
had as much chance to stop them as Con-
ME Mack has Of coping the pennant.
Cline slowly but surely lost his lead, and
at the end was a very fired person. He
stopped many wild wallops with his chin
and twice was shaken considerably by
hard lefts to head. 1t was q good scrap
and the clubmen agreed that a pleasant
time was had. Cline weighed 1877 pounds,
while Tilman scaled in at 1894.
Phil Glassman the Prophet
Phil Glassman is a sure thing guy in
matters pugilistic. One Of his numerous
prides. Midue Roster by name, appeared
in a battle with Leo Vincent. Leo ham
mered the daylights out Of Mique, but
Phil was not disheartened. Neither was
he surprised.
he confided to the customers at ringside
why i think 30, but I just think it.
that's ALL"
In the first round GIsssman wa. 50
interested that he began to shout:
That's the way, Leo! Soak It to him.
old boy! Take your time, Leo!"
Hey. what's the idea?' shouted ona
of the seconds. You amt pullin' fer
Leo. You're with Mique Get next to
yourself"
Phil blushed and changed his tactics