Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
Chicagodn Tries Hard, but
WilkeS.Barre Lad Holds
on and Makes Miserable
Exhibition
ROUND LEONARDFICH
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE

EVERYBODY, even a bimbo. knows
- that it takes two men to make n
fight. Everybody at the Olympia A. A.
last night saw pair Of punchers
answer the bell for the supposedly star
scrap. But one was there to hold on
at every opportunity so the windup be =
tween joey Burman. clean cut petit
pug. and Billy Revans. of Wilkes
Barre, resulted in rather carboliC
contest. as Nicko Hayes would say.
Burman was not the other 30 per cent
of alleged stellar set-to to do the hug
gng act. and the Chicagoan was the
winner of listleSs bout.
Burman tried hard every second of
the eighteen minutes to make an inter
esting thing of it, but to no avail. Each
time he came to his corner at the end
of round he shook his head as if in
apology for the bad bout. And it WASH t
Sir Joseph's fault. Bevans came out
from his corner round after round.
settled down in a crouch. When Bur
man came to the up slater Billiam
made high diving tackle and grasped
the westerner either under the arms or
around the neck. Joe was forced to
turn Bevans around on a pivot in order
to drive home most of his punches at
close quarters.
Bevans's Eye Closed
Beginning with the first frame Bur
man was in there to demonstrate that
he was the better boy, pugilistally
speaking. And he proved it. From
the distance Joe connected with straight
lefts often, and occasionally he crossed
lowered his arms just before falling
into a clinch. Bevans had his arms
wrapped around his head like wire en-
tanglcment.
Once in the second round Burman
got by Bevans's guard with a right
cross and raised a mouse over Bill's $
left eye. Joe was able to reach the
injured optic several times later. Be
fore the bout was over Be-ans's eye
was like a gin mill has been since the
| first of July. and besides being CloseC
also was in deep mourning.
Burman All the Way
Burman was entitled to the honors
in the first round, the second round, the
third round, the fourth round, the fifth
round, the sixth round and even be
! tween rounds. While Bevans's sec
onds appeared to work harder on Billy
during the one minute intermissionl
than the boxer himself did during tn,
half dozen sessions, the only thinI
Silent Tongue Tied Tommy Walsh die
was to encourage Burman, who ap
peared down hearted because of th
poor contest,
1t was Burman's bout all the wa!
and he lost little prestige, if any, oil
the result of the contest.
There was another very unsatisfactor
bout in which Young Montreal, not
Philadelphian, and Hankerinus McGov
ern lollypopped through six rounds to
many. They never should have been pu
in the ring. Montreal may be good bo
but he didn't show it against McGover
who appeared to be in good shape for
pie eating contest. Montreal won II
contest, but the victory was nothing I
be proud Of.
Two Good Bouts
Before the two bad bouts went O
there were two good ones, each hun
dinger, so they made it all even.
brace of bettlers in name and natur
Battling Leonard and Battling Macl
battled through the greatest battle ,
the evening in the third event and
was a real rip snorting battle.
The boys socked, soaked, winged ar
walloped each other around the ring /
n tbey really meant it. First Leonai
took the lead, and just when 1t look'
as il Mack was going on on slumh
tourney the latter showed reversal
J form and had the local youth rocldi
! from solid slang
Thv piled VIZ punches into tho