Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-26

him oT 's feet.
The finish rf the Tiplitz- Murphy set :
On was one of the most sensational ever
seen in q Philadelphia ring. The entire
crowd at the National Club was up on
ITS feet while Murphy, down on the
floor, was taking the count when the
final tingle, Of the gong sounded. II was
the second knockdown scored by Iiplltz
IN the eighth round.
Referee Tommy keenan, had counted
five with his right hand, indicating the
seconds by extending a finger with each
drop Of his arm. and then had tolled off
three.1times more with his left arm,
when Timekeeper John Steffens dropped
\ the hammer on his bell, thus saving
Murphy from a knockout. 1t was a
matter of opinion among ringsiders as
TO whether Murphy, bleary eyed and
WOODY, would have been able to regain
his equilibrium.
Tender Trims Tillman
Tenders victory, an eight -rounder
over johnny Tillman, who had an ad :
vantage Of nine pounds on the local
southpaw. also was staged at the Ma
tional. There was no doubt at any time
who was the better boxer, and it looked
ms il Tillman was in the ring for the
one and only purpose Of staying the
limit. He did.
Jackson's one sided win was scored
over Matt Brock, of Cleveland, at the
Olympia. Willie pelted the Ohioan all
over the ring, from pillar to post, and
then around the other way. with such
h yiciousness that the referee stopped the
but in the fourth round. Brock was
N the defense at all times. He didn't
J., chance, and the referee used
-. -, hoIt;p., ba
test.
Substitutions were in order in the
respective star bouts ut the Cambria
and Auditorium. George Ward took
the place of Knockout SAMSON, whose
illness prevented him from going on.
and Jack Leslie returned n winner in Il
Unsatisfactory contest. Both men were
jbooed, hooed and generally given the
raz in almost every round. Barney
Reilly pinch punched for Charley Wal
ters at the Auditorium, and he was
shaded by Joe Wright in eight rounds.
In the semifnal at the Olympia X.
o. Loughln outfought Johnny Sum
ners in regular slugfest. Loughli lin
started in the very first round on u mis-
sion intended TO finish Summers.
Loughlin landed one of his lefts as
Summers was backing away in the sec
ond session, and the New Yorker was
doored for count Of six. 1t looked
like curtains for Summers, but he man
aged to weather this stormy session.
Houck Stayed Limit
Leo Houck stopped the X. o. record
of George Tunncy, of New York. Tun-
ney Won, but Houck kept both feet on
the floor throughout the six rounds.
Terry McHugh started like a winner.
but Jack (Kid) Wolfe. Of Cleveland.
finished like Iris Speakers Indians,
and it was another victory, for Ohio
McHugh tired under the terrific pace.
Abe Goldstein. of New York. punched
his way to victory over Willie Spencer,
Of Gloucester.
Ping Bodie defeated Johnny Rey-
nolds
After Referee Keenan, tried to chase
Joe O'Donnell. of Gloucester. \. j..
and Tommy Cleary. Of this city, out OF
the ring at the National after three
slow. uninteresting rounds. the two
rivals came to the conclusion that they
would fight regardless. keenan, al
ready had waved them to their corners
and had left the ring when O'Donncll
and Cleary decided they would fight the
remaining three rounds.
The bout continued. but the showing
Of the two Combatants failed to please
the crowd even after they announced
they would put on an honest to good
ness fight. What laurels went with vic
tory in this unsatisfactory contest be
long to Cleary.
Jack Perry drew with Young Mccoy
ern and Joe Augatis lost TO Darby
Casper.
Credell Is Victor
In the semi .windup at the Cambria
Mike CredelI. substituting for Dick
Stosh defeated Joe Koone in a hard
hitting eight round contest. Bobby
Burns knocked out Kid Sharkey in the
third round of the opening bout.
Young Milligan, who had victory
within his grasp was disqualified by
the referce for fouling Freddy Turner
in the seventh round. Eddie ReV0ire
stopped Tommy Clifford in the second
/ round.
/ Philadelphia Joe yelling walloped
Mike Mahoney in the semi at the Au
| ditorium. Bobby Barrett st0pped Kid
West in the fifth round. The other
bouts resulted as follows: Joe Kelly
shaded Young Joe Tuber and Toughey
Dugan whipped over haymaker on
Charley Mckee in the second round.