Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-03
NO STARS ANDLOW
PRICES At PALACE
Pawling Will Make Effort to
Bring Down High Cost
Of Boxing"
WELLING MEETS C00GAN
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE

An innovation in Philadclphia's fistic
field will be made this week when the
biggest of the arenas in this city will
begin staging bouts for the smallest
price of admission. 1t was verified by
George +. Pawlng, of the Ice Palace,
today that he will make no cffort-for
whilc-to book champions or near
champions at his club, and popular
charges for tickets of the old Broadway
days will be in order.
Pawling conceived the idea of pair
ing off only third and fourth raters at
the Ice Palace when he discovered the
enormous guarantees demanded by top
notch mittmcn, he said. Originally it
was Pawling's intention to put on
matches between leading boxers in diff
ferent classes, but when he found out
that he could not cope with the purses
named by a number of stars he de-
Cided to pass them up, believing that
sooner or later he would break up the
high cost Of boxing
Following the suggestion of Director
COrtclyou. Pawling made several efforts
70 get star boxers to appear in wind
up competition strictly on n percentage
LasiS. but he struck a snag In each
different case Finally, rather than al
low himself to be outwitted by boxers
and managers desiring guarantees, and
at the same time keep himself in Phla-
Gelphia boxing's "WhO's Who" Paw
| ling dawned on the trust breaking
scheme, as he terms it.
Enter Joe Welling
! Joe yelling will make his 1921 30
debut in this city tonight. The Chica-
gOan is here in the role of substitute for
George Chancy, of Baltimore, and Nal
COogan. Of Brooklyn. will be the person
ot the second part in the main mix at
the Olympia \. A. Welling was signed
to meet Coogan when it was learned that
| CLANCY had suffered nervous break
down while training several days ago.
Chaney has been taken i'll suddenly
before. In fact, the Baltimore knock
erout has been forced under the weather
at least once every season in the last
five years. 1t appears as If the change
in weather has n tendency to render
CLANCY unfit for boxing, and usually
at a time when he Is preparing for II
match. 1t will be several weeks be-
fore George will b" able to get back
into action, according to word from
Baltimore.
Besides the Yelling Coogan match at
the Olympia tonight, there will be
bouts between Jack Palmer and Bar
ney Adair. Patsy Wallace and Jimmy
Lavender. Joe Dorsey and Billy Devine
and Johnny Mack and Buddy Fltz-
gerald.
Mendo Comes Through
Jimmy Mendo, Southwark bantam
stepped into the breach as an eleventh
hour opponent for Eddie Wimler, OF
Pittsburgh, at the National on Saturday
night. and the substitute boxer not only
made good, but put on Il fascinating
fracas and returned Il winner. For six
rounds they battled nip and tuck; ther
in the last two periods MendO SO COM
pletely smothered the rugged WimleI
with punches that he proved victor
by margin.
Another boxer who put on a rapid
fire attack was frankie Conway, o
; Camden. He demonstrated that he wa
; entirely too strong for the tall anC
,, clever Artie Simons, Of New Orleans
, Although handicapped by height anC
, reach, Conway managed to get into {
/, lot of action at close quarters, where
he outfought the Louisianian.
In the prelims Charley Ray shaded
Joe Colletti, New Yorker; Maxi,
Williamson won from Jimmy Austin il
the fourth when the referee stoppet
; the bout owing to a badly bruised lief
eve suffered by the latter, and Bobb!
; Allen drew with RoSey StOy.