Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-30
RAIN FALLS, BUT
T|PL|Tz KEEPS Up
CLANCY Fails to Score Knock
out, Rally in Later Rounds
Winning for Him
BROWN-BENJAMIN IN DRAW
BY LOUIS II. JAFTE

George CLANCY, of Baltimore, defeated
Joe Tiplitz, Of Philadelphia. at the Phil
lies Ball Park, but the dubbed knock
out king failed in his efforts TO even up
the kayo he suffered in the third round
Of q match with "Yusil' at Shibe Park
two years ago. While Chaney scored
with a lot Of hefty wallops Mt no time
did it appear as il Tiplitz was on the
verge Of being stopped. =.
That Tiplitz was able to go the dis.
tance with the Baltimore battering ram
really came as n big surprise. Chaney
was an even money wager 10 WIN Oh
knockout. Tplitz. however, fooled lot
Of the wise boys. some OF whom even
went so far as to place > to l that Joe
would be put to sleep.
For five rounds Tiplitz was n winner;
He carned the better Of the third ana
fifth rounds. the first and fourth we're
even and the second belonged 70 nancy
Tiplita made the Marylander look to9I-
ish at times in these early sessions Win
the use of straight left jan; nm
and again Joe stabbed George without u
return. In the fifth round Ina'iS InadS
scored with Mt least ten stralgnt Ie""'
before CLANCY was able to reta'la'''
Clancy Rallies lac.
II was Chancy's rally in the ,asS
tbrea rounds. in which periods h" pelte9
Tinlitz with some terrific waIlops ar"uihIn tho
tho head and body. that sWiICheu ~.
hout in his favor. Tiplitz maj" rII Iic
away Of it in the seventh session. ;,bt .
slid along the ropes, .duckcd uh"ri 'r,i;rt,oiiv
and lcfts and back -st'pp'u
throughout the round. g., t-or,e
TinIitz came out for the tinaa, trntnet
mcaningly. lust as he did at thc sur.
Of the contest. when he beat nancy VOC ne
4bo nunch continually. But Tip was
nnobIc 70 keep UP the pace in the IaSe as.
round. and he was very much on '"e
defensive after the first minute.
Both Tiplitz and Chaney sultrrcu tHc .Tc
eyes. Chaney's left was opened IN Nv
second and Tiplitz's right 3puc was
ripped open in the htth. II M"S q"
ferocious contest and was greatly rn
ioved by the 5000 fans who were
omono those there. While he lost. mp
Iitz nrovcd he was a heady boxer, show
ing a great defense when the hShtlls
became too fast for him. There were
several occasions when Joe purpose!
mt ont his chin unguard d. hut nancy
connecting solidly with a few blows
failed to feaze him. ~
The show was marred by sho"cl
starting as a drizzlc in the htth rounu
of the Harry Kid Brown 10" benjamin
hout and continuing into teeming ram
during tnp StNfDlll hllh
This bout ended in a draw, BROWN hav,-
ing the better of the fifth and seventh
rounds. the second, fourth; sixth n t,i,i ana
eighth being even up, and Benlamln
showing to advantage in the first and
third. .u, u.
They appeared TO have talked II
over" as the bell sounded for IN" hnaI
round. and Brown and Benjamin just
fiddIcd around until the last half min,
nte or so. when the rain. which had
been coming down in torrents, subsidized
temporarily. Frank McCracken ref
creed This set-to.
Tiplitz and CLANCY then were hustled
into the ring to finish their feud, after
much of wranGle over a referee Ques !.
tion. Sammy Harris. Chancy's man
agcr. refused to have Lou Crimson of
ficiatc. and Herman Taylor. one Of the
promoters, ended the argument by
jumping into the ring and acting in
the capacity of third man.
/ Kid Williams and Louisiana appeared
in the last bout, and they fought their