Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-27
TOMMY COWELL IS
PENN'S J. DEMPSEY
Quaker Heavyweight Shows He
Has WaIIop by Knocking
Out Black, Of State
RESEMBLES THE CHAMPION
By LOUIS Fl. JAFTE

TACK DEMPSEY, Of the University
q Of Pennsylvania students. struts
around In the vicinity of Tlurty-third
street and Woodland avenue in the
twenty. year old person Of Tommy
Cowell. Philadelphia born and bred.
And, in a way, the 1S5-pound Red and
Blue boxer resembles the worlds
heavyweight champion.
PENIS best boxer, like the Massana
Mauler, is tan skinned. hued so as n
result Of his several seasons beach
patrol duties nj Atlantic City. He pos
sesses the prominent square Ike fea.
lures of Dempsey. is built virtually on
the same symctrical lines OF the worlds
best fistman, and in the ring COwell
squares off somewhat like the title
holder
Today Cowell Ia being mentioned
among the Red and Blue students even
more prominently than the professional
heavyweight king. because Tommy
pulled Jack Dempsey on Saturday
afternoon, and with this knockout won
a victory over Penn State by margin
of one bout, to 3. COwell stopped
Wayne Black in the second round.
Easy for Cowell
With the score three all Cowell and
Black toed the scratch in the seventh
and deciding match. The Penn State
big boy. with patches over both eyes as
the result of a previous punchfest at
West Point, did not have chance from
the outset. In the first round Cowell
easily outboxed Black. and shortly
after the start of the second beauti-
fully timed one-twO punch knocked the
State man for loop.
That wallop also served to break the
cheering less rule Of college boxing. The
Penn rooters--1O0O in number-were
up on their feet Immediately and noisily
proclaimed Cowell the hero of the hour
During the previous matches. however,
other than the spirited handclapping be-
tween rounds. there was no wild dem
onstrations. and it proved that boxing
bouts can be enjoyed without a lot of
hulabaloo.
Other Penn mittmen who shaped up
nicely against the State scrappers are
Gordon Burkett, 115: George Benson.
1876, and Johnny Lukas, 100. Each of
these boys. with the exception of Ben
son. won his match. and George was
defeated by Tom Vasilio only after the
judges had disagreed and Referee Will
liam II. Recap had ordered another
round. Although Benson had scored
two knockdowns in the third period,
Vasilio came out much stronger for the
rxtra session and managed to outpoint
The Pennsylvania.
chapin Is Victor
Lawrence Chaplin, 125. and Herbert
Taylor. 175. were the other State win
ners. The latter, an elongated lad. dis
played dandy left jab. and while his
opponent. George Kretz, continually
rushed him. Taylor succeeded In keeping
the Quaker off and was an easy winner
on points.
The innovation here of having the
referee officiate outside the ring again
proved successful. All Of the boys needed
the Instructions and cautions Of Mr..
Recap. so that at M time was it ncces-
sary for the referee to disqualify
boxer.
With the large turnout at Weight
man Hall on Saturday and the close and
competition there Is no rea.
son why boxing should not prove sue
cessful as collegiate sport and soon
become major pastime at universities.