Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
|HEAD-ON COLLISION
ENDS BOUT |NF|RST
noooan Has Three Stitches Put
IN Forehead After Accident
in Tender Match
LASTS ONLY 4s SECONDS
Ry LOUIS II. JAFFE.

= TEr, COOGAN Is laid up today VIII
H M three stitches in his forehead above
-, ,eft temple, while lew Tender Is
.m6crins with a headache as a result
- a collision in the wind-up Mt the
c,rnr,o A. A.. last night. Both men
sDH thew probably would have y rays
..rcr riu ~ os result Of the accident,
.nh;oh ended their contest forty -eight
wnc, ws.nnni,s after the sound Of the opening
song Hardly blow had been struck; >.
soHAs Tender led with a straight left
roosan came in landing a right TO tne
4 ,Sodv. Mel's head wns lowered IN an
TORT to dodge LEWIS jab ana tney
crsshed head on. Both men were aaTea M a.
a. each gave ground and almost ltl, .,n,.n ~
tho floor. Coogan's = head huns aoM,, ,n
an his chest and blood was stre"n'ps
vrofusely mr. from a deep cut.
Tcndler, unmarked. reeled into the
.ones' where he c'ung for few SECONDS;
Then Then his head cleared and he wa,ked, ,
nnaided to his corner. lie was douse,'
with water. after which he strolleG oVsr
70 where Coogan was seated, spoHG t W
the injured boxer and then ieit 'he f'"s'
Coosan Collapses .
When Referee Frank O'Brien no.
,,ced That Coogan was badly hurt after
,hc accident. he quickly graspcd the
nrooklyn lad and helped him to nm
aho;r where Mel collapsed. a quick
elimination showed that it would be
;mnossible for the bout to be resumed,
and DR., Dix. official club physician,
stitcbed Mel's head while m the ring.
II was fully fifteen minutes before
Cooran was able to leave his chair. ana
then Il was necessary for his handlers
70 escort him from the ring. Mel kept
his ewes closed while being led up the
aisle and he complained of n terrihc
headache.
About $500 fans witnessed the acci-
dent-the first of its kind in the history
al boxing In Philadelphia. 1t was hard
70 realize how it had happened. At
thc hell the boxers stcppcd to the center
of the ring. Coogan was first to lead
with light left. and they clinched as
Tender scored with one or two body
blows. =,
They were separated and Tcnhlcr
started a right jab, with his left poised
for a chopping blow as Coogan, mead
down, drove his RIG It to Lew's body.
The local boxers head was lowered and
they bumped, the effects Of the impact
staggering both. The accident resulted
IN the sudden ending of the match.
As COogan was unable to continue
the bout goes down in the record books
as one round knockout to Trndler,-
credit. Lew. weighing 1876, was half
q pound lighter than Coogan.
The unfortunate climax of the wind.
up ended a show with three previous
bouts that teemed with action.
Burman Shows Well
Bobby Burman, of Southwark. looms
q the real hero of the program, fol-
lowing his brilliant showing against the
hefty .sOcking Danny Kramer. AL
though defeated Burman made tre-
mendous hit. not only upsetting the
dope by staying the limit but also fas-
( cinating the big crowd with his unex-
pected close battle.
1t was the best bout Burman ever has
put on in this city. Instead of being
entirely on the defensive, there were
times when Burman carried the fight
to Kramer. Bobby showed to advan.
tage In the second, fifth and seventh
rounds. 1t was great rally by Kramer
10 the asst period that decided the match
In the latter's favor.
Kramer was in there bent on scoring
. knockout. lie directed his hardest
blows at Burman's head and body, con.
Meeting with some terrible wallOps and
making Burman hold on several times
Still Bobby flared and fought back hard
often enough to make hit with the
audience.
Erne Earns Draw
The surprise Of the evenings enter.
Il Isinment was the exhibition put up by
ieorge Young Erne In earning a draw
against the rugged Joe Tiplit. After
holding Tippy even in the first round,
Erne set fast pace in the second and
his feet. oA
When the seventh round opened Ern.
was leading by comfortable margin.
however, Tiplitz got going at top speed
II me last two rounds and cut down the
buffalo boxers advantage sufficiently to
get fifty. fifty split.
IN the other contest, Harry Kid
brown punched entirely too hard and
often for frankie Britt, the former win.
h'hg by margin. At the finish Britt's
nose and left car were bleeding, while
eis features smartcd from the boxinr
lesson he was administered.
Brownie scored with n lot of right
crosses that would have toppled over
many lightweight, but Britt showed
cis rugsedncss by standing up well
under the punishment.
!, More than $4,000 was contributed nv
,alk nr 'ahs aiSou 70 the Jewish Relief after a.
ss,rSt sas. Attorney. Leo Kearns, "a
nght FAM gave $1,000, and Charley
schwartz and Max Hoff donated $1,000
between eelween them, among other contribu-