Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
TUNNEY VICT0RIN
4TH OVER WENzEL
New Yorker Finds Easy Foe in
Pittsburgher and Referee
Stops the Bout
0'D0NNELL IS A WINNER
By LOUIS II, JAFFT

LIE WALKED into the ring beam
IL ingly-with n wide grin for the
550O fans there. but Happy Whitley
Wcnzel's confidence was able to carry
him only two seconds less than four
rounds against Americas new light
heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney.
vt the Ice Palace last night. Referee
Joe Critic halted the one sided affair
after two minutes fifty eight seconds of
the halfway round.
Showing hardly any attack whatever
and almost as much of defense, Wen.
gel was being battered by the New
Yorker when the third man in the ring
interceded. And no one seemed to be
peeved when the match was ended
neither the crowd nor Wenzel.
Whitley was bleeding from mouth and
nose. He was Topping unsteadily
around the ring, and, although Tunney
failed to knock down his Pittsburgh op.
ponent or even connect with solid
smash, Wenzel did not have a chance.
1t was good Judgment on the part OF
Critic to stop the match, and also ap-
preciative.
Unable to Show
Tunney slambangcd Wenzel around
the body in each of the rounds with
hard righthanders and in the fatal
fourth. as it were. Genes straight lefts
started Whitley bleeding. However, the
pride of Greenwich. Village was unable
to show his best form because Of the
poor opposition.
Charley Jones. Pittsburgh manager
of boxers. was at the ringside, and he
appeared SURPRISED Mt Whitey's poor
ttyN nnJ cN
bad-usually Whitley Is tearing in all
the time. 1t wasn't the real Wenze;
who faced Tunney."
Tunney. weighing 1865, had an ad-
vantage Of ten pounds on the Pitts
burgher.
The real contest of the evening was
that between Joe O'Donnell. 124. and
Billy Devine. 1913. Devine certainly
proved himself gritty and rugged lad
against the hefty socking Gloucester
gloveman. who dealt out lot OF body
punishment throughout. While Devine
rallied sensationally in the last few
rounds, O'Donnell's early advantage en-
titled him to the decision.
This was O'Donnell's second contest
IN about six months. during which time
arm. Joe whanged away to the mid.
section with triphammer unison and it
locked as If Devine was due for trip
to the mat. Billy. however, came back
strongly in the last two rounds and
lust before the final bell shook up
O'DonneIl with q Highlander on the
chin.
Deyine's brilliant comeback was even
more noteworthy when It is taken into
consideration that he was stung pretty
hard-hard enough to be staggered-as
the gong changed ending the first round.
Battlers in Draw
The pair Of Battling persons--Mack
and Leonard-staged a regular rock 'em
and sock 'em slugfest, first one being
rocked and then the other being shaken
up. Leonard was cl2verer than
Mack, but the latter did better work at
close quarters. SO that at the finish there
was little to choose between them. Their
weights: Mack, 100; Leonard, 110A.
Al Gordon, ia. a promising south
paw youngster, was handicapped too
much in weight. height and reach
against Owen O'Malley, whose 120
pounds seemed to be liberal scale, and
the latter was a winner. Nevertheless,
Gordon's exhibition was pleasing.
Billy Parker, 1854. just over an at
tack Of the flu and appearing in his
second professional bout, made cred.
table showing against Ray .OMalley,
124. The latter punched oftener and
harder and was entitled to victory
over Toe CeryinO's entry,