Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-17
BROWNS ]ABS Jar
lib OF JIM HANL0N
Denver Lad Feels Sting Of Local
Lads WaIIops to Face-Mi-
chaeIs Wallops Franchetti
MAsCoTT's RIB ROCKERS

HARRY "KID" BROWN. Southern
IL High School graduate md mittman
par excellence, left hts school manners
at home last night before journeying to
the Olympia, where he was due to per-
form: against a person from the West,
lshcled Jimmy Hanlon. and handed to
this same gentleman who took Greeley's
advice as nifty lacing as has been
seen in the famous boxing emporium IN
many changes Of the moon.
Harry's act, aided by Jimmy, was
only one of five high class boxing acts
that kept a near capacity audience In
frenzy from the opening TO the closing
oeii :, At a glance the decisions were
Marry "Eid' Brown pounded Jimmy
Hobby Michsclss % s'pS,iks poeked sSS .oeled with
utter abandon. one Gus Franchetti for u vic
''ns Tomms TSr s'x roundS for o triumDh; ,,1 b. .,,.
boxing than Benny Bnss and earned q close
McttX Deohtor and Bobby wolrast flung
tho beam.
Browns victory over the rugged Han
lon was earned through the medium Of
some excellent jabbng and right -cross-
ing. The ever-ready Hnnlon bore In.
swinging wildly, and thereby proved
meat for the slippery. agile downtownc..
browns win was not by the proverb!ai
mile by any means, for Hanlou was
dangerous at all times, particularly
when he got close enough to Brown to
slug the local entry's mid section. And
not infrequently did Hanlon make
target out of Browns face with his
wicked wild smashes that several times
slowed UP Browns pugnacity.
Throw Away Science
The fight was a ripper from the
start, Brown at times throwing to the
winds the science he Is capable of
using, and Hanlon entirely without the
art, slamming away as though cham
pionship depended on his maulins.
Brown carried all os the rounds, several
CT them by slight margins, the eighth
particularly, when Hanlon edged in
With some hectic wallops that forced
Brown TO hold more than once. III
Hanlon did any holding it was not no.
ticeable to the ringside fans. Ho
whirled in toward his Younger and
Quicker adversary, singing his arms
like fails and often to the point Of some
section OF Browns pink flesh.
In the fourth round Brown gave as
clever an exhibition OF dodging and
punching as he has ever given. IIanlou
was working on all eight, boring in as
Is his custom. Brown stood off, meas
ured the Denver mauler with his left
and pecked away at his face until It
was crimson. Ducking in and out and
avoiding the many wild swings of Han
lon, Brown alternatod his left with L
right cross that might have proved DIS
astrous TO less sturdy battlcr than the !
veteran Hanlon.
1t was one Of the best fights os !
Browns career, for he swapped punches
with one of the toughest in the game
and showed a cleverneSs and an ability !
TO take IT that surprised even his most |
ardent supporters. Many thought that |
the verdict. but his punching was far |
superior to Hanlon's and was the
harder in force.
Michaels' Work Of Art
=, Bobby Alichacls. a knockerout from
lothian. who fought and lost 70 Tommy
Cleary Saturday night, delighted the .
fans last night with his utter disdain
for personal injury and the business.
axe manner IN which he polished of |
Gus Franchetti. Gus was not knocked
out principally because Michaels, ac.
,ording 20 the rulrs, did not pack n
horseshoe in one OF his mitts. Smacks
that resounded up in the balcony car
'omed OF the chin and mid section OF
The downtown entry 30 often that the
fans were calling on Michaels to "use
4 sledge hammer"
Dcvine Is Game
Billy Devine proved a game glut,on
'or punishment in his bout with R,llv
hascott, OF New York, lie was hit often
'nough in the ribs OH his left side TO sink
my battler without grit, but the local
Billy was always In there looking for
more. In the fourth and again in the
ixth the rams we're getting set to sec
Oevine take the count when sudSsniv
le started an offensive that brought tbs
ans out Of their seats. He stood foe 10