San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-28
Ivy May Ledger Trains Her
Brother, Charley, Profess
SIGNAL Boxer, in Worces-
ter, Massachusetts,, and
Aspires to Boxing Hon
ors Herself.

DpCduSt. Ivy May bVuSSi, - =,
old. 115 pounds. > feet l inch tall,
packs n terrific wallop and she comes
from the Lone Star State. POSSIBLY
she may be the Lone Lady Pusllist
from the Lone Star State. Then
again this may be wrong. but--re-
gardless-she is a pupil at the high
school Of Commerce and she aspires
to professional boxing honors.
The lady under discussion is San
Antonio girl, member of family well
known in local athletics, n sister of
Vernon "Dink" Ledger. baseball
catcher. and Of Charley Ledger, pro-
fessional pugilist of considerable re-
nown.
Joe lynch had better look to his
bantamweight championship, continues
the Worcester writer. Ivy is after
it: well on the road to it. Sll" is
determined that under the caption,
"Pueilistic Champions" in the World =
Almanac of some future year the
name OF Ivy May Ledger snail lead
the h ntamweights. Unlike me st
girls she aspires to mt on weight
- that she may climD right Up
Il r0ugE the featherweight. lightweight
weterweight, middlewe ght ranks tp
the heavyweight classification, that
she ma pack the punch that Will
wrest the title from Jack Dempsey.
She only has some 60-odd pounds to
go. She's eating much. exercising
dctermine6ly and sparring desperate
~. fighting whoever she can, when
ever she can. Watch out, Dempsey
"A Field For Women"
She stopped TO talk for moment,
after jarring Johnny Griffin with a
playful upper cut during training
time the other afternoon. While
Johnny was collecting his Jared
wits she snapped:
"There's no reason why a girl
shouldn't box. 1t is an unopened
field for woman! I'm going to be
one of the first in it. I'm tired of
managing and playing sparring part
ncr. That's fun, if you like boxing
the way | do, and if you've been
brought TN to box in family of
pugilists, but the thrill is lost after
while. In addition to training,
Brother Charley, I'm going out for
few titles myself"
She stepped into the ring again.
Johnny came at her rs il he was
going to get even for that upper
cut. Ivy stepped right into him.
Biff, Bing. Bang, They were off
for another round.
whats this. girl?" questioned
a lady visitor In Chris Scaife's gym.
She being lady of the days when
it was "the" thing to faint-nearly
expired.
pityingly Ivy looked upon her and
shook her head with disdain. Merci-
iessly she resumed her sparring. She
let punches fall here and there with
ease. She took her occasional pun
ishment well. After Johnny Griffin
had had his fill. Brother Charley
Ledger stepped in for his medicine.
Ivy gave it to him.
A "StenD" and Student.
1t was 3 o'clock. Training hour
was over.
WELL she said, Il must get out
of my toys and get over to the office
and do some stenography. The boss
will think ! am never coming over.
Ivy May Ledger is a regular girl,
carries n powder puff and all. Inc
ONLY other thing is she slips on
MILDLY blouse, boomers and gym
shoes. has the 1O-ounce gloves tied
on and goes to it. When she is
through and all dressed up, she pow
doris her nose. runs off to do her
afternoon work as stenogrrapher III
n downtown office; goes home Tor
dinner: does her studying because
she is n senior ut Commercial High
puts on gown and HES forth to the
dance.
"Tye cot to stop dancing" Ivy
said aft is not conducive to good
fighting and general good health for
the ring. Too late hours take the
punch out OF a right.
As for Iyy's right" it is a peach
Of a little hand to look at. Inc
kind n man likes to see, whether ne
is artistic in taste or not. But VIVA.
n handshake. You are deceived. IL
isn't a soft and velvet-like hand. III
looks rs though it might be. but
instead il is a pugilist's hand. There
is no doubt about it when she
shakes hands with you; you realize
1t is a hand that has been in many
fight. 1t is powerful.
Charley Started Her.
Ivy came to Worcester from ieAas
two years ago. She was somewhat OF
fighter then, because her brothers
were amateur pugilists. But 1t was
not until her 10-year-old brother ana
nal. Charley, took fighting seriously
| that she became really interested. Then
she became his trainer and manager
They riggcd up little gymnasium at
| home and each afternoon after school
Charley and Ivy went at it until Nv!
had TO go to work.
As result of his training will
Ivy, brother Charley can boast of
fine record us a lightweight.
Since Charley has made such pro
gress on the road to renown as
fighter. Thomas +. McGlynn hai
taken him in charge. That leaves
Ivy more time for her own career
She hasn't got the point as yet where
she needs manager. but she figure
it won't be long before she will.
She is pretty. attractive littl
girl with auburn hair and brown
eyes. 1t isn't the way to describe
. fighter, but Ivy declares it won't b.
long before the color of the eye
and the hair and the general descrip
tive words used generously in write
ups Of pretty women will be used il
boxing stories over the wire from tn
ringside to the newspaper offices.
All Like the Game.
According to Ivy, fighting runs i
the Ledger family. Everybody like
/. fighting, including father and mother
! Don't misunderstood Ivy. Tho
$ doesn't mean there are battle royals
Far from il. Father has great re
t spect for mother. Mother has greo