New-York tribune., 1916-07-29
Lightweight Champio,
Outpoints Harlem Boxer
Before a Big Crowd.
CONTENDER FOR TITIr
GETS RUDE SHOCE
His Confident Smile Dwindles .,
Battle Progresses-Has
Close Call in Sixth.
By w. o. MGEEHAy.


cleverness he has acquired in his Ion,
ring experience and outboxed and on.
fought Benny Leonard in beavt.sl
ten-round bout at Washington P,,
last night. Welsh was In superb sh,,.
and in a fighting mood. He not cl,
boxed with wonderful cunning. bu. l.
sent in several blows that shot L.
young Harlemite's head back and We,
ried him considerably.
Leonard entered the ring with ,',
fdent youthfrl smile. The last tri
he met Freddie he outpointed II
champion and all but took mis- ii,
from him. Last night he felt csrt,i
that he would come out OF the n,,
the lightweight champion.
But Leonard got something Of ,
shock in the first round. Welsh, VIII
a sort Of a surly grin, walked ngh.
up to him and began to force tie fgh,-
ing. Round after round the conid.n.
smile Of Leonard dwindled, Will. Ii.
surly grin Of Welsh widened.
Welsh the Aggressor.
In the second round it was appr.,.
10 the confident contender that the o.;
champion retained not only all Of II
consummate cunning and his judgns;
Of distance, but all his vigor beside
In contrast to the last meeting. W,L
became the aggressor, and relen;ls'
Leonard's hardest blows glanced 4
j the sheetlike defence which the yetsnI
formed with his curved arms. And 4
ouickly as Leonard was spent vi
swinging at gloves or arched elbe'I
1 Welsh would come out Of his shell rl
strike at the contender from an rngl
pected angle:
sters. did not seem particularly els'r
at times last night. From the iosr'
round on the star OF Leonard oegsn y
With a persistent and tsntaliini
lab Welsh tapped at Leonard's ra
The blows had no particular f'r,
They would not have seriously inlsx
any of the mosquitoes futtering grw
the lights, but they annoyed q
nIagued Leonard as the darts ahn'Ii
bull in the arena.
They tantalized the young eortends
into swinging wildly once or tEee ana
every time he swung and missed nt
paid the penalty. In the, slxtn rOsl: @
il looked as though popular laogne
was doomed to shock. Nelsa eAur
Leonard with a right hook 70 me y
that all but knocked the light-Fspl1
Harlemite from his feet.
Again in the seventh and n y
eighth Welsh landed flush with ny
on the Jaw. They had some force,
not enough to rock the sturdy u
lemite from his footing.
By the eighth round the conne.
smile on the youngsters face had 9.
pletely faded. He was not wave''
He felt that he still had cnsne,
land one blow that might orlns
the title, but he realized that ne y
fighting one Of the cleyerest uei'"'
boxers in the world.
Hoping Against Hope.
In the last two rounds Leonard s0l
doned all attempts 10 outoox lhe M.'
ter of the science, and JaDoeo' lsiI~
and danced around, looking for a ehl..
TO send over one blow that my.
bring him the title, with its un!lniH
possibilities in money and prestige
Rut that title was just as SAT-
+bough Welsh had il locked up se,s
where in the safe deposit box at ho'
Not once did Leonard have Welsh ev
rufled. On the contrary, the cha
MON landed the greater number
/ blows. and the blows that told. WEI
out-iabbed Leonard three 70 one.
Three or four times Leonard ripp
in some body blows, but great ma
of these were partly blocked. Oip
Leonard, angered at his INABILITY,
fathom the defence OF the cnamp''
swung hard and high, landing
/ Nelsh's shoulder. When this happe
ed Welsh would emerge from MS sns
like defence smiling sardonlcslly.
In the sixth round Leonard tried
annoy the champion with a little %
conversation. 1t was Come on a.
fight" or something 70 that enc
/ Whether in response or not. wen
did fight and rushed Leonard into
neutral corner.
1t might be that Welsh could !,
knock Leonard out in a finish ng'
but he demonstrated last night ~
he could outpoint him in ten-ros'
fight unless Leonard could land .,
lucky one. Leonard did not come a.
where near doing that last night,
The crowd began TO mobilize h,l
before s o'clock, but the mosquIi's
had been there all night in the so
tegic positions. The Jersey humr1
birds swarmed under the arc Hi'
and then made a drive which enF't
the first line ringside seats for
time being.
There was stampede OF blesy
/ ties into the reserved section JUS
fore the main event. Chevaller
Ketrick and squad Of Brookly Z,
/ lice tried TO stem the rush, but
were carried off their feet and hHs
into the field. By o'clock, me
sembled multitude began TO loos >
ger than the ore which saw the MOI
Dillon battle on this same hn""
field.