The sun., 1916-11-29
LEONARD Wins BUT
SIMLER MAKES HIT
Scranton Scrapper Gives Benny
Worthy Battle in Fast
Ten Round Bout.
BADOUD AN EASY VICTOR
~ GEORGE =. UNDERWOOD.

Benny Leonard. Harlem's squared
circle idol. outpointed Chick Simler OF
Scranton In ten sizzling round at the
Empire A. c. last night, but the Penn
sylvania miner was a victor In defeat.
When he left the ring he was cheered
to the echo. Simler gave Leonard
wonderfully courageous battle and fought
himself right into the hearts OF the
uptown fistic fans.
Fol some reason best known TO the
promoters and O'Brien himself Young
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien failed to show
up for his scheduled bout with Al Ba-
doud. frankie West OF Brooklyn was
substituted and Badoud waited him into
pugilistic neither regions In the second.
Charley Leonard. Benny's brother,
knocked out his erstwhile amateur rival.
Tim Murphy OF Boston. in two rounds
In the scheduled six round semi-windup.
The match savored strongly Of a 'set
up"
Then Leonard and Sinner crawlcd
through the ropes. Both men were
ringside. Leonard scaling 1874 pounds
and simler tipping the beam at an
even 1873.
Simler at the start showed himself
to be a rugged. aggressive boy. Early
In the first round he hurt Benny with a
hard right to the body. followed with
an overland swing to the Jaw. which
Leonard took going away. Benny go,
inside with snappy lefts and rights,
but just before tho bell the Scranton
scrapper rushed Leonard to the ropes
and landed several hard left and right
hand smashes.
Before the end OF the opening round
Leonard had found out that Sinner was
worthy OF respect. Benny was careful
to leave few openings in the second and
boxed coolly and craftily. His skill and
speed gave him the round on points
Finding he could land almost at will
with a straight left Benny kept shoot
ing lightning lefts to the head Benny
kept Chicks head bobbing in the third
and waited his chance TO shoot over q
right hand haymaker. Twice in tn,
third Benny curled over a right. but he
seemed TO pull both punches a hit.
Benny got the range with his star.
board battery In the fourth and he ffe.
quently rocked Simler with crashins
fighthand smashcs. The Scranton scrap
per hoisted signals of distress. but nc
gamely rallied and plunged right In for
more.
Leonard came u Of his corner appar.
emily on knockout bent In the NTH. lie
unnasked the heavy guns and tried des-
perately tn Noor the miner. Though
taking severe punishment Sinner re.
fused to give an inch of ground and
fought like n bulldog. one right hand
uppercut in the sixth forced Sinner to
hold on. Benny shook him of and
smashed In right after right. Simler
was shaky o n his pins when he wen
20 his corner.
An unintentional low punch Of Sim.
ler's raised Bcnny's ire i'm the seventh
and Leonard grew wild and missed some
labelled haymakers in his hot anger
In between rounds Benny regained his
composurc and he set about with COO
anger TO batter Chick 20 the boa rds
in the eighth. Simler surprised Leon.
ard. however. by tearing In and crash
ing hard rights TO the ribs and other
hefty slams 10 the head. Before the end
OF the round Leonard was lighting foi
his life. II was Simler's best round.
Simlcr's courageous fighting had wor
the hearts OF the fans and the house
rooted har for him In the last tive
rounds. Chick had to weather a stronI
gale in the final frame. for two fierce
righthand smashes had him shaky and
holding on, Before Leonard could fnisf
him Chick came back. His nag still
hut;ered defantly from the mast at IN,
final bell.