El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-10

him the popular hero I'm this section.
Inc way ne Went after Freddie Welsh
Iounu aiter round never win be for
| gotten. lie fought with the conf.
dence OF champion. lie never gave
4 Welsh moments rest. He was in
and out-and i'm again-like lightning
I flashes.
Every man that meets Leonard must
/ flght-or take a terrific beating
/ Welsh thought during the frs Few
/ rounds that he could saw back and de-
pend upon his defence But Leonard
I rushed him time and again. and broke
/ through Welsh's guard so freouentIv
! that it created establishment amona
/ the assembled fans.
! Is Amazingly Fast.
Leonard's timing of punches is per-
/ feet. Rarely does he waste a swing
ana hes always swinging or jabbing.
I Nine out Of every ten punches that no
/ starts finds mark. And it's the mari,
at which he aimed. WeIsh's defence
( has been superb against ordinary
boxers. Against Leonard if was use-
less The New york boy hit him where
The little Hebrew is fast afoot-far
faster than Welsh. He's always fumn-
ing .around--ever on the move. And
rarely does he back away He's after
his man from gong to gong. A WALTON
that would daze an ordinary fighter
never halts him. Dundee landed some
terrific punches TO Leonards head and
Leo = I'd
kept moving In.
Is Mechanically Perfect.
Mechanically Leonard is perfect And
added to this he has wonderful
brain. Sc mems to know instinctIve-
~ when to duck or sidestep. Time
and again in his fights with Welsh
and Dundee he moved before a punch
was started. Any other boxer wouldn't
have known the punch was coming.
But Leonard did.
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derful thing to behold. He fights al
ways with the belief that he is the
superior Of his rival. And he is always
calm and collected. When the milling
was hottest i'm the Welsh and Dundee I
fights, Leonard often smiled Several /
times i'm the final round of the Welsh i
fight, when the champion was doing /
some punching and rushing. Leonard
packed against the ropes, put up his 4
guard and winked at his seconds. On /
another occasion. he recognized some
friends in a nearby seat and waved
glove.
win BE Next Champion r.
Leonard's footworl5 and his boxing !
are pretty sights. He is light afoot-
lighter by far than any other of the
topnotchers. And his defence is get
ting better all the time He has one
trick of lodging swing
and then dipping so low that his head
almost touches the ground. Like n
flash he assumes an upright position
again. And when he comes up he is
ready TO shoot out a wallop.
Leonard knows all the ring tricks OF
the old masters-and a few of mis- own.
And the 20 year old boy has been fight
ing only three years He has mingled
IN over so bouts, but nearly co of
hem We're Of the preliminary sort It's I
lust during the past six OF eight I
months that he has become a top
lOtcher.
He is today the greatest lightweight
p the game He has beaten the best
lie doled out TO Freddie Welsh the (
worst walloping the champion ever
rot In a 20 round bout to a decision 1
he ought TO take at least 13 rounds
rom Welsh-if the fight went the en-
ire route. It's doubtful II Welsh. with
III his trickery, could last 20 rounds
Sainst Leonard The youngstar prob
bly, would wear down the champion
long about the 18th or 18th and then /
you'd measure Welsh's jaw for a
knockout wallop, which he carries in
ither paw. u
Benny Leonard win be the next
ghtWeight champion Of the World-if
reddie Welsh ever gives him a chance ! {
yer the decision route o