El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-20
KID M'PiRTLAND
WORK Of
BENNY LEONARD
Veteran Referee Declares
That Lightweight King
Is the Best Ever.
VERY FAST AND
CARRIES A PUNCH
D JACk NEIOCK.

TEW YORK, Dec 20.-Kid Nc
N Partland, recognized in the
east as one Of the best Of pres
ent day referees, has advanced a new
argument to sUbstantiate the con-
tention made by many critics that
Benny Leonard is the best light
weight who ever lived
In nay opinion. remarked the Kid
recently, Benny is the greatest OF
all Hghtweights. because he COM
bines speed with punching power,
without losing his punch.
AtteH Was Good.
Abe Atteu. in his young Frisco
days, was a great puncher, you'll re-
member. He could hit like a young
piledriver. and in his early days none
Of his opponents ever stayed the limit
with him Then, when Abe won his
place in the spotlight and left home
to meet the classiest men in his di-
vision, he had TO resort to speed to
keep away from their punches and
he was soon rated with other great
marVels Of cleverness such as Cans,
Oldtime winning punch This was be-
cause Abe sacrificed everything else
for speed along the hit-and-get-awa
line.
with Leonard IL Is different.
He is fast as chain lightning. As
fast. in my opinion, as any Of the
oidtime wizards ever were. and
he can hit harder, much harder.
This is why / believe he ranks rs
the greatest OF them all. and
think you'll admit there is some
thing TO the argument
Leonard is truly a marvel CT speed
He can feint and hit so quickly that
g rTg~Er afr-rr Ha sl5
dazzled TO the point where he loses
all thought Of his defensive tactics.
Benny shifts with equal CELEBRITY, too,
and although his right hand is con-
sidered the most effective. his left Is
a good one TO keep away from
Wins the Fans.
Leonard is still winning admirers
wherever he goes he is still knock
ing out opponents whenever he can.
and he recently told a friend that
when he reaches the point where he
can no longer nut over the good old
sleep producing wallOp he viii be
ready 10 step aside for the next man
in line. The little New Yorker doesn't
save an opponent Tor return match
If he can possibly knock his man out.
knocking EN- dead is a business with
him.
Having tried out s'informaI
fOOfbaur and found II wanting, Il
Is uGmEhEu AMAN hAENaEua lllE
and Princeton viii 90 in fer the
good old varsity game along old
time lines next fall.
The action Of the athletic bodies at
the three big eastern universities was
agreed upon. no doubt. because those
in charge Of athletics thought IL best
But sentiment among the students,
criticism from many quarters and the
half-hearted manner in which the in
formal" games were received viii
have their bearing on the future pol
icy Of all three schools. By Septem-
Der OF 1913 football activities at New
Haven. Cambridge and Princeton will
be renewed. according to many critics.
HauEhton f. Proud.
Percy Haughton, the great Har-
ward coach, proud as he was Of the
fact that so many Cambridge grid
iron heroes entered the service and
distinguished themselves. recently eX-
pressed the belief that Harvard viii
return to varsity football next year.
This expression coming from Haugh-
ton, VIII undoubtedly have a good ef-
feet