The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-29
FREDDIE WELSH KNOCKED
 OUT BY BENNY LEONARD
NEW LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION CARRIED THE FIGHT TO WELSH ALL THe WAY.

New York. May 2S.-Benny Leonard won the worlds lightweight cham. pionship by knocking cut Freddie Welsh in inc ninth round of d zen. round match here tonight Wesh's downfall came at the end of a series of rushe,5 by Leonard which drove him from corner to cor ner The champion had taken a se- were beating during the early rounds and the punishment had begun to teu when the gong for the ninth round sounded
 Leonard, fresh as the moment he entered the ring, jumped forward and met the champion as he was leaving bis corner and delieyered a shower of leits and rights - the face and head
 We sh, trying ainly to ward off the b ows worked his way into Leonard's corner, where Leonard succeeded in reaching him with d smashing right cn the jaw Welsh fell Qn one knee and hugged the ropes His strength gone, he strove weakly to strike a fighting pcre As he left the ropes Leonard landed and Welsh hit the floor The champion struggled to his feet twice more, but each time he was met by Leonards rights 10 the face and head and again he fel 10 the floor
 The champion took the count of nlne before he arose from the last knockdoNn lie tried to stand but lel. across the ropes.
 lt was only quet ton of moments when he would have fallen and been counted out. Al this point Referee Mcfarland capped between the two men and pushing Leonard away, car ried the defeated champion to his cor. ner.
 score of men occupying ringside seats jumped into the ring and, lift. ing the new champion 10 their shoul. ders, carried him around the hall.
 While the crowd was cheering. Welsh sat in a daze in his corner. When he had recovered somewhat and was told of his defeat he refused
 O believe il and fought to return to the center If the ring
 It was Leonard's fight throughout. He took the offensive in the first round and held it unti the end There was never d moment when he was in danger and although the champion fought valiantly and succeeded in landing many blows. these appeared to have little effect Welsh seemed to have lost his judgment of distance fir he missed repeated y.
 From the first gcng Leonard tore into the champion with ruthless Der. sistencv. He rained lefts and rights 70 the face and head at will. Welsh disconnected by his opponents tactics seemed worried when the round ended
 In all of the succeeding rounds Leonard concentrated his efforts on Nelsh's body and succeeded in whip. ping his right repeatedly to the cham pion' St mach It was this blow per. sisten y used which wore the cham pion down
 Leonard weighed in at 133 pounds; Welsh l3G 3-4
 Freddie Welsh won the worlds lightweight championship by receiv. ing the referees decision after out, boxing William Ritchle tho American titloholder, in d 20-round bout in Len. don July 7 1914. Previous to to. nights contest Leonard and Wel.h met twice in no-deoision tenround bouts.
 Leonard was born in New York City in 1896. His recent knockout of Ritehie Mitche of Milwaukee caused him to be regarded as a contender for the worlds title.
 Leonard will not wait for conscrip. ton but will enlist in the United States army after six,round bout in Philadelphia next Monday night. his manager Bil y Gibson, announced after the fight