Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06


- those wonderful Jewish fami-
II Is ono ,,,,erors and closely knit as
lies az asa members loyalty and anec-
ube Nnoh other are instinctively ABOVE
ton 10, Feeling Such, I remember was
every .,.nenhere of the home OF baiuy
ne pose strangely enough. BUT the
JACK Son,,lv even more wondertully SHOWS
Ienea eaasnerations Of people OF amen oioou
W. WANG the miraculous cnalse H''' Z"
VIZ neople in new worlu'
R,Ouy's Feelings Real 49, ,.,,.
D. ,outual affection Of the family
The ~ crIln,ination. however, in Benny
feeoles fesling for his mother whlch Is
Lson9ru ~ Nliol love carried TO the point
areal srnplents all desire for sweet
where ~ cIose comradeship even with men
harH H.',,asntly, the need Of adventure ana
q eha1Se. l. ,,,, sveetheart," said
my no stroking her arm as she sat
benIE S,r, "She's always taken care OF
eesiOe ~ lost when she isn't around,
ne pennv was a lad Mrs. Leiner
W'.n go to the gymnasium where he
useS or 10 the club where ne tought
Wo,hru, W,o home with him. She saw that
tno nt uo,t' % he'd early. She cooked and
~ ~, cooks his food. Benny LeohaIu
S..hsr is virtually his trainer r,..
thought all that stun ABOUT benny
Y.onards mother was Simply press 49,,
hvHS, s MIL I saw them together. Until,
sui suo,,nia " 7 learned that at all balls and
10, Io,eSoinp,ents which Benny attends, II he
sl's nv. tba march he leads 1t with Mrs.
,.1.., EIus and treats her gallantly, as II she
"ssr ssr.s 49, orlv agbt," he said. 81 ever really
a., bsAIv was NV second bout with FREDDIE
T.,,b And that was because l didn't nave
~ rrotber with me. You see, l trained up
y, :, Mount Kisko and every night when
want 10 bed used to miss my mother oelhs
y, ,Ns next room, and wish she was there.
~ ' ,aI, awful lonesome. And then she
,,,nt there TO see ate the right stun, and
~, % he'd and so forth. So when l got into
-, ,ing didn't know where 1 was at.
Mes Ieiner, from following her best
,ovsd son through all his career has
rndied the science until she is an author-
" an boxing, appealed to by many a
rortsman. If ever a mother set out 10
make herself truly her sons closest chum'
PENNY Leonard's mother did, and strange
maths has It led her into. But she Is glau'
because Benny Is all hers.
She didn't alvrvs feel like this about
ahs Tame" There are memories. Benny
t6N mo. Of bov be used to sneak out to a
nearby bach yard to box wearing sneakers
and tights. and how his mother used to
. i,tect the absAnce of these garments and
4 klowi With shouts of laughter they re-
eanted the sudden appearance of Mrs.
hIner while Benny was just in the middle
. d round two, and how Benny would slide
ever the fence.
Benny Wild Boy, Mother Says
He was always boy of good character" "
nld Mrs. Leiner, her voice trembling a lit
De from emotion but a wild boy he was"
She didn't get over this feeling against
H boxing until she saw and accepted the fact
. that Benny would rather fight than do
n anything else and that he was never marked
up As for his father, as soon as the old
4 Gentleman saw that his son was beginning
70 make tidy living in the ring he ceased
70 object
There's no use talking, fighters are born
not made In the gymnasium. In the first
place, some powerful hereditary impulse
perhaps the first bitter and boundless
breath Of Amerca-made the Leiner boys
natural fighters
Benny is not the only member of his
hmiy who can box. There is Charley
sno went out to San Francisco in 1915
rpresenting New York State, and won the
Es-pound worlds amateur boxing cham.
p'nship And there is Willie, the oldest
the boystwho used to mix 1t up some