New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Bronx Fighter
Is Outpointed
AtNew Haven
leads in Early Rounds, but
Later Suffers From vi
cious Blows
By Fred Hawthorne

Z NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, April 29.--Lew
( Tender, of Philadelphia, won his Is
/ rornd bout with Willie jackson. of the
Rronx, at the Arena here tonight. The
hout was devoid of real action until
the start OF the sixth round. when
~TenSler faced his man with a terrific
lefs TO the body. The last three rounds
60, nd Jackson tired from body blows,
y. the crowd applauded when Dave
zgerald gave the fight to Tender.
he arena filled more slowly tonight
r. n was the case at the Dundee-Jack-
scl, fight several weeks ago. 1t was
a. aost e:S0 o'clock before the real daz-
, y ig lights of the sporting world began
TO gather around the ringside. Persons
OF minor Importance, such as the Chief
of Police, the Councilmen and perhaps
State Senator or two, found their
plsces earlier, but it was not until half
dozen notorious members of the hard
boiled eggs entered. having motored up
from the nest in New York, that things
began to look regular.
The "preSsmen' lead an enviable life
up here in the Nutmeg State. Even
. the routine work of the boxing experts
is done under pleasant conditions. We
k ow. because from the first bout to
Il last. beauty basked on either side
o. us at the press tables.
Young Women Present
)n our trusty right sat q sweet girl
gr sduate of the New Haven High
School, not an hour over seventeen
summers. She wore the latest thing
n trench model" bonnet and was built
6the popular "stream line" plan. AS
ar the rest of her equipment, it
&emed to consist chiefly of hairpins
md chewing gum.
Two seats away was another young
sFsman, who discussed her plans for
nsw frock while the boys pummelled
ton to the presence of the more dan
!. ksrous" species, although Ed Curley
3stomplained that it "cramped his style"
Benny Leonard, under command of
Captain Frank Click, marched into the
arena in column of twos and dug in"
near the ringside. He watched Tender
md Jackson from this 'Iistening post"
tni did rot seem worried by anything
se glimpsed.
there were many hungry seats
uptairs when Tender and Jackson
climbed through the hopes, but the
hisher priced chairs were we'll filled.
Ire arena held about 5000 persons
wien the main bout went on.
In :, the opening S preliminary of nl,. six
Haven" outpointed Kid Kaplan, Of
Meriden, and in the second bout "Red"
Allen. of Bridgeport, all but knocked
out Tommy Maringo, of Boston, in ten
rounds. Allen used jarring right and
lett uppercuts and wicked right-hand
chop to the jaw in gaining the decision.
Dave Fitzgerald, the referee, had a
batting average of 1000 per cent in his
judging of bouts SO far, having up
held the hands of Proto and Allen.
Bcfcre the maii. bout went on Benny
Leonard was called into the ring for
the purpose of auctioning off his own
photograph for the benefit of the SOL
Hartford, bought Benny's tintype for
$3.50 after listening to Leonard's per-
suasive tones
Not hard blow was struck in the
first five rounds, both boys seeming
afraid to take chance. Jackson's
dynamite--laden right and Tenders
1T. n. T." left being held in reserve
like Generalssimo Foch's Allied Army.
When are they going to let the big
guns go?" those up in the first line
trenches kept asking. Jackson had a
shade in the first, fourth and fifth ses
siens. and Tender showed in front in
the second and third.
In th@ sixth Tender started dropping
some 5f his 75-mile left handed shells
into Willies waist line and had a good
E lead on points. Jackson took several
and then covered his stomach with
& camoufage of gloves, arms and elbows.
- Lew seemed to have found the range
at last and it looked as though little
Willie lad stuck his finger in
hornets nest.
Jackson came right back in the sew
ensh and eighth, however. and raked
Lew with jolting right uppercuts to
jaw and body as Tender came in.
Jackson in Distress
The ninth and tenth were Lewis. as
he got home often to the body with
thudding left drives to body that be
gan TO raise wclts on Willie's ribs.
But Whenever they stood toe to toe
Jackson, by the fury of his attack,
forced the Philadelphian to back up,
vt Lew was always doing the leading.
One of the few real punches OF the
night up to this time was landed by
Tender in the middle of the eleventh
round, when he drove home stagger-
Ing left to the body and lifted 1t like
: fash to the jaw, The body olow
hurt Jackson and he welcomed the
clnch. Lew had shade in the twelfth
and in the thirteenth he ran away
with the honors easily for the first
tina.
Jsskson was plainly in distress. the
nody punishment having had its ef-
fect. Willie had slowed down to
"el ana Wnen lenUler oPeieu W.
cash over Jackson's left eye. bringing
the Mood in stream. the Bronx light
X weight looked bad.
III Willie came back with a furry OF
fhghting in the fourteenth. but Tend
! ~ vas resting up, and nothing serious
done. The fifteenth was hum
-. with both standing chest to chest
\. 4 working their arms like fails. In
Il =: last half of this round Tender
light Jackson off