The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-23
LEONARD REGISTERS
ANOTHER KNOCKOUT
Young Gradwell Is Stopped in
Fifth Round at Armory A.
A., in Jersey City.
ny GEORGE n. UNDERWOOD.

Benny Leonard permitted Young Grad
well OF Newark to last Just long enough
to give the crowd a run for its money
and no longer at the Armory A. A. In
Jersey City last night. Benny chose the
fourth as the round to take of the hob
bles. The lightweight champion gave
tho Jerseyman terrific lacing In that
session and then stopped him In the fifth.
The nth round was yet young when
Benny hooked 2 combination left hook
to the body and a right TO the jaw send
Ing Gradwell to the boards. The jersey
man took count OF nine and got up
with the cobwebs still in his eyes.
Leonard leaped in with n volley of lefts
and rights. Gradwell was IN a ptiable
condition and Referee Patsy Kline
wisely signalled FOR halt.
Patsy did not sound the Cease firing"
order loud enough for either Leonard or
Gradwell to understand. They squared
off again and Leonard sent n right to
the jaw Gradwell crashed to the cam
vas. This time Kline was more explicit
In his order and he steered Benny to the
corner After Gradwell got to his feet
lie foolishly implored Kline to allow the
bout to continue. To have done 50 would
have been little short.of murder.
All of the real dongs were crowded
into the fourth and NTH rounds For
three rounds Benny was content to hold
himself to light boxing all the time
studying his man and feeling him out.
In the fourth Benny started biting and
pulling on the ends OF his gloves In an
endeavor to pull them up and give him
better grip. The big Jersey pillows,
with most of the padding around the
wrists, felt like balloons on Benny's
hands Gradwel should have needed
Bennys glove fixing tactics. They
spelled danger"
When this lightweight king got the
gloves adjusted prSSerly he opened up
with heavy artillery ane put the Jersey
man under a whitening ba-rage. Short.
snappy left and right hand uppercuts
ratified Gmdwells's molars, and cruel
left hooks to the body had him doubling
up like a 1ackknife. 1t was only in the
last minutes fighting in the fourth that
Benny opened up. The minute was too
short to stop the Jerseyman, but II
served to prepare him for the finish.
Curtains for Gradwell.
Benny opened the hfth with n stiff lert
- the jaw and crossed with solid
right. He hooked his left to the body
anu Win MS "'pnt TO tne INV.
Gradweil hung on. Benny shook him
or and laced left 20 the o)dy and n
right to the Jaw. II, followed quickly
by stepping in with a one-two punch. a
left to the heart and right to the jaw.
GraLwell sank 70 his knees and took
long count CT nine. He still was
groggy when he arose and scarcely had
strength enough or sense enough to at
tempt to block Leonard's leads. Benny
stepped in and nailed the Jerseyman
with several hard lefts and rights.
With Gradwel1 staggering around the
ring like a Bowery derelict the referee
could do nothing else but to order the
fight stopped.
When Patsy sounded cease firing" he
turned his back and started to leave the
ring. Some Of the fans who insist on
seeing "A man hit on the head with a
bat when they pay their 80 cents at the
box off!c" yelled for the men to go on.
Neither Leopard nor Bradwell rightly
interpreted hlne's command for tho
pair squared off and resumed hostilities.
Leonard dropped Gradwell with a right
before Kline could get in between the
two and convince Benny the fight" was
over