New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-02
Throng Watches Ground
Bout in Quakertown;
Jamaica Kid Gets Draw
By Fred Hawthorne

Leonard, lightweight champion of the
world. had Paul Doyle, of New Haven,
doing "shimmy" dance on the edge
of oblivion this afternoon, in the main
six-round bout at the Olympia A. A.
Had Benjamin worked one-sixth as
hard in the preceding rounds as he did
in the final session, Doyle would never
have gone cut of the ring on his feet
merely outpointed. He would have
been carried out on shutter with
Dick Curley, his manager, following
the hearse as chief mourner.
While Leonard did not score knock
out, and although he missed many
punches in the early rounds, he gave
flashes of the form that brought him
the worlds title in the lightweight
class. 1t still looks as though it would
take a healthy sized child to rob
Benny of his crown
Safety First His Motto
Doyle, credited with being a rip
tearing lookout for yourself" (here
it comes) fighter, with homicidal
punch and whalebone constitution.
had evidently written safety first" on
his New Years slate before he entered
the ring. He was plainly there to stay
the six rounds, and this he succeeded
in doing. aided by continual clinching
and running away
But Paul will be able to tell his
what did you do, granddaddy, in the
great WAR;" that he fought in the
battle of Benny Leonard and lived to
tell the tale.
A TREMENDOUS crowd had been TANNED
into the Olympic clubhouse long be-
fore the main bout started The in
terror looked like a sheet of tanglefoot
at the end of a hot day in August. There
was not even room for an extra pair
OF feet and the steel roof rafters
above the ring were thick with expert
climbers.
There were half a dozen six-round
affairs on the programme and it was
very warm. Two of the bouts were be-
tween our colored brethren, but everv-
body was game, and nobody left until
the last punch had been let loose, al
though one or two fans waited for
"air' while the brunettes were bashinr
one another.
A collection of considerable size was
taken up for Terry McGovern, the
local lightweight, who was killed by an
accident in q bout with Frankie Britt
in Boston last week Leonard and
Billy Gibson contributed $25 each to
the cause.
Leonard entered the ring first, and
when he threw off his bath robe it did
not require a pair binoculars to see
that the great little champion was car
rylng several pounds Of extra weight,
mostly around the body. 1t was not
soft, useless flesh, but looked as though
it had cone to stay. Benny must have
been flirting with the 142- pound mark
yesterday. but it had no apparent eff
feet on his speed and punching power.
Shows Lack Of Judgment
The only thing the champion ap-
peared to lack was Judgment of dis
lance, and this was to be looked for,
since it has been some time since he
has taken part in regular bout. Per-
haps 1t was this failure to get range
down fine that accounted for Doyle's
staying the six rounds, for Benny
missed many punches in the first four
rounds
But in the sixth session, as though
nett.ed at his failure to put the Italian
boy to sleep, Leonard let loose with
everything he had, ripping home jar
ring uppercuts to body and jaw and
varying the attack occasionally by
shooting his left lab to the mouth and
then coming back with wicked right
crosses to the face.
Doyle tried desperately to escape
the avalanche Of blows by diving in
and hanging on, but Leonard punched
himself free time and again, until Paul
was so dizzy he could scarcely keep
his feet and staggered all around the
ing. with the champion after him re
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have sent Doyle out for the count, but
there is and to all things and Paul's
rappy New Year" came when the final
bell changed
To-day's bout should prove just what
Leonard needed to put him in knock
out trim for his session with Johnny
dundee Mt the New Jersey Sportsmen's
ciuD this month. Johnny should be
just about ripe to reap the harvest
Doyle Goes to Floor
Leonard dropped Doyle for the
count Of "8" in the second round, six
incn right hook TO the jaw as they
were coming out of clinch after a
furry of indghting, doing the trick.
Paul clinched until the end Of the
round and thereafter kept as far away
from danger as possible. He showed
extreme caution in making his leads,
and no signs of punch, either because
ne was afraid to rouse Benjamin's ire,
or because he doesn't carry such an
article. We incline to the caution
argument.
Jamaica Kid earned a draw with Kid
Norfolk, both being knocked down in
tne course Of the shindy. Jeff Clark
ana Jack Thompson, two mre tar
pao,es,. were ordered out of the ring
ny Referee Lou Crimson in the sixth
t tns ior stalling. Thompson scored
a ~s n",o =, cow in the first round and
botb Ia. sne htsh. but after that they
gate anu Lou gave them the
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