The sun., 1919-08-12
LEONARD OUTPOINTS
CLINE WITH EASE
Champion Takes Four of Six
Rounds in Lack-Lustre
Bout in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Aug. 11.-Benny
Leonard. the lightweight champion
easily outpointed Patsy Cline In a six
National League baseball grounds in the
presence of 10000 persons.
While there were no Knockdowns and
there was nothing sensational In the con-
test, Il served to show that Leonard was
the master Of Cline at all stages of tho
six rounds and that in a longer contest
the champion would have scored a,
knockout.
The work in the opening round was
light, as the boxers preferred to feint
and dance in the hope of getting an
opening. While Leonard got in the
most effective blows, several times send,
ing Cline's head back with stiff left
handlers, Cline employed his left hook p
with good effect reaching the cham {
pion's eye repeatedly. There was no
special advantage for either. y
Leonard began the second round with I
a left to the mouth and g solid right
hook to the ear, and followed them with :,
hooks to the head. Cline responded
with left hooks to the face. Then the
boxers again began dancing and feinting.s
each being wary as to leaving an open-
Ing. owing to their well known knocll-o
out powers. Again the round was un-,-
productive of anything calculated to-
give either an advantage b,
Each man began to punch in the third.
Cline starting with we'll meant effort
to end the struggle. II was a straight
right that landed on the jaw and Jared
the champion perceptibly. Cline fol-N
lowed this with a hard left to the mouth
and the crowd became excited, as ID
looked as though there would be plenty
of action.
Cuts Cline's Eye. q
Leonard then became active and with
hard left opened a cut over Clines,
eye. The champion followed with -
heavy left to the mouth and a brace of
right hand jolts to the same spot. These
were followed by considerable work at
close quarters, in which Leonard had all
the better of the mauling. As they broke.
clear just before the bell Cline got in a
couple Of good lefts, but the champion 4.
had earned the honors of the round. :s
The champion took the lead in tho 4
fourth round. He peppered Cline all
about the ring, sending his head bobbinR
with hard lefts and hooking him on the
jaw with rights. The fire became so
hot that Cline went to a corner and GOV.
cred, but he was peppered right merrily.
1t was Leonard's round. Cline was
bleeding and his lips were pulled at the
close of the round.
Leonard won the fifth and sixth
rounds hardly, outboxing and outhit-
ting Cline at every stage Of the game.
The champion was careful not to lay.
himself open to the crashing right that
nearly laid him out In their previous
fight.
The surprise of the night came in the
third bout, in which Harry Pierce of
Brooklyn defeated Charley White of Chi
cago, erstwhile contender for the Light
weight title. White had done little or
no boxing for the past year. but II was
thought he would be able to hold Pierce
safe. beat him on points or stop him,
Johnny Dundee beat Joe yelling in a !,
spirited six round encounter. Yelling
tried hard to land his effective right on
the elusive Dundee. but failed to do so
with effect
yelling Is Cut Up.
Dundee skipped about the ring with
customary speed and grace and jabbed
and hooked the Sailor with frequency.
yelling was cut over both eyes at the
close, while Dundee's lip bled from a cut
that followed a heavy straight left 10
the mouth. yelling still has the ad-
vantage Of Dundee in their numerous
contests, for the Sailor got referees
decision in a twelve round bout with tho
Italian at Boston a year ago.
Joe Benjamin, the coast lightweight.
made good impression in his first bout
In the East when he decisively defeated
AL Thompson OF Cincinnati BENJAMIN
tried out his opponent in the first round
and thereafter beat him as he pleased.
Thompson was weak and bleeding at the
close.
Johnny Mealey of Philadelphia won
every round of six from Eddie Morgan
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