Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-30
bARTHELD MENACE
NOW FACES LEONARD
Rugged Soldier Likely to Cause
Champion More Trouble Than
Any Other Foe
MUST SHOW REAL ATTACK
AUST SHOW REAL ATTACK
BY JAMES S. CAROLAN

BY JAMES S. CAROLAN
Benny Leonard has some task before
him.
Only a few days ago the world S
lightweight champion, through his
manager. Billy Gibson. announced that
he would stop Soldier Bartfield before
the end of six rounds.
This is some assignment.
More than one middltweight has
failed to put away the rugged soldier.
Miks Gibbons. Harry Greb, Mike
O,Dowd and other mddleEeights were
| unable to do much damage to the sol =
dier.
Leonard, a much smaller man, will
have to more than box this fellow. He
is facing the strongest, most powerful
| fighter of his coreer. Jabs and taps
will not hurt Bartfeld.
During Bartfeld's many showings in
this city, on only one occasion was he
really hurt. That was against Jack
Britton at Shibe Park last summer.
Britton caught the soldier with right
to the face that split the skin, dazed
Bartfield and virtually turned him com
pletely around.
Receivers Fast
Bartfeld then proved that he had
wonderful recuperative powers, for in
less than thirty seconds he completely
recovered and was tearing into the
fray with more vigor and less fear.
Leonard is far superior as a boxer
and a ring general The same can be
said of many other big fellows who
| have fought Bartfeld. But when il
comes to taking punishment the soldier
rates with the best.
Bartfeld also can place some punch
es himself. He has peculiar style
weight king trouble. Leonard once
boxed Bartfeld two "impromptu
rounds and then it is believed Benny
got the idea he could beat Bartfeld.
Leonard's destructive attack has
beaten into submission more than one
ambitious lightweight. This same drive
crushed one of the best featherwefghts
that ever reigned .-.,
Leonard showed against such boys
as Jack Britton and Ted kid Lewis
the best of the welterweights, that he
was in their class when it came tC
fighting.
Crushed Ritchie
Then came that meeting with Willie
Ritchie. The former lightweight cham
pion is a big fellow and in normal con
dition is just as large as Bartfield
Leonard crushed Ritchie In eight rounds
of terrible fighting.
But Bartfield can take more punish
ment than Ritchie. This is admitted by
men intimate with the fighting powers
of both. II Leonard wears himself out
trying to beat down Bartfield, then II
looks like easy work for the soldier.
i Leonard must have the punch or HI
never would have undertaken this job
Jack Britton paid Leonard great com
pliment after their thriller at Shib'
Park last summer when he said:
Lauds Leonard
"Packey Mcfarland is nothing com
pared to Leonard. Why Packey couldn't
break an egg with his punch. Leonard
hits harder than any guy l ever faced
When he pulls Sou in, then cracks vol
around the body, let me tell you Il
stings."
But there's no getting away from I
Leonard is facing the most dangerous
man of his career. II both boys arr
serious, and there's little doubt OF this
some blood should be spilled when they
clash on Wednesday night at the Phils
Park.
! Jack Weinstein, friend Of Leon
ards, returned from New York yester
day. He said that Leonard never
trained harder for a fight than he hal
for this one. The champion spent ter
days In the mountains. He now'is I'm
ishing his work at Billy Grupp's gym
nssium in New York.
Bartfield is doing his conditioning a
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien's gym.
RAarUuN UEAGITE