The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-27
WAS
JUST PLAY
FOR BENNY

Benny Leonard played through ten
rounds OF boxing with Pal Moran at
the East Chicago arena Saturday ar
ternoon and sithough he had the Iittie
Italian in a bad way at the end of the
tenth stanzs he failed Of A Knockout,
apparently from lack Of inclination. a
number OF fans who had travelled 20
East Chicago in the hope Of seeing the
champion score another Knockout were
much disappointed but the bout proved
n treat TO those who wanted 10 see
Benny travelling IN the pink Of condi-
ton.
The show drew the largest crowd
that has ever been at the East Chi
cagc arena and s.S42 fans paid s27,I35
TO see the champion in the ring with
the much touted New Orleans boy Al
though the official figures show less
than 1000 paid to see the night tie
arena was very nearly filed and vita
tho exception OF some box seats on the
sunny side Of the ring there were very
few vacant seats Since the arena will
seat 10000 the crowd was hrst esti-l
mated at 5000 and including the COM
plimantary tickets there were Of
course more than 1000 present. or
the receipts Leonard got St4,0 0 and
Moran $500.
OF the fight very little can be said.
7 was Deonard's battle from the time
he stepped into the ring and when the
drst gong sounded all Of Moran's con
hdence which he had boosted and
which he showed when he entered the
ring had left him. From that time IN
I'll the end Of the bout he appeared -
be in constant fear of the champ ana
- - 49, a. 49, go - -aa-I .F
that dangerous right hook. Once or
twice he did step in to land a bloN
but in each instance he appeared
AFRAID that he would be picking MIN
self up from the canvas before he
again got out Of reach
Leonard on tho other hand was Won
derful- Entering the ring full OF CON
hdence he carried the fight to Moran
IN every round, dancing around like q
dancing master. in for a tap with his
left on Moran's chin and then out
again before Moran had 8 chance 20
return. Benny was certainly in tne
condition that he claimed and Mt the
end OF the light o ready fof an
other ten rounds with anyone they
could pick TO send against him. Both
Sailor Friedman and Charlie White Is
sued challenges TO the champion before
the NEnT out AFTER the pdttfE "a "
inclined to think they wished they
had never been so rash
The first round was enough to dis
PEI all doubts in the minds Of the spec
tators as to who would be the winner
Of the bout and the only question was.
when will Leonard elect to finish it
For some reason or other. probably
out Of pity for the New Orleans
he didn't choose to finish
II but allowed Moran TO stay far the
full ten rounds. toying with him in
every round and showing Just how
easy IL Is for a champion Of his ~calihsr
20 take care of any Upstairs who nav
presume to know how to box At airy
rate Moran received an excellent aox-
ing lesson and was mighty glad to
hear the gong at the end ~ the tenth.
The second and all the other rounds
we're the same as the first with~the
exception that In the last three rounds
Leonard chose to punish Moran enough
to make him know that he had been
in a battle. ALI during the fight ne
continued his dancing in and out, de-
livering a left jab 10 the jaw. almost
always connecting, and then stepping
hack out Of danger. When Moran did
gather enough courage to stick out
some left jabs the champion invlrtab-
ly met them on his right glove. Only
a few times did Leonard use his dang
erous short right and in each case ne
4o1+ed Moran until the challenger
could almost feel himself hitting tho
canvas.
In the eighth Benny started in to
give Moran a hard time and the
v-oungster caught penty before the
gong rounded. Even Leonard's left
tabs carried an awful lot Il steam
ard after ne had continued the same
tactics for the next two rounds Moran
was quite bloody about the nose and
mouth. In the last round the cham
mon stepped in. twirled Moran around,
slapped him at will but neglected to
inf across the blow which would have
meant without A doubt a knockout.
In his corner after the fight the cham
MON showed not a scratch and was
scarcely breathing hard.
The semf-windup between Leonards
snarrfnE partner. Jimmie Burns and
Toe Berger Of Chicago was a nica
bout and a close one. Berger substt-I
.u+ed for Johnny Hagen at ten min
utes notice bus managed to win by a
sffeht shade from the tough little
Rurns Burns proved himself a great
little boxer and able to tax punish
men. but was outfought by the Chi
rsSo boy. Chick Cooper In the SIX
round preliminary won handily from
pete Caras Of Chicago Cooper show
ID good ~headvork and promise Of be
coming quite = fighter In the curtain
raiser Mike Zalesky OF West Ham
nond stopped Harvey Lance ~ Chi-
csgo in the third round Of a scheduled
four round GO.
Although the fans didn't get any
thrills from the ring fights they were
treated to some real thrills when a
daredevil aviator jumped from one
niane TO another in midair. The feat
vas accomplished both from wing 10
wing and between wing and ladder
An account Of the fight was sent TO
one Of the Chicago papers round nv
round by wireless telephone which had
been in stalled during the morning