The Washington times., 1920-11-27

Max eng I3i pounds at O'CLOCK
apparently sapped much OF Leonard $
strength and he will hardly care to
keep at such low weight to meet
his rivals here when he may z" 10
other cities and box at catchwelghts'
As a matter OF fact yelling never
had chance to win. Taller ana
with slightly longer reach. the
Chicsgo lad lacked the agrcssiveness
Of the champion, and tho ripping cut
ling lunches that were showered
upon him. But yelling did nav"
gancness by the ton. He was ap-
plauded more than Leonard when the
referee ended the one-sided slaughter
in that fourteenth.
DOWN WENT WEILING.
Not till the thirteenth did Leonard
succeed in hanging n hard blow on
the right place, but when he did'
down went WeIling, up came WelilnS
three times. each time weaker ana
dizzicr before the bell saved him.
Left and right joits sent him to the
floor but he scorned to take a count
staggering to his feet and facing his re-
lentless foe.
yelling was weak as a cat in the
fourteenth--came out with weak
left lab. Leonard knocked it down
and dropped his man with a nara
left hook. yelling CROPPED his way 10
the ropes pulled himself up again
and faced the champion Leonard
fairly flew at him swinging a storm
OF lefts and rights that finally peat
the challenger to the 1loor'
Yet again did that game Chicagoan
come to his feet waiting for more.
1t was then that the referee wisely
ended the slaughter before yelling
might have been seriously hurt.
The crowd was on its feet bowling
and Yelling Some blamed the referee
for stopping tho bout. others cheered
him. Finally with Welling, in state OF
collapse the crowd united in cheer
ing him for his gameness.
MUST MAKE WEIGHT.
Nevertheless, recalling Freddy
Wclsh's great battle with Johnny
Eilbanc here one must think OF
I.eonard's condition. Kilbane took
so much out OF Welsh that she fell
an easy victim of the vigorous Ben
nv Leonard a few weeks later. 1t
would seem that the present cham
pion faces similar situation.
If Leonard boxes here he must
make at least 1875 pounds at O'Clock.
Under the New York State law he
cannot weigh more lest he forfeit
his title. If Leonard continues to
make this low weight ii seems almost
certain that the first hard-hitting
who comes along will de-
feat him.
He did not show sufficient strength
against yelling to warrant his con-
tinuinC to box at the lightweight
limit. and it is freely predicted to-
day that he will shortly graduate
ITO the welter class and challenge
Jack Rritton for the championship.
ROUND ONE.
Here is the way the battle went:
Leonard stabbed left to face as
they clinched. Leonard landed light
left to face. He put right to body
and then danced away. Leonard
hooked left to head and yelling put
light left to body as they clinched.
ROUND TWO.
yelling landed left to head and
swung right to body as they clinched.
| Leonard landed right to head. They
exchanged hard lefts and rights to
head at close ranger Both landed
straight lefts. Leonard jabbed back
Welling's head with wicked left:
he repeated. Three times Leon
ard jabbcd Welling's face with lefts
ROUND THREE.
Leonard hooked LEFT to jaw, then he
swung left to eye. They mixed IL up
furiously at close quarters. Leonard
missed right swing as they fell into
a clinch. yelling was cautinoed for
roughing 1t and the referees stopped
the bout until he apologized. Leon
ard swung two wicked hard rights to
face. yelling roughed It again and
pounded Leonard with three rights to
the stomach.
ROUND FOUR
They exchanged lefts. They came