Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-16
CRUCIAL BATTLE
IN n. Y. TONIGHT
Tender and Freedman Clash
for Fourth Time in Ten
Months
FIFTEEN ROUNDS AT GARDEN
BY LOUIS II. JAFTE


WHEN the bell rings in the Square.
WIN. Y. c.. tonight. sending Lew
Tender and Sailor Freedman at eacl
other from opposite corners. they viii
start the twenty seventh round of Their
6stic vendetta In an effort to thrash Out
lightweight supremacy between them. il
will be their fourth meeting. in the last
ten months.
The first time Tender and Freedman
we're formally introduced in the rins
vas out in Milwaukee last February
and at the finish of dozen frames the
papers there gave the Philadelphian the
ysrdict by slight edge. while Chicago
critics at the ringside decided it was q
draw.
In two bouts here last summer at the
Phillies' Ball Park, each being an eight =
rounder, there was a difference Of opin =
ion among the press men, although a
! majority Of the experts" figured Tend I.
Ter was the winner. Each Of these scraps
was a sizzler, and Pbiladelphians are
ssxiously awaiting the result of to-
: nights mix.
den will be to decision. formed by the
opinions of two judges and the referee.
II 10 scheduled for fifteen rounds. and =.
although there is always a possibility of
. knockout in boxing match, the bout
probably will go the limit. so that
freedman and Tender will have deliv-
sYed punches in the general direction of
each other for forty -one rounds.
Kansas Herns In
With a decision given tonight the
winner will loom conspicuously as the
second best lightweight in the world,
although Rocky Kansas, who recently
scored a fifteen round victory over
Tender, will have something to say
about that. There has been lot of
gossip about a match between Cham
pion Leonard and tonights winner. but
Il would only be fair for the rugged Buff
falo battler to give him a match in the
elimination before such contest is con-
sLmmated
Kansas greatly upset the dope the
night he won from Tender. He earned
the bonors for the match. and earned II
beyond question. Butt must be said
that the contest was the first real test
Of Lewis hands after an operation OH
both Of them. also that It was the south
paws initial appearance In a crucial
bout in about six months following the
fixing Of his mitts.
WINE hanSdS victory was evident,
It was not decisive. and when thr nn
sounded ending the scheduled fifteen
rounds. Tender was going along a .ot
stronger than the Rocky person-also.
Looie finished up in a sensational rally.
All OF which caused the big crowd at the
Square that night to doubt whether the
better man really won.
That the winner Of tonight's clash
will NOT meet Leonard In a title bout
at the Garden is a certainty. The an.
noun"ement of an offer OF so per cent
to the champion for a bout with either
tIendler or Freedman Is nothing but the
bunk, because there isn't a chance In
the world Of Tex Rickard clinching such
bout.
Leonard will not box for Richard
nor will he ever box for Tex. Benny
has said so over and over again. and !
Whenever the titleholder's name is
mentioned in the same breath with the
Garden. while Rickard is connected
with the. Square, is for publicity pur-
poses only--and nothing more.
An I'll Wind
There is an i'll feeling between Leon:
ARD and Richard. so much so ihat Il
might be interpreted as hatred"
Irom Benny's point of view. This was
proved when Leonard recently boxed at
'ne Garden, appearing for the benefit