The New York herald., 1921-11-23
LEONARD HANDILY
DEFEATS FRIEDMAN
Lightweight Champion Has
Advantage in Seven Of the
Eight Rounds.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALp.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22.-Benny Leon
ard. lightweight boxing king, in his first
ring test in five months, tonight easily
outpointed Sailor Friedman, rugged and
willing Chicago lightweight over the
eight round route at the Ice Palace.
Leonard won five of the eight rounds.
was even.
The champion staggered Friedman
just before the bell sounding the close
of the second round. but failed to finish
him after having him bit wabbIy
Slow in starting the sailor finished like
gale at sea, and had the champion
doing his best ia the eighth round
Leonard had eesily won the first four
rounds before Friedman seemed able to
reach him with any telling punches.
The Chicagoan's best rounds were the
fifth and the eighth. He also held the
champion even In the sixth.
Leonard shook up Friedman twice.
The first singing punch he landed on
the sailor came in the second round,
when he hit with his left and crossed
his right This punch had the sailor
boShiI5 AWAY, anu Il Dlt WaDDlys lilOuSu
not in distress, as the bell sounded for
the close Of the session.
The champion again shook up the
former mariner in the fourth with a
series of lefts. This Leonard flare-up
also came just before the bell.
Friedman Wakes Up.
Friedman fought the early rounds on
the defensive, but once he opened up in
the late sessions he showed to better
advantage. His peculiar style of rush
| ing Leonard with his head down an
| noyed the champion, to say the least, in
the closing rounds.
| After the fight Friedman was all
smiles. He said: "'There is nothing in
a name after ALL Benny Leonard, of
course. is a great fighter, but l think
Sailor Friedman is just as good. There
| Is no getting away from the fact
! Leonard hits hard He shocked me
| good in the second round, but the
punch was high. glancing off my cheek
! bone. Take it from me. Leonard can
hit, but ! didn't give him much chance
| to put over many OF his punches after
taking that one in the second round"
| The fight, round by round, follows:
Round They spared and Leonard
landed a right to the jaw In a clinch.
Leonard was short with a right to the
| jaw. Leonard clipped Friedman on the
| jaw with q left hook The champion
sent light right to the jaw in a clnch.
Friedman did not land blow during the
round.
! Round Leonard missed a right for
the head and Friedman countered with
q left to the jaw. They set fast pace
and Leonard landed right and left
to the jaw. He sent Friedman to the
ropes with a right to head. Leonard
caught Friedman on the Jaw with a
hard right, staggering him at the bell
Round 3-Friedman took the offensive
and landed right and left to Leonards
body and head. Leonard countered with
right to the stomach. Friedman sent
two short lefts to the champions jaw.
Friedman sent right to the stomach.
Leonard missed right swing at the
| bell.
Round 4-They spared and then ex-
changed rights and left to the head at
close quarters. Both missed swings for
the head. Leonard caught Friedman
with two hard rights to the jaw. There
was little fighting in this round.
Round 5-Leonard sent a straight
right to the Jaw and took one in return.
Friedman hooked left to the cham
pion's Jaw. They exchanged hard rights
and lefts to the body at close quarters.
Leonard sent left to the jaw and they
were clinched at the bell.
Round 6-Leonard countered n
straight left to the jaw from Friedman
with a hard left uppercut The champion
missed repeatedly. Friedman hooked the
champion with left to the jaw. They
exchanged light body blows at close
quarters and in the breakaway Leonard
sent left to the chin.
Friedman the Aggressor.
Round THE fighting became fierce,
with Friedman as the aggressor. He sent
hard rights and lefts to the champions
head and body, forcing him to the ropes.
Leonard sent straight to the jaw. They
started sluggfng and both took hard
body punches. Leonard forced Friedman
to the ropes. appearing to be trying for
a knockout.
Round S-Leonard staggered Fried
man with rights and lefts to the head.
and Friedman fought back viciously.
Leonard's punches seemed to be wear
ing down his opponent. They continued
to box al n fast pace and Leonard forced
Friedman into his own corner at the
bell
In the first of the three eight round
preliminaries Bobby McCann OF this
city outpointed Earl Hartman. n former
member of the American Olympic team.
Mccain won by a whisker. 1t was a
close, hard fight from the first to the
final gong.
George Eagle. a California fighting
bird. battered Eddie Wagond. Phila-
delphia veteran trying TO stage a come
back. from pillar to post in the second
of the eight round bouts. 1t was a fast
and furious fight, with Eagle winning
by margin Of a couple of city blocks
Benny Valger fought typical Valger
battle. He asserted his mastery over
Tommy Cleary from the start, knew
that he had the Managing boys num-
he nd inst