The New York herald., 1921-01-15

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about the centre Of his nervous sys-
TEN. He knew now that he had been
knocked down-cleanly knocked down
and had been close to the brink Of a
! knockout and the loss of the crown.
Came Nenr Repeatfng.
Mitchell made no further trips to the
canvas until the decisive sixth round
but he came within an ace of sending
Leonard down two or three times In the
/ interim.
What Il start. and what a finish! And
what q crowdi Women and men in
evening dress sat around the ringside--
all for charity. Girls and matrons who
never before had seen the inside of a
boxing arena, let alone contest, sat
now with mouths agape and now with
hands held up in horror.
Mitchells right eye was closed in the
fury of the first round and in the third
his left eye barely showed through q
slit between the lids Mitchelps face
was cut In several places and his fea-
lures were besmeared with blood. From
Leonard's nose trickled tiny stream
of crimson. too.
Hardly a delectable sight FOR the
women, but what fight for the men! 1t
was one of those battles about which
you like to read In the stories of old,
| open air battles when champions fought
for side bets and there were no guar
antees or admission fees. From bell
to bell it was a hurricane of blows.
q savage scrap which ragged with Ber-
serker fury and sent mems hearts beat
ing rapid tattoo against their breasts.
Waves of Emotion.
Women blanched with excitement one
moment and grew crimson of face the
next as the old arena where John l..
i Sullivan had fought at his best resounded
again with wild cheers and men jumped
to their feet only to leap upon their
seats. Waves Of human emotion swept
through the arena so thick and fast
that one could feel them. The air was
charged with the most nervous of nervous
excitement.
And the finish! A tribute to the
champions prowess and hitting power
but tribute, too, to the courage. the
never say die spirit of the beaten boxer
Mitchell was strong enough to stagger
| Leonard in the third round and he was
able enough to send him reeling In the
fourth. but all the while the champion
was playing his game. He was fight
ing the champions fight He was nib
bling at the fast closing left eye; he
was sending in left hooks where they
did the most damage. In the third round
Abe Attell. the old featherweight cham
pion. sent from his seat near the ring
instructions as to the best way to ham
die Mitchell, and Leonard followed the
advice of the veteran. Left hook him
to death and then come inside with
your right to finish it, said Attell, and
Leonard obeyed.
Leonard handed out terrific punish
ment in the fifth. and it seemed as II
| Mitchell would have to go under. But
| he refused to yield. He did not even GO
down under the impact of the sledge-
hammer rights which now and again
found their mark on the milwaukee,
boxers jaw. At the close Of tho fifth
Mitchell struck blow to Leonard's Jaw
which served new notice on the title
holder not to hold his weakening an
tagonist too cheaply.
But that was Mitchells swan song
AS he came out for the sixth Leonard
feinted with his left and tied his man
into a knot. The Mitchell jaw was left
exposed for Leonard's crashing right.
And to the mark came the piledriver.
Down went Mitchell. He was pltiable
sight. At the count of nine he arose and
stood UP for more punishment
1t was plain that Mitchell had run his
course. Leonard battered him from
pillar to post. from one end of the ring
TO the other. and again Mitchell struck
the canvas. At the count OF four he
came TO his knees. 1t looked as II he
would roll over on his side knocked out.
But the courage which was seated deep
down in Mitchell's heart kept telling
! In 20 ftG AL III. ~ Co. t1,n
second time. lie had been felled five
times in six rounds and still would not
yield.
At this time shouts went up all
through the arena to stop the fight.
Gibson beseeched HaulSup to bring the
uneven encounter to a close. Perhaps
he still feared the indomitable Mitchell.
No doubt he felt that II the slaughter
| continued Leonard might injure his op-
ponent fatally.
But Haukup. having seen Mitchell
come through a lot of punishment which
would have stopped two other light
weights. was not for acting then. Leon
ard came up coolly and began TO batter
his man all over the ring again. Mitchell
! could not lift n hand in his defence He
braced himself against the ropes near n
neutral corner and took right and left
In the jaw, In the body and still refused
to go down. The spirit was willing. but
the flesh was not it's equal. After all
II was only human flesh. And at last
Mitchell fell over again.
For the third time the young Titan
from Wisconsin came 10 Iis feet at the
count OF nine. but he y>ss spared further
punishment AS 10 Garden rang with
cries to Haukup to end the affair ;he
referee finally acted. He waved Mitchell
. I n ths,
quered man TO his chair. And in his
chair Mitchell collapsed.
Admirers Surround Leonard.
Leonard sat in his corner too, gasp
ing from his exertions. smiling. congrat-
ulatlng himself over having come
through that first round. In n trice he