Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-28
BENNY LEONARD,
NEARKNOCKOUT,
;. BEATS TENDLER
rhrong Of $4,000 Sees Light.
weight Crown WobbIe in
Torrid Eighth Round
CRAFTINESs OF CHAMPION
SAVES HIM FROM DEFEAT
Rally Near Finish Gives New
Yorker Edge Over "Pride
Of Philadelphia"
4 ROUNDS FOR S0UTHPAW
Defender Earns Six, With Two
Even-Both Punished
Severely
CRAFTINESS OF CHAMPION
SAVES HIM FROM DEFEAT
4 ROUNDS FOR s0UTHPAW
by LOUIS II. JAFFE

Benny Leonard IS StllI tnC world
lightweight champion. And at the
samc time. Lew Tender. Philadelphia 5
r,lsilstic pride and greatest of south.
paw scrnppcrs in the history of fistiana
continues to loom rs the New Yorker s
most dangerous challenger and foremost
contender for the 1:iJ- pound diadcm.
Only after savage twelve round
tilt was Leonard abb" to step from the
ring a winner by narrow margin over
"kcfty Looic' ir tlc mamoth pine bow!
on Boylc's thirty aces at Jersey City
last night before throng estimated at
moro than G0.000.
The fans will long rcmcnbcr the val
liant, game, although futile effort Of
the Philadelphia lad to pluck the pugi-
listic plume from the head of the foxy
Gotham slovenian.
LcOnard's Experience Factor
Iconard's experience, his long trail
In the ring since 1912. went long wa-
not only to decide the fracas in his
favor. but also TO save him from what
looked like Knockout in the eighth
round. There were other times when
Benny found sailing not 50 smooth, and
1t was his cOOlness and quick thinking
that brought him through to victory,
even though the margin was so slight.
After the contest there were many
who believed that the least Tender de.
served was draw, while there we're
some fans who thought the Philadel-
phian was the one entitled to the edge.
Tenders great advantage in that
eighth round, which was his best, and
in which Leonard suffered more punish
mcnt than he ever was forced to assimi.
late in half dozen battles put together
before made Lew appear like sure
winner. However. that was the last
session in which the Philadelphia lad
showed to advantage, and Benny man
aged to come through in the lead from
the ninth until the final clang of the
gong, so that he succeeded in overcome
Ing the big advantage gained earlier by
the contender.
Of the dozen periods Tender was out
In front in four, six belonged to the
champion and two were cven OF the
first five frames, Low had the better of
thrce and two were even. Leonard an
peared slow, and Nas the target for
50 many hcfty wallops by Trnuicr that
there seemed to be Il possibility of Il
brand new champion being crowned
through the well-knOwn, much discuss
eu Knockout route.
Crowd Pro- Tender
BY the applause accorded the re.
spective boxers when they were intro.
duced by Joe HUMPHREYS, with the con-
lender getting the more notable ovation,
mere was given the impression that the
ians wanted to see the coronation of a
new tltleholder. Throughout the con-
test the urgings of the Tender rooters
10 KNOCK him out. Lew" were more
evident and clamOrOus than the root
Ing for the champion.
lt was not until the sixth round got
under way that Leonard started to
show any of the form that has made
MN one Of the most brilliant of light
weight boxers. The seventh session
again found the champion flashing
along in his usually clever style.
=, But the eighth was nightmare for
the champion. a vicious left Hand up
Prrcut to the chin shook up the title
IIoIder. lie wrapped both arms around
Lew, but not before Tender had
switched with left to the body that al
most doubled up Leonard
Leonard Says
Benny sagged and it looked as II he
would 90 down. But at this juncture
Ieonard's coOlness. even when on the
verge of what might have been a knock
ou,, came to his rescue. Benny not
Ghly On held on. but he also started to drag
iehdler around the ring with him, say.
!hs at the same time, That was
pretty punch. Come on: try it again
why don't you keep fighting?"
rms conversation worked on Tender
with the effect that Leonard had de-
sired, fo- Lew slackened up Il bit to
answer, "Why don't you do some
1nnghting and stop talking so much 2"
mat was the cue for Leonard, and he
continued to chatter until the end of the
stormy session, and 1t might be said
mat Leonard talked Tender out Of
stopping him."
mat eighth round was the last in
iMihich Tender scored heftily and hcav-
NY on the titleholdcr. From the ninth
round, on through the tenth. eleventh
ahd last inning, Leonard, boxing fast
ana punching hard and often, admins
a'ted lesson in the fine points Of tn
iar., at the same time serving the chal-
'enger q lot of punishment.
nv Neither boxer escaped unscathed
tthey were pair OF battle scared
y yTatticrs when they We're ready to leave
,he ring. Each was BLEEDING profusely
from the mouth. Tender from the
nose n as well, while Leonard's s right eye
was CORY and swollen.
Leonard Loses Tooth
iart of the damage done by Tender
apparently went unnoticed by the ma
!pfity. In the second round left to
.he '.ihe mouth by Tender loosencd one of
lhr champions front teeth As Benny
,alled the attention of Referee Harry
Irtle to. the fact that Lew was
punching after they had been ordered to i
eereak,, he pulled the loOsencd tooth |
rom his mouth and tossed it to his
There was no doubt that Leonard