The New York herald., 1922-07-05

Fight by Rounds

and left hands to face, and then came
10 a clinch, Kansas doing the holding.
Kansas landed a stiff left handler on
Leonard's Jaw and also reached the
champions ribs with same blow.
Leonard poked q straight left to Kan
sass nose and avoided a hard right
hand lead. Leonard hit Kansas on the
breast with left and brought the same
hand up to his nose. Kansas hooked
his left to Leonard's ribs. They ex-
changed left haanderS to the face and
Leonard shot vicious right to Kan
sass jaw, missing the mark by hair.
They were sparring at tho bell.
ROUND TWO--Leonard reached the
face lightly with his left and Kansas
missed with a heavy left swing. Kan
sas hit Leonard low with the left and
Leonard retaliated with two lefts to
face. Leonard shot a heavy right to
Kansas jaw that shook the Buffalo
boy to his heels. At close quarters
Leonard blocked several left hand
swings and countered in face with left.
Kansas landed heavy left handler to
Leonard's stomach and repeated with
same hand below the belt. Leonard
hammered ribs with his left and Kan
eas swung left hand to Leonard's neck.
In clinch they pounded each other In
body and were sparring at the gong.
ROUND THREE-Leonard showed a
hard left into Kansas nose. and in a
rush Kansas lost his balance and fell
- TO ring floor. He got up at once and
Leonard shot a stiff right handler to
Kansas's jaw. Kansas tried with his
left twice without effect and they came
to a clinch. Leonard poked left to
Kansass throat and Kansas swung
two left handlers on Leonard's face.
Kansas was wild with his left Leon
ard began fighting rapidly and stag
gered Kansas with series OF heavy
rights and lefts to face. Kansas saved
himself from further punishment by
holding and the men were in a clinch
when the round ended.
FOUR-Leonard opened with a
straight left to face and Kansas missed
with left swings Leonard reached
Kansas in body with left and repeated
three times with same hand. Kansas
swung for the body with his left, but
Leonard blocked 1t. Kansas let fly a
left and Leonard countered him on the
jaw with his left. Leonard uppercut
Kansas on chin twice, and repeated
with right. Leonard batted Kansas
all around ring with rights and lefts
and the Buffalo man held on. Leonard
induced him to break by pounding him
in the body with heavy rights and
lefts. Kansas was tired at the close.
ROUND FIVE-There was considerable
sparring. Leonard fighting Kansas
into knots. The champion then ham,
mered Kansas on Jaw with right and
pumped left into body. Leonard boxed
with such dazzling speed that Kansas
was confused and covered up. Leon
ard found an opening for stiff left
and when they came to clinch Kan
sas brought an uppercut that shook
Leonard. He responded with same
hind of blow. AT close quarters Kan
sas hit low, but Leonard gave him
hot return in form Of rights and lefts
to ribs.
ROUND SIx-Kansas was on defensive
and Leonard put three left handlers
to face without return. Kansas hit
low and then put out his bands in way
of apology. That was all right. said
Leonard. and went on fighting. Leon
ard forced Kansas into corner and
pounded him on the body with his left
and gave him a terrific right handler
over the heart. Kansas slipped to his
hands and knees but got up at once.
Leonard then drove right and left
handlers to the face. sending Kansas
back on his heels. The champion
forced Kansas into his own corner and
uppercut him hard on the chin. Kan
sas was getting a severe punlmeling
when the bell sent him to his corner.
ROUND SEVEN-Leonard opened with
left lead to the face and followed with
two more of same sort. The cham
pion tented Kansas until he covered
up and smashed him several times
with left on nose, following with hard
right TO jaw. After more feinting
Leonard drove heavy left to body and
uppercut Kansas so hard with right
that the Buffalo man clinched. Leon
ard then drove Kansas against ropes
in neutral corner and gave him
terrific pounding with rights and lefts,
bringing blood to the challenger's
mouth. Leonard followed Kansas
about ring, hitting his opponent at
will. but failing to knock him off his
feet Kansas was very tired at end
of round
ROUND EIGHT-Leonard opened on
aggressive and Kansas backed away.
Leonard worked his left hand on Kan
sass face and shot vicious right for
the jaw which Kansas blocked. Leon
ard resumed straight left hand to the
nose and then uppercut Kansas on
chin with the right which rendered
the Buffalo man groggy. Leonard
hammered Kansas all about the ring,
bringing blood In a stream from the
mouth and putting him in such con-
dition that he could not hold up his
arms. Kansas was helpless against
the ropes unable to defend himself
when his manager shot sponge that
fell with thud in center of ring
Kansas could not have withstood an
other punch at the time the signal of
defeat was thrown into the ring. The
sponge was tossed in after minutes
and 81 seconds fighting In this round
Kansas manager claimed he threw
in the sponge because Kansas left