The Washington herald., 1922-07-28

body punches. Lew landed hard
left swing flush on the cheek and
right to the jaw. Leonard
seemed tiring. Just before the bell
Lew put two hard lefts to jaw at
the bell. Tenders round by a wide
margin.
Leonard's seconds worked furi-
ously over him in his corner try
ing to stop the flow of blood from
his damaged eye.
ROUND FIvE-Leonard landed
right to stomach and several rights
to the head. Lew kept plugging
away. Leonard missed right
swing by six inches. Lew. edging
in, put right to the body and shifted
it to the head. Benny countered
hard with right to the jaw and in
a clinCh upper cut lew with left
to jaw. Benny put hard right to
the stomach. Lew put long left
to the solar plexus and clinched,
hammering Leonard's body. Benny
landed hard right to the jaw and
fell into a clinch. Lew put right
to the body without return. Lew
Lew landed right to the stomach
and Leonard was short on a
counter. Leonard put hard right
to the body, hut Lew was right
back at him with both hands. Even
round.
ROUND sIN-Lew led right to
the jaw. They spared and then in
a clinch Leonard put wicked right
and left to jaw and again repeated
without return. 1t didn't seem to
slow Lew a bit. Lew reached his
right around Leonard's body and
landed left on Benny's bad eye.
Lew blocked right swing and put
fierce left to stomach. Backing
Benny into corner Lew landed
three lefts to the head. Leonard,
seeming to come to life for the
first time in the bout, boxed Lew
across the ring. but Lew came back
with both hands flying and landed
one or two hard body punches.
Leonard sIugged with him and had
the better of a midring exchange.
but Lew refused to back up. Leon
ard put hard right to the head
which brought blood from Tenders
mouth at the bell. Leonard's round.
ROUND SEVEN - Tender put
light left to the head, but Benny
seemed to be out to finish it and
put wicked left and right to head
without return. Then Benny put
hard right to stomach. He was out
boxing the southpaw now. Leonard
put hard straight right to the
mouth and repeated 1t. Lew backed
Benny against the ropes and landed
hard right and left to the mouth.
but. Benny talked to him through
bloody lips. Benny put hard left
to the nose and right to the
stomach. Lew handed hard left to
body and shifted 1t to the head.
without return. Lew put left to
the face and took hard right to
the stomach. Lew ducked right,
but ran into left. Lew held again
with right handlers to ribs. Benny
ducked a wicked left just before
the bell. Leonard's round.
ROUND EIGHT-They clinched
and Benny put hard right to the
jaw They clinched again and
Benny. seeming stronger than ever.
handled Tender easily. Leonard
landed a right to the breast. Lew.
in close, whacked away for the
body, landing right and left. He
put Benny to his knees with a
hard right. but Benny was up in
stantly, talking a streak. He was
near to a knockout, but recovered
toll fNld
the referee Leonard was holding.
Ertle separated them and they
went into a fierce mix in mid ring.
Leonard landed hard right to the
jaw, but Lew sent him back against
the ropes with a right to the head.
They talked constantly. Leonard
lifted Tender Off the floor with
right uppercut. Both were smeared
with blood. Tenders round.
1t was a vicious bloody round
with both men talking all the time
and blood streaming from their
mouths. Leonard's seconds gave
him a whiff of smelling salts.
ROUND NINE-Leonard put hard
left to the jaw and they clinched.
Lew tried with right to body. but
was blocked and Benny put right
to jaw. Lew put light left to the
ear and they clinched and talked.
Leonard landed left to jaw. but
Lew came back with right and left
to the face. Benny put hard left
to the stomach and fierce right to
jaw. Leonard uppercutted with
right and Lew bounced against
the ropes. coming back into a
clinch. Leonard swung right to
the Jaw and again the right to the
body as Lew came in. Benny
shifted his attack to the head,
landing left to. the Jaw. Against
the ropes Benny put right to jaw.
Leonard's round. which was the
tamest of the bout so far.
4 L. - l.