Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-28
$4,000 H|NGED0N
! LESS THAN OUNCE
Leonard's Making Weight Saved
Him Big Sum-TendIer Had
20 Ounces to Spare
BOTH SHY BEFORE BOUT

The weighing. in process at 2 o'clock
IN the afternoon proved almost as In.
,eresting to those who were fortunate
enough to witness It as did the battle.
The crowd that lowered around as
me champion and the challenger entered
v,ye both cheer after cheer. with little
"a choose between the two as regards
the favorite.
To an inquisitivc bunch Of news
nsper men the boxing commissioners
stated that Leonard had balanced the
srales at 1874 pounds and 10 ounces,
which saved his $4,000 weight for
Ss,t. Il was narrow squeak and 1t
wa, generally reported about the arena
that Phil Glnssman. manager OF
Tendler. was ready to gather in this
money If it was only by tenth OF an
ounce.
Leonard had only slice Of dry
,osst and n cup of ten before he weighed
IN. Immediately after he stepped off the
scales Packey Schwartz. his voluble
shef. handed him big contnincr of
shicken broth. which he finished stand
ing in the middle Of the dressing room
vith a bathrobc thrown over his
shouldcrs. He didn't start to dress until
after the soup had been consumed.
lev Saves $4,000
The scene enacted in and outside Of
Ieonerd's dressing room during the
weighlng-in ceremony was repeated nt
Tenders quarters q few minutes later.
Lefty Lew had also pnrtaken OF n
scnnty breakfast. with mn eye to safe
guarding his $4,000 forfeit. and was was
hungry when he finally hcavcti s'gll
~ relief md honpcd off the scales. just
four ounces under the dcndlinc Of 49,:
The commissioners. when they emberged
from Tenders room. said:
"The challenger weighs 1874 pounds
and IL ounces
Leonard. who was the first to be
weighed. went to the dressing room
NAT was occupied last July by Jack
DEMPSEY, while Tender undressed In
the room that was used by Georges
Carpentier. At no time. during this
preliminary ceremony did the two
6phters meet, and neither expressed a
desire to come into contact before they
we're introduced in the ring by Referee
Harry Ertle.
New scales that had been recently
tested by an expert in the science
Of weights and measures. were carried
into Leonard's crossing room by nn
employe Of the New Jersey Boxing
Commission The commissioners fol q.
lowed with an air Of grim determine =
tion that could hardly have been moro
serious or forbidding II they had been
going to m execution. They were
obviously intent on seeing that no skull
dudgery was practlsed by either side.
All Kept Out
While the press md certain city Of
hcials of Jersey City were invited to
attend the weighing In. this order was
rescinded at the Inst minute, and only
the respective managers and the Box =
Inc Commissioners were allowed to wit =
ness the tipping of the beam.
Billy Gibson, LeOnard's manager, fol
lowed the champion up the runway. ar d
behind came the Boxing Commissioners,
still looking as sad and serious as a
flock of pallbearers. After the com
missiOners came the bird wheeling the
scales. which gave the impression Of q
corpse being fntwhceled to its last rest
Ing place. Commissioners and scale,
wheeled to the right and marched
lugubriously over to Tenders quarters
Not until G:45 were the gates thrown
open to the public. hut the congestion
OF the throngs outside In n very few
minutes made n mighty fine showing
even In the yawning pine pit known a.
Boyle's Thirty Acres. There was Il
profusion Of the fair Sex. but they were
not so gay and rcsplendnnt in bright
colors md feathers as in the afternoon
Of July .. 1921. when Jack Dempsey
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