The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-28
TENDLER NO "DUB" BENNY DISCOVERED

Benny Leonard still holds the
 worlds lightweight boxing cham
 Tender. Phila. left handler, is
 neither second rater'' nor 8 J @dub,
 Champion since 1917, when he bowled over English Freddy Welsh. Leonard walked out of
 the great pine bowl on Boyle's Thirty Acres last night with the
 head. fender put it there. Had
 the challenger the stamina to
 hold the lead he gained in the
 early. rounds he would have -=e pnlest of shades.
 The bout went the full twelve rounds and under the law or New Jersey there was no official aeeislons 1 newspaper writers at the ringslde-
 Leonard's Dope Upset.
 Silent throughout the arduous days of training to the belittl2ng statement that Leonard made about him Tender hard and straight from his left shoul- der Leonard had predicted that he would finish Tender within seven rounds. In that period Leonard brushed aside blod that trickled from his brow turned his head to one side, spat out a tooth and grunted dissat- isfaction. The champion of yesterday is the champion of today because he had the reserve strength to take the lead when Tender faltered after best ing him all over the ring for four dangle the fistic magic that ha earned him the sobrfquet, next to the greatest
 Champion Dazed.
 Leonard was visibly dazed until this juncture. dazed and amazed. He sa1d afterwards that he was stunned by butt in the first round rom the challenger's head Tendler said 1t the fourth Benny swept the cobwebs from his head with both hands.
 The rally of the title holder in the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds net tied and rattled the Philadelphian, but in the eighth lefty Lew came back for spell Leonard brought him back with two right belts to the jaw Tender then shot 8 left, another and then another, all to the champion S jaw. Leonard's knees sagged and he ciutched Tenders shoulders. resting e Tender is Fooled.
 Tend1er was annoyed in the tenth by the champions pesterlng Lwo feinted Tender was fooled He stepped back, away, turning from his antagonist. Leonard sprank like a hair trigger; SeTaignt nnsn anf r,enTs Ts,dier H hurting to the ropes. Tendler fought back but the gong stopped that
 They both missed often in the last two rounds but Ieonard's sharp shooting right was the more accur- axe He shifted 1t from the jaw to body and back-and back
 Both Fail in K. O. Tries.
 Both tried for finishing blows and though short uppercuts from each hit their marks, they lacked power. They danced quite a bit and were sparring when the chapter was closed.
 Tender. always a body crusher, em- ployed a style unexpected of him. Perhaps it was strategy. Anyway his attack was divers especially after he had been warned repeatedly for strik- ing dangerously near the foul line. Yet Leonard's defense had much to do with this; Tender found that he could not pump both hands 1ndis- crfninately into the champions body.
 Leonard's big failure was in his legs Not until near the finish did he prance about as is his wont. strik- ing and darting away He could no more do this than Tender could pound his body for the challenger was crowding him-almost stepping up- on him-forcing the fight. And Leon ards reputed right cross was only partially effective.
 Not often is Benny Leonard hard put Occasions have been rare when a tighter. in the midst of battle, has said to him: s-Come on and fight" Tendler said it repeatedly. Leonard says he is al the heighth of his career. Tender ; frankly admits that he'll grow into a better fighter.