The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-03
With Leonard Tender Bout
SeiUed Up Writers Can Rest
Press Agents Have Been
Working Overtime; Smok-
ing Battle
nv NonERr EnGREN.

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90 fight July % tho crews Of uimblc
press agents for both sides can break
training Their typewritng arms
are stir aud thcv are feeling u little
stale. II hns boou q tough Job 20
Ect all possible advertising out o.
the rivalry between Leonard aud
Tender for the past two years with
out accidentally slipping into posi-
tiou where match couldn't be
! avoided EirU the Tender forces,
! knowing that ho wasn't good enough
| yet to fight Kenny without surely
| hCiug knocked out, challenged the
| champion TO advertise other
! matches and deity avoided any
danger Of being forced into match
! with Benny by shouting that Leon
! ara wouldn't make weight. As Tend
| Ter Improved the Leonard bunch
| claimed that Tondler had grown out
| OF the lightweight class. The weight
| squahblo being worn out Leonard
| claimed that Tenders manager had
not been properly respectful IN tho
| manner OF his challenging. and 30
would bc ignored. Thcn there was
! the time they were matched. and
! Kenny hurt his wrist or something
and Lew grabbed his 5000 forfeit
| That was real slam at Bcnny. He
| felt n right down to his tocs. lie
cpmc back by saying that now Tend
| Ter couldn't have a lightweight
| cha mpIonshIp match. lie explained
| that Tender had forfeited all right
| To recognition and respect by his
unsportsmanlikc action IN taking a
| forfeit from champion.
Thought Benny scared.
| ny this time Tender and his
baokers woro surc Kenny was afraid
| OF Tender, ana that Tender was
good enough TO have n chance. SO
they claimed the title to force Benz
| ny'a hand aud incidentally advertise
somo OF Tenders other matches.
| Finding # good publicity they
| claimed tho title again, whenever
| Tender had n show on. The re-
turns were juicy, and Benny Leonard
| bitterly resented Tenders grabbing
| n profit out Of unauthorized use OF
| his crown. Both Leonard and Tend
| Ter had been making pretty fair re-
turns out OF tho general advertising.
hut evidently Tender was trying 10
hog II. The natural result was the
Leonard Tender match. They are
10 weigh IN at 135 pounds at ? p.
m, the latost Improvement I'm weight
limits for the class. This weight
will be no easlcr for Tender than n
ls for Leonard. Tender weighed
137 l-2 when ho bent Bobby Bar
rett
In spite OF all the business" In
the Leonard Tcndlcr affair for the
past two years this promises to he
the beet lightweight championship
fight In many years when II actually
comes off There's no questioning
Benny Leonard'H class. lie II II
master boxer and n calculating vet
extremely aggressive fighter. lio
has n champions punch. II he haa
had any feeling OF uncertainty about
beating Tender II has probably been
! only because he will he matching his
| skill for the first time against n real
| " clever southpaw boxer. Tender
In the first boxer who has perfected
the style OF fighting with right foot
ana right hand advanced. Tender
| has lost decision or two TO men
| Leonard has beaten without much
trouble. but he is clever and danger
ous. and no has n punch.
The result OF the Leonard Tend
ler bout II probably less certain
than the outcome Of any other
mplonship bout In half n dozen
years.
Willard Training.
willard is hard at work in n
himself for the match he hopes
to have with Dempsey in September
He has heen doing some road work
for several weeks. and intends to
get into good R'ape before he he
gins boxing. r. weakness at To-
lcdo was in the leks Ha had sore
feet and didn't Ike 10 20 on the
road. Two years In tho country
trnmplng everywhere and living on
plain food and very limited liquid
refreshments have put willard Into
better shape than when he started
training FOR tie Tolodo fight.
Because he has been nway from
cities his feet and legs are all right
q IN. His legs were good wren he
fought johnson. He could run his
trainers of their feet on the road.
Willard has been laughed at and
his real ability forgotten because he
was whipped 80 quickly at Toledo.
Bne he was great heavyweight
when he beat johnson ana could be
"A great heavyweight again with
proper training. when speed and
endurance are added TO his tre-
mcndous advantages IN strength,
seight. reach and weight, and his
skin with in defensive boxing, he's
a hard man TO beat. There's no
question about his ramclcss.
Nobody knows this better than
Jack Dempsey and Jack Koarns.
It's my opinion th1' enthcr OF them
would rather take on Harry Wills,
Brennan and " the other hoaYies
the promoters con dig mp than Jess
willard ! haven't seen any anMet.
on their part to buy willard out Of
rotiromcHt md urge him TO ask for