New Britain herald., 1922-06-27
Referees Side of It.

1 Alter two minutes ana forty-tWC l seconds of fighting in the 18th round 1 Britton suddenly went down on one knee and the referee started count ing over him. Then Leonard walked over and struck Britton with a left to the body. The referee said he had not seen foul blow struck be fore Britton went down, although in his corner unhurt. l Britton had all the better of the fight until this incident. He had been on the offensive during the greater part of the contest and took Leon ards hardest blows with a toss of | the head and a smile. He cut Leon- ards lips with lefts and rights and l though he was turned around several times by the lightweight champions $ straight rights to the jaws, he came back at all times unruffled and full of fight.
 After the fighters had left the ring the crowd surged around the ring, demanding an explanations of both fighters tactics in connection with the foul. Britton was on one knee and was deliberately struck by Leon ard who then walked to his corner. claiming that he had struck Britton fairly. The referee said, however, that he thought the blow was unin- tentiona.
 No End of Activity.
 The contest was interesting at all stages, with both men appearing to be fighting their best. Despite his 37 years. Briteon displayed no end of activity, and when called upon brought all of his famed ring gen. eralship to bear against his opponent
 The result prevented Leonard from achieving his greatest ambition-to weight and weterweight world titles No lightweight champion has ever heen able to win the welterweight title. Kid Lavigne, one of the great lightweights of other days, tried it 27 years ago, but was stopped by Mysterious Billy Smith.
 Leonard weighed 1894 pounds and his veteran opponent 146A, three quarters of a pound inside the welter- weight limit
 Joie Leonard, younger brother of the lightweight champion, in his first appearance as professional pugiist last night, won a judges decision in four rounds from Sammy Marco, in the first prelim Leonard weighed l30 and his opponent 133n
 Johnnie Cooney and Jack Stark, featherweights, fought a six-round draw.
 Eddie F'itzsimmons, lightweight knocked out Sammy Bossberg, Brook lyn, in the first round of the l2-round semi final match.
 First Round.
 There were few blows during the round.
 Round Two.
 They passed a few light punches to the jaw and were in a series of clinch- es Britton staggered Leonard with a right to the jaw. Leonard retaliat- ard turned Britton around with a right to jaw. at the bell.
 Round Three.
 Leonard pushed Britton around the ring with lefts to face. Britton sent several rights to stomach. Leonard's upper lip was cut by a straight left They exchanged hard rights and lefts at close quarters and Leonard was backed into a neutral corner at the bell.
 Round Four. Leonard staggered Britton with a hard right to the jaw and followed with series of straight lefts to The face and body. Britton forced Leonard to the ropes with body attack. They were fighting hard as the round closed.
 Round Five. Britton took the offensive but land ed few hard blows. They fought for head and body at close quarters. Britton appeared to be having the better of the exchanges. Round Six. Leonard caught Britton on the jaw with several straight rights. Britton found Leonard's head with right swings. Britton was cut in the mouth with a straight left. They had fast exchange on the ropes with Britton on the offensive.
 Round Seven. Leonard appeared to be taking things easily, waiting for a chance to land knockout punch. In the mean time, Britton found his jaw with right and left hooks They staggered each other with rights to the head. The fighting was slow in this round. Round Fight They traded punches to the head (Continued on Following PaEe),