The Washington herald., 1922-07-25
LEONARD TENDER
| CRAPHASCRITICS
| SCRATCHING HEADS
Wise Fellows Disagree
Jersey Committee Trys
To Stop Bout.
By HAIRY NEWMAN.

NEW YORK. July 24-The Benny
leonard and Lew Tender battle.
set for Jersey City. Thursday NIGHT
has many fight sharps disagreeing.'
For instance, Jimmy DeForest. the
veteran manager and handler of
fighters. was asked today who he
thought would win.
Leonard Is a cinch." was his
prompt reply. Benny knows too
much for Tender and VIII take
him sure. That is.' IL everything
is on the level Leonard is easily
the class of the pair"
Bully Mccartney, well known
night manager. begged to differ
why Tehdler will take Leonard
like Grant took Richmond" said
McCarney. "It is the chance Ten
dler has been waiting for these
many years and he can't miss, now
that he is getting a shot at the
championship"
Fear for Fighters.
Far from disliking Benny Leon.
| ard and Lew Tender. the Jerse,
Anti-Prize Fight Committee in try
Ing to prevent Thursdays light
weight championship fight. Is actu-
| ated by concern for the health and
happiness of the fighters them
selves. This attitude was explained
by the Rev. Harvey Wyatt. secre-
| tary of the committee. which is a
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tant churches in New Jersey. when
meeting was held today to decids
upon some final effort to prevent
the battle.
The members of the committee
discussed the death of Jack Craw-
ford. 19-year-old preliminary
fighter. who succumbed to a hem
| orrhage of the brain. following a
fight Friday night. Crawford was
not dropped in the ring, but appar-
| entity suffered absolute exhaustion
after the fight and therefore COL
lapsed. striking his head as he fell.
Mob Sees Leonard.
1T is killings of this kind that We
are trying to prevent" Rev. Wyatt
said. All previous utterances of the
! reformers gave the fighters them
selves and their followers the impress
| sion that their utter extinction would
be heartily indorsed by the reform
group. 1t was the first intimation
that the court action against the
fight was inspired by any affection
for the champion personally or rne
challenger.
| Ieonard's training camp at Budd
Lake Is crowded all day with friends
and sightseers, but Tender has hor
rowed one of Georges Carpentier's $
| tricks. training in secret at Delanco
Leonard is said to have weighed l34h
| over the weekend and IL that Is cor
| rect he should make the weight of
l35 at 2 o'clock Thursday with ease.
| Charley White. who recently filed for
NAL challenge to Leonard with the
New York Boxing Commission, has
arrived to watch the fight. He
picked Leonard to win with a
right 20 jaw. with which White
is all too familiar. having been
| dropped for the count thereby.
Six hundred close relatives Of the
Jersey political lineup have been ap-
pointed ushers for the fight and are
| holding drills in the arena, which has
been entirely repaired
At the general admission price Of
81 and So. Tex Rickard said today
that he expected to draw at least
\ f5,0OO people, the second largest mob
| in the history of pugilism. Reports
that scalpers had snapped up the SIS
seats and were demanding $50 each
| were discredited by Tex. He said that
| doubtless the "gyps' got some Of the
best seats. but maintained that plenty
still were to be had