South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-11
CHAMPION WORKS
SLOWLY DURING
INITIAL ROUNDS
Leonard Lands at Will IN
Eleventh Round and Takes
a Few Punches.

EEW YORK. Feb. 1o.-Benny
Leonard. worlds lightweight boxing
champion. retained his title Friday
night by receiving the judges de-
ci-on over Rocky Kansas of Buff
faIo AT the end Of their 15-round
bout in Madison Square Garden.
The champion worked slowly and
his blows appeared 90 have little ef-
feet during the early rounds. In
these rounds Kansas appeared to
have little better OF the exchanges
I'm the seventh round Leonard s.
blows were truer and from then on
be landed as he pleased and took
few blows lu return.
Leonard Cautious
Tn tho eleventh round. after am i'm
terchansc Of body blows. Leonard
caught tho challenger on the point of
the jaw with o. left hook and Kansas
went down for "a count Of nine.
After the bout Leonard said he
had learned in % previous bout with
Kansas 1T Harrison. ~. J.. last sum-
mer that the Buffaloan was "a
tough boy' and that he knew he
would have 90 be cautious i'm order
90 retain his championship.
The first four rounds Of the bout
went to- Kansas: the fourth and sixth
were even. and the others were Leon
ards. Rid Mcfarland. old-time
lightweight. refereed the contest
Benny Leonard. worlds light
weight boxing champion, tonight de-
Tended his title against Rocky Kan
sas OF Buffalo Both men entered
the ring at 10 ~. m. LeOuard's
weight at o'clock this afternoon,
under conditions Of a championship
contest. was 1541z pounds. Kansas
weighed in at 125. Madison Square
Garden held "a capacity crowd,
1900 persons.
Round One
They sphrred for a moment and
Leonard tapped the challenger on
the nose with q light left. Kansas
missed two left hooks for the Jaw
Leonard took a light left on the nose.
Kansas missed a hard left swing for
the head and then sent a left 10 the
body followed with another TO the
law. The challenger was forcing
the fighting.
Round Two
The champion boxed cautiously
and took a hard left TO the face, he
shot right a right hook to the chal-
Ienrer.s jaw. Kansas sent a straight
left 10 the nose and a short right 10
the body. Leonard blocked two LETT
swings for the head. They were IN
"a ciinch at the bell Leonard bled
at the mouth.
Round Three
Leonard sent a straight left TO the
nose. Kansas missed two right
swings and a right uppercut Leon
ard sent his left TO ROcky's jaw
three times and missed a right hook
The champion outboXed the chal-
leneer in this round but his punches
we're light
Round Four
Both missed rights to the head.
Kansas sent hard rights 10 Leon
ards body and in a clinch they eX-
changed right Uppercuts- Leonard S
nose was bleeding Kansas missed
reDcarcdIy i'm punching for the body
Leonard sent q hard right To- the
ehaIIenger's jaw.
Round Five
Kansas, using RI haNN Ncti.NN1
punch with his left. caught Leon
ards Jaw twice They had an even
exchange ON rights ut close quar-
tcrs. Leonard sent straight right TO
faw and left 10 the body. They
we're sparring at the bell.
Round Six
Both men worked quickly Leon
ard landed a short right hook on the
chauenEer-s jaw. Kansas took three
straight let's ON the nose and re-
turned one.
Round Seven
They fought 40 close quarters. but
landed few effective blows Leon
ard then sent d series or straight
let's Co the chin. Leonard blocked
most OF the chaUeuEer's punches
They were I'm hard exchange OF
-lehtz and leftz to- the head ana body
dr the bell
Round Eight
Ieouard's blows were dnding their
mark ir this round He followed a
hard LETT 10 the body with two right
hooks 90 the Jaw. Kansas sent right
and left TO head. Leonard sent
short left 20 the chin.
Round Nine