Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-21
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WAlL0PS LEONARD
loores Four knockdowns and
Comes Near Stopping Lad
Matched With Champ
HAVE NET SEVEN TIMES
BY LOUIS II. JAEFE


4 - half dozen battles with Battling
4 Leonard the hardest. Last night the5
! renewed ring relationship for the
seventh time. and on this occasion. in
the wind up at the Ice Palace. the
Mack battler finally succeeded in win
ming from Leonarl--not only by wide
margin and decisively. but in two diff
I ferent rounds the Camden clouter came
pretty near adding TX u. by after
the Philadelphian's name.
Four times in the third session Mack
scored knockdowns. Leonard was in
bad shapc-wobblv dizzy and all but
out. He took counts of eight, nine,
nine and two. The fourth time Ret-
cree Floyd practiced arithmetic both
men were on the floor. Mack having
stumbled over Leonard's body.
Again in the seventh round. Leonard
was buffeted around prctty hard and
Often.--rocked and dazcd. but Mack $
overanxiousnpSs caused him to miss
with number of blows that might
have landed with knockdown power.
Leonard Is Game
In defeat Leonard proved himself 4
game guy. At no time did this lad
finch and he always fought back hard.
third period and punched around fairly
hard in the fourth, Leonard came back
with a great burst Of speed in the NTH
and sixth rounds. outboXing and out
punching the rugged Camdenite.
But Leonard : fast pace tired nm
and his chin became a target for the
Mack left hooks and right swings that
staggered him in the seventh. Ihe
eighth was grueling session. Both
lads whaled away at each other, trying
hard for knockout, but Leonard was
roo fatigued to score heaviy. while his
cleyerness in ducking and side stepping
made Mack miss.
Mack's victory and near knockout
was even more impressive when 1t Is
considered that he stepped in as an
emergency boxer. Leonard originally
had been matched to meet Johnny Buff.
the champion. Buff reported severa!
days ago with his throat severely
swollen and Pete Herman. former title
holder, was substituted.
When Herman stepped OH the scales
last night at the Palace he weighed 10
pounds, six more than Leonard. Leon
ard refused TO meet Pete. SO it was
necessary to get another substitute,
and Battling Mack. 12O pounds. came
forward. Overnight Mack has earned
for himself reputation good enough
10 stand out today as worthy opponent
for the best Of the bantams.
Lynch Is Victor
Joe Lynch. 119la. and Jimmy Mendo,
. 1884,. were razzed in the first few
rounds because of the lack of action.
but it wasn't Lynch's fault. Mendo
was entire too careful and in order to
make a fight Of it Lynch was forced to
lake so many chances, urged on by Ref-
eree Floyd to show some stuff. that at
times the former champion looked fool
lsh.
Even though Lynch missed with a
lock Of punches, he was clearly entitled
10 the decision over the Philadelphia
italian, finishing up in the last two
rounds with a grandstand rally that had
everybody up on their feet.
Joe O'Donnell. 1924, put on con-
sistent battle against Jack Sharkey.
1913, and at the conclusion of eight
rounds the former was entitled to the
lonors by shade. Sharkey fought in
flashes. When he did fare nc uncOrked
! lot of hooks and swings on O'DOnnelis 3
ehin and at close quarters piled In q
bunch Of blows.
But because of his consistency in
punching, O'Donnell. despite no.
eount knockdown in the fifth, was able
q brilliant rally in the last minute and
half of the final round, during which
Sharkey was shaken up. enabled the
Gloucester caveman 10 leave the ring a
close victor.
Joe Nelson, 12l. saw more gloves
han he ever has in his young life when
Young Montreal 100 left jabbed his
way to win in eight rounds. Mon
treal had his left in Joe's face contin-
nally, connecting with half dozen
punches to Nelson's one, Joe tried his
utmost to keep up with Montreal, but
. the latter, q real classy boxer. was en-
iirely too fast for the local lad.
In the opening bout of six rounds
Benny Bass. 121. was winner over
Chick Kansas, 1913. Each scored two
knockdowns. but Bass was more clever
and he found lodgment with the harder
punches.