Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-28
TENDLER MAKES
CHAMP ION WORK
To SAVE TITLE;
12-ROUND DRAW
Battle at Jersey City Re-
suits in No Decision With
Benny Leonard Fighting
to Lead at Close,
NEWSPAPER CRITICS
FAVOR TITLE HOLDER
General Opinion Is That
Challenger Had Better of
First Five Rounds But
Weakened Near End.
(By The Associated Press.)

(By The Associated Press)
Ringside, Jersey City, N.
j., July 27.-Benny Leon
ard and Lew Tender fought
a 12-round, no-decision bout
here tonight, in which hon
ors slightly favored the
champion in the final
rounds.
Newspaper men about
the ring differed to some
extent in their opinions.
The majority appeared to
favor Leonard at the end
of the bout, although some
declared for a draw. Tend
Ter had the better of the
first five rounds, but Leon
ard finished strongly.
Leonard was asked why
he did not knock out Tend
ler, and replied with q
blood-smeared grin:
"Southpaws are hard to
solve"
1t was 9:13 when Lew Tender,
the challenger, escorted by a squad
of police, made his way down the
aisle from his dressing quarters
and entered the ring. He was clad
in a greenish gray bathrobe and
was accompanied by his seconds,
Philip Glassman, Morris Tender.
his brother, and Jack Reinfell.
Champion Leonard entered the
ring a moment later and both
contenders for the title were Civ
ell a great ovation.
Leonard's seconds were Billy
Gibson, Nanny Seaman and Char
lie Leonard, his Lrother. Both
Leonard and Tender were called
to the center Of the ring, where
the commission physicians exam
ined their hearts and lungs and an
nounced them to be in perfect con-
dition.
Threc-ounce Difference.
Both boxers had their hands
heavily bandaged with soft tape.
The rival managers examined the
bandages and the new gloves We're
taken from boxes and given to the
rival seconds. The weights as an
nounced from the ring were Leon
ard 134 pounds, Is ounces; Tend
Ter 1874 pounds, 12 ounces, the
weights being taken at O'Clock
this afternoon. Charles White OF
Chicago challenged the winner,
and Rocky Kansas Of Buffalo, re-
Gently defeated by Leonard, also
appeared with his left arm in
splints.
Both fighters appeared more or
less drawn and nervous, and Leon
ard appeared a trifle more drawn
than Tender. Leonard leaned
over the ropes and jokingly rev
marked to a friend at the tingside
that the fight would be over in a
few minutes. Tender sat quietly
in his corner with downcast eyes
and listened attentively to the in
structions of his seconds.
The Fight by Rounds.
Round one: The bell rang at
9:2S. Tender was short with two
rights, and then landed light left.
They fell into a clinch and began
dancing around. Tender landed q
left hook to the chest, and followed
with light left to the body.
Tender landed another left and
then two sharp rights to the body.
Tender was rushing the champion.
Tender slipped and fell. and
standing up, slowly wiped the dust
from his gloves. Tender landed
q hard left to the champions
head, cutting his right eye. Tend
Ter was warned for hitting in a
! clinch. They were sparring at the
bell and when he sat down, Leon
ard said the cut was caused by
button. Leonard held towel to
his eye to stop the bleeding.
Round Two: Tender missed two
rights and rushed the champion
into a corner. Leonard crossed a
hard right to the jaw. Leonard
missed a right and left. Tendler
had the best of clinch. Tender
landed a hard left, and followed
with short uppercuts, Tender
landed short left. Leonard
countered with a right to the body.
and followed with two short up
percuts. Tender continued lead
ing and had the champion cover
ing his face with both arms.
Tender landed hard rights and
lefts to the head and then three
more lefts to the jaw Blood was
trickling from Leonard's eye
| brows.
Round Three: Tender again
was warned for holding in clinch.
Leonard complained of Tenders
low hitting. Tender replied with
left swing to the jaw. Tender
smiled, Tender had the best Of
a body exchange and landed two
rights to the jaw. There was an
other exchange at close quarters.
Dendler missed with his left.
Tender told the champion: Come
in and fight" Tender rushed
Leonard to his corner at the bell.
| Round Four: Tender tapped
lightly to the ribs. They exchang-
ed at close range. Tender landed
left to the body. Leonard coun-
tered with hard right crosses to
jaw. The champion landed short
uppercuts. Tender followed with
a cluster of hard uppercuts to the
body. Leonard spat blood Leon-
ard missed with right and slipped
to his knees. Tender walked
away. Tender kept punching
away with his left Leonard