The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
CHAMP LEONARD HAS
 EASY TIME N WINNING

body and clinchcd. Leonard planted left hook to the stomach. Hammer missed left hook and Leonard landed left to the face. Leonard was boxing cautiously. trying to protect his eye. Leonard complained that Hammer hit him low while In a clinch. Leonard hooked left to the stomach. Hammer tried left for the stomach. but Leonard danced away. Hammer missed right and clinched. Leonard put right and left to the eye at the bell.
 Round Two
 They landed lefts to face and Leon- ard whipped over hard right to the chin. Leonard stuck left Tn Hammers face and shot over a right to the jaw. Hammers left was short and Leonard drove him into the ropes with rights and lofts to the body. Hammer was having difficulty in reaching Leonard. who continually danced out of danger. Leonard landed three lefts to the chin without re- turn. Leonard hooked twice to the face as the round ended.
 Round IhreS
 Hammer crowded Leonard close and hooked loft to the body. Leonard boxed at long range and had the bet ter of the exchanges. He landed two rights to the chin as Hammer came tearing n. Hammer stuck left in Leonard's nose and hooked tho cham. pion solidly to the chin. Leonard blocked Hammers left and blocked q left hook. The champion shook Ham, mer up with a right to the chin and received two rights to the body ir return. Leonard hooked a right and left to tho head.
 Hammer was shook with left and they ciinched.
 Round Four
 Hammer walked in close and pounded Leonard's body. Hammer tried two lefts to tho head as they right and landed two uppercuts as they came Into . ciinch. Hammer hooked left lightly to the head and Leonard landed right to the body. The title holder hooked two side iefts to the chin and danced away from . right. Hammer hooked a left to ston,aeh and shoek Benny up with . left to the chin It the bell.
 Neun1 Five
 Leonard hooked left to the body. He repeated 1t with . left to the nose. Hammer landed two iefts te the head as they ciinched. Leonard snapped . right over to the chin, forcing Hammer 10 back away. Leon ard whipped over right to the chin. fcscing Hammer to back. Benny blocked Hammer's left and planted another right to the head.
 
 They missed lefts. Leonard land ed right to tho chin. Hammer misssS . left hook to the head. Hammer knocked off the plaster over Leon ards right eye with . rasping fsfs hook. Hammer missed . left and Leonard rushed him to the ropes landing half a dozen punches without a return. Leonard hooked left to the body and they clinehed. Hammer hooked light left to the head and brought up two more light iefts al close quarters. Leonard vas short with right and left at the bell.
 Round Seven
 They feinted for an opening and clinched. Hammer smacked left te the body and received q left jolt to the chin In return. Leonard hooked three riRhts and lefts to the head. He YeDG0t8Q Hltn TiEnA &Ho iCAk tC tn< chin. As Hammer came tearing in IeonArd hooked him with . right to the body. Leonard snapped over . YtRht and left to the head. Leonard packed Hammer around tho ring hookirg soiidly to the body. LF6K- ard danced away from left hooks and ciinched. Leonard hit the Chi, earo lad with rights twice ae the bell.
 Round EixAts
 Hammer tried 10 land with his left but Leonard blocked. Leonard planted two rights on Hammers chin and then shot over left to the same piacs. Leonard upper-sut Hamme, to the chin and also two lsfts to th> head. Hammer kept boring In, try, inr to connect with body punches Leonard landed two rights to the head aYf~ fhey clinched. The cham | pion hooked right to the chin Leonard landed three to the hea< without . return and smiled ap. provingly at the rin9sids fans. > Round Nine,
 1 Banny jabbsd left to the head. and landed q right smash to the chin l The champion ducked a left hook. bu received . rfght on the chin as h. danced away. Hammer landed tws Jeff hooks ts the head but Leonard made him back away with righ to the head. The cha pion broueh q rixht and left to tho body as thcy | eiinched. Hammer ruehed the cham ! pjon to the ropes but did not land 1 Benny planted . right and left to th, I head As HAmmer cama in close. ReunA Tens pN Loonard blocked left hook an< backed away from HAmmer's rpshes Hammer sAsmsd uaablc to eonnec with his left. l.eonArd sent . yigh 1 to the chin. and pushsd Hammer int l the ropes. but failed to follow t up nenny blocked another lett Ant | landed right to the chin. Hammer'i 1 left to the head was wide and ths champion landed two rtghts to th'