New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-28

club he admitted that he was hungry
enough 10 knock on a flock OF steaks
ana n few pounds Of baked potatoes.
fo env nothing ~ a quart or t~o on
milk What Packy Schwartz lot MN
b,vo was a good-sized hlet Of becf'
soro string beans, q small baked 20.
TOO ana n olass Of milk. He shouted
o. moro. but was hustled on % his
roon,r on the second floor, where
MANN Soamon tossed him fat on the
bed and gave him an alcohol rub.
After that Benny had a sleep and
according 20 the ingratiatinR NANNY
bo alopt as though be didn't have any
thing on his mind but his next meal
BEFORE he left the Elks Club for the
acono Of the big battle Bsnny hfd a
drv rub. That one meal after the
Weighing in was all the food he took
until after the fght was over.
Practically the same program was
followed by Tender, although No ATE
a somowhat heavier meal after coming
IN the scales than did Leonard. A
inicv eteak. two small baked potatoes
and some other vegetables we're ms
nor,ion. and he ate ~ though he need.
"a n Roth men had this pre-hght feed
in the Elks Club, where the Kitchen
was turned over 70 their respective
n looked for a time as though the
hest preliminary % the championsnip
hattie was to take place right there
In the kitchen, where Packy Schwartz,
tbo Leonard cook. and Nike Lerner
Tondlor's chef. met each other for the
6ret time. Zach had a heavy frying
nan In his hand when this mOmentovs
Meeting occurred. They approached
each other menacingly and the regular
chef of the Elks Club began 20 reach
FOR the telephone % summon the police.
In went the two frying pans, and then
I1rner said: OF don't think It's going
20 rain, az that" ar
"Nope." said Paeky amicably y
think it's going 70 be a helluya swell
niqht." After that the enemy chefs
got along well enough.
Both Boxers in Familiar Rooms
Tender and Leonard not only occu-
nicd the same dressing rooms az tho
arena that were used By Dempsey and
CARPENTER. but they fought In the same
ring and slept In the same rooms a.
the Elks Club.
During the early afternoon, when the
rain was falling. the big crowd about
the arena and In the lobby Of the blks
Club discussed the question Of wheth-
or, n the battle we're postponed, -
would be necessary for the men %
weigh IN again. Some thought IL would
and some thought IL wouldn't. Phil
Glassman made IL very plain 70 the
writer that he would demand another
weighing In and declared that the box
ir- law required u. lie cited the
Tendlcr-Barrett eight in Philadelphia
early in June, when three postpone
mcnts were necessary on account o.
rain.
1--WE weighed in twice on that oeea-
sion" said Glassman. "and would have
weighed the third time II We hadn's
agreed 20 release Barrett after the
second time they weighed
There was a marked contrast In tic
mental attitude Of the two men in the
trying hours preceding the battle.
Leonard was smiling and almost hilari-
Gus as he passed through the Groves
In the street % and from the arena.
There was not the slightest indication
that he was going into a mixup that
was generally conceded 90 be the tough
est scrap In his career lie joked with
the clerks In tho Elks Club, kidded the
elevator boy and iabbcd Packy Schwartz
in the ribs and told him 70 cheer up.
Few Tickets With Spectators
Il was Characteristic Of Benny that bis
thoughts frequently reverted 20 his
mother, sitting in her home In Harlem
and trying 10 keep her mind OF the
drama being enacted az Boyle's Thirty
Acres. Benny called her three times
on the telephone during the day. He
phoned her shortly after his arrival
from Budd Lake and after he had
weighed IN. lie called her the last
time just before leaving for tho arena,
and az this time talked 10 his pretty
sixtecn-year-old sister. sgd. The news
Of the result Of the fight was carried
to the Leonard home by radio.
A remarkable feature Of the light.