The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-05
CHAMPION SETS
LIGHTNING PACE
WITH OPPONENT
Challenger Helpless When
Manager Tossas Towel
Into the ing
BY the Associated Press.

RlNGSlDE, MlCHlIAN Cll1
Ind, July 4. 49, Benny Leonard
worlds champion, knocked out
Rocky Kansas of Buffalo. n. Y, in
the eighth round Of a scheduled 10
round contest before a crowd of 90
600 persons in Floyd Fitzsimmons'
open air arena here this afternoon.
The challenger, bleeding and grog-
gy was rcoling helplessly around the
ring when his manager, Dan Rogers.
threw in the towel.
The battle will go down in the
record books as only technical
knockout for the champion but IL
will stick in Rocky Kansas memory
as the most severe beating he ever
received.
Blood running from his mouth
down his naked chest and tears
trickling through the heavy growth
on mis- checks, Kansas held up hy
his manager, could only moan:
He whipped me, he whipped me,
and,
How he can hit"
Following claims by Kansas
friends that the fibull bone in his
left arm just above the wrist had
been broKen in the third round Of
the fight and that Kansas had
fought gamely ON FOR five more
rounds with the member practically
uNtltfCt lllf llkll'l was tNhllAli'A
tonight by Dr {. *. Briggs OF
Chicago and Or. a. l.. Barone OF
Buffalo, y. Y, a member OF Kansas
camp. They said the bone was
broken.
To Save Injury.
Dan Rogers, Kansas manager.
asserted he threw the sponge into
the ring against. Kansas wishes in
order to save further injury to his
arm.
Kansas seemed to be out on his
feet but II was the disgrace Of the
sponge that seemed to hurt him
most for in his rough career of
many victories only Benny Leonard
had ever before even sent him TO
the floor and Leonard failed TO do
that today although there seemed
little doubt that one more right
cross would have put Rocky flat on
his back for long count,
Leonard surrounded by the
hundreds who rushed to his corner
smiled necessarily after tho bout and
declared himself well satisfied with
the result.
They thought because Kansas
had stayed the limit in three other
bouts with me that l couldn't put
him out. They said when Britton
beat me that was through. !
guess / showed today that I'm still
n champion, that | still have the
punch and that can still move fast.
Has Pcnty Left.
'If there are any fighters who
doubt l want them to know that
still have plenty Of what 1 gave Kan
sas today
There was no doubt in the minds
of the more than twenty thousand
spectators that Leonard today not
only was Rocky Kansas master. but
that he was just as fast, just as
rugged and just as powerful in those
terrific rights as the day he won the
title from Freddie Welsh years ago.
The champion just tOyed with his
husky young opponent who can he
given credit only for standing like
a man before the champions on
sldught and for struggling gamely TO
do what today was impossible
trade blows with Leonard. Kansas
did not take a single round. He did
not land a solid blow. lie failed 10
do more than ruffle the champions
hair-but he never quit trying to
get in one OF those mule strength
blows which have sent such boxers
as Richie Mitchell down for the
ocuut in one round.
The only time Rocky even got an
oven break was In the first session.
That was an even exchange OF
dancing and sparring with no heavy
blows.
Leonard Whipped IN.
From then on Leonard increased
his speed and superiority round by
round, whipping in uppercuts in,
semiclinches which left Kansas look
ing from side to side as II wonder
Ing where they came from.
As the rounds passed Leonard
began shooting over his famous right
cross, minglinE it with left hooks
which kept the challenger mvstified
The number Of Lconard's effective
blows increased with every round
and in the seventh he was
tiguratlvely throwing gloves at the
Buffalo lad
Kansas repeatedly swung hard
trying especially for the stomach but
Leonard always danced away, in
varlably returning with arrow-like
blows to Rocky's jaw.
Kansas tept sinking his head in
the early rounds over his misses
once or twice he smiled but Leonard
always quickly wiped off the smile
with a quick jab.
Saved Knockout.
Then came the eighth: Kansas
mouth WAS bleeding as he came
from his corner and Leonard shot in
blows so fast that the blood soon
y, came IN a stream. Kansas backed,
~ wobbled, swayed and reeled under
{ the blows, his hands at his side his
mind evidently a blank. As Leonard
carefully measured him for what
probably would have been the
knockout blow, the sponge went in,
and updar {ts sprinl1a of yyHtAr Law