Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-28
STORY. OF FIGHT
TOLD BY ROUNDS
Summary Shows Close Battle
Waged Between Leonard
and Tender
IT WAS A ROUGH FIGHT

clear his vision. Tender rushed, and,
after missing fell under the lower rope.
Leonard waited for him to get up. Hot
exchanges to head. both letting both
hands go rapidly. A left hook to Leon
ards right eye cut deep cash over
the champions eyebrow, and blood
streamed down his check. They were
mixing at the bell.
Second Round-Leonard' seconds
had patched up his eye. He smiled and
appeared unconcerned. Leonard made
Tender miss two lefts. Tender forced
him to a corner and landed left on the
eye. Leonard bounced right off
Tenders chin. Tender was wild with
left swings. Leonard landed right and
duckcd return. Tender had the
better OF infghting. Leonard changed
to the body and landed hard on
Tenders ribs. They fought desper-
ately In a neutral corner, both landing.
Tender landed left on ribs and Leon
ard countered heavily as the bell rang.
Third Roundabout missed left leads
fell into clinch, and then both landed
to the head. Tender forced the cham
pion into corner and Leonard COM
plnined when Tender landed a body
blow. A left to the mouth broke Leon
ards false front tooth from its moorings
and he threw it away from the ring.
Tender forced and kept after the cham
pion's middle. Leonard did great work
at close quarters. ripping both hands to
the body. Tender hooked savagely with
his right. lie made the champion break
ground continually.
Brings More Blood
A right opened Leonard's eye again
and blood flowed down his cheek.
Tender landed right to the cheek.
Leonard complained when Tender
roughcd in the clinches, and Tender
laughed and invited him to the center
of the ring. Leonard jabbcd repeatedly
and drove Tender off plumb. Tender
was rushing wildly, missing lot as the
champion cleverly ducked and blocked.
They worked hard on Leonard's right
eye during the rest between rounds to
stop the flow of blood.
Fourth Round-They fiddled for an
opening. Tender landed to the body,
Leonard countered with a right. They
exchanged lefts and rights. then crowd
ed to the ropes. Leonard landed left
to the face. Tender rushed Leonard,
stepped inside and hit him on the chin
with his right. Tender backed Benny
against the ropes, landing hard on
Leonard's jaw. Leonard reached the
jaw, but the blow was high. Tender
hit Leonard on the jaw. Leonard
slipped to the floor and Tender backed
away and was applauded. In a bruis-
ing rally close in Tender landed on
Leonard's body and face. Leonard
nj <n -,
Tender crowded Leonard TO n corner.
Tender was rushing Leonard at the
bell.
Fifth Round-Lconard put two rights
to the body and they clinched. Leonard
hit right to jaw on the break. Tend
Ter sent two straight rights to Leon.
ards body. Leonard jabbed to the face
with the left. When they clinched
Benny fought with one arm free. They
clinched repeatedly. Leonard landed
two right uppercuts to the body. Tend
Ter forced and they fell into another
clinch. Tender landed two lefts to
the body and drove Leonard to the
ropes. Leonard shot right to the
heart. Leonard raped Tender twice
to the jaw. Tender hooked two rights
to the jaw. Tender landed light left
to body. Both were tired from the pace
and were missing. Came another
clinch. Tender landed a right to body.
Tender raped hard to head with a
right. Leonard landed two rights to
the bod y, They were fighting on the
ropes at the bell.
Sixth ROund--Tendler led with left
that missed. They traded body blows
staggering him. but Lew kept coming
in and steadily playing for the BODY.
Leonard made him miss. then hit him
on the jaw. Again Leonard scored on
tho Jaw and they clinched. Tender
appeared wild for the first time.
Tender Rallies
Tender backed Leonard into a cor.
ner and lc nded blows to body and beod
Tender missed hard swing to Tho
head and Leonard uppercut him twice,
then landed swing to jaw. Tender
landed hard left to the head. Tender
was boring in to fight at close range.
They exchanged heavy lcfts. Leonard
landed on the chin. but Tender came
back for more. Tenders nose and
mouth were bleeding badly as the round
closed.
Seventh Round-Tendler forced and
hooked right and left to the head. Then
n clinch. Leonard sent Tender back !
with right and left to jaw. Blood ran
down Tenders chin. Tender landed .
a right and two lcfts to the head and |
they clinched again. Tender landed !
The champion landed to the jaw and |
wobbled Tender. Rights and lefts to
the body drove the champion to the !
ropes. Leonard again complained
Tender was hitting low, Tender went ,
into clinch, swinging his right for the /
head Leonard jabbed twice to the
head and blocked right. Leonard shook |
Tender with rights and lefts to body.
leonard missed left to head, He drove
right to the body. Tender rushed and
leonard drove left to the heart.
Tender landed two right swings to the (
head. In II clinch he landed two rights |
10 the body, Leonard landed right to
The head and sent the challenger
enter Of the ring and Leonard missed a
'iglt to the head As the bell rang.
Eighth ROund-Tender jabbed right
20 the face and they fell into clinch,
leonard uppercut right to the jaw ut /
lose quarters. Leonard missed right
o body. Leonard drove right to
rendler's body and sent Lew to the
'opes. Tender hooked a right to the
aw and shook up Leonard with q ter
itic punch to the chin. The champion
Iung on after the punch and Benny
irtually had one knee to the floor.
Fender tried to take advantage of this
pcning, but the champion danced
round. Benny hung on for dear life.
leonard smiled and it was seen thar
icnny had lost n tooth, Tender closed
II on lh" champion and battered him
bout the face at the bell. Leonard
ias tired when he walked to his corner,
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