The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Benny Leonard Loses to
Jack BrittOn on a Foul

| up State. Claude Tibbets OF Albany and
Mike Campbell of Amsterdam were the
selections. Patsy Haley was the referee
TO- the main event.
Battling Nelson dropped In and de-
manded that he be announced by Joe
Smollen. who was battling for all disfin-
4 guished guests.
The introductions started with the an
nouncement OF Danny Frisch OF Cleve-
land, who Is more or less scheduled ID
battle Johnny Dundee for the feather
weight title, Johnny Kilbane having
been declared null and void in this State.
Britton came into the ring at 8 :35 and
stopped the proceedings. Leonard
entered Just a moment later. smiling
confidently.
| Britton looked bit serious as he sat
| In his corner After the lightweight
had shaken hands with Britton he went
| to his own corner. leaned over the ropes
smiling at the crov>d.
Johnny Buff was introduced. and then
came Dempsey in cream colored suit
with his straw hat in his hands. Joe
| nounced that Dempsey would defend his
title against any man living.
Joe Humphries christened the main
event the worlds handicap champion
ship bout. which was as good title a.
any. The photographers then clambered
up in the ring. Brit.cn was announced
as weighing 146A and Leonard 1874.
Britton started with light left to
Leonard's forehead. After some spar
ring Leonard landed very light left
to Britton's face. Britton landed very
gently on Leonards ear with his left
and Leonard shot a left to body Leon
and shot a glancing left along Britton's
face and went into an embrace.
Leonard suddenly shot over a hard
right over Britton's eye. 1t shook
Britton up considerably. Britton poked
rang.
Britton danced out of his corner in
the second, feeling Leonard out with
| his left The welterweight planted
| light left one to the body and two to
the head. Leonard smiled in a bored
fashion as they went into clinch.
There was q wild tumult when Britton
hooked hard left to Leonard's ear.
The listening apparatus started to
swell lightly and Benny seemed peeved.
Leonard landed a left to jaw and
grazed Britton's face three times with
| same fist. Leonard sent Britton stag
gering head foremost with right to
jaw as bell rang.
Leonard opened the third round by
jabbing left into Britton's face. He did
this five times in succession. Britton
spat continually and landed a right and
| left to body. They quickened the pace
here and Leonard shot right and left
to face as Britton played for the body.
A thin trickle Of blood came from the
champions mouth and he licked his lip.
Britton shot a right to Leonards head.
This was the best blow that Britton
| landed thus far. Britton forced Leonard
to ropes. landing rights and left to the
head The little stream Of blood from
| Leonard's mouth was flowing freely as
the bell rang.
Leonard bounced his left on Britton's
jaw In the fourth. Britton hooked
Leonard on the chin and ducked under
q left hook. Britton drove to Leonard's
middle and Benny shook his head to in
dicate he had been struck low. Leonard
complained to referee Patsy Haley.
Britton landed some lefts to the body
and they clinched. Leonard blocked
stiff right hook and after a clinch
wrestled Britton off his feet. Britton
recovered by catching the ropes and
tapped Leonard on the chin.
Leonard shot left to head In the
fifth and Britton forced him to ropes,
landing a right and left to body. Brit
ton bounced stiff right hook on
Leonard's chin. Leonard hit a hard left
to Britton's jaw. Leonard was just a
bit short with hard left hook to jaw.
Britton paved Leonard with left and
crossed with a right.
Cuts Leonard's Eye.
Leonard drove left to body and head
in the sixth. A rather prominent bruise
showed up under Leonard's right eye.
Britton landed right and left to Leon
ards head and Leonard came back with
a stiff left to Britton's right eye. Brit
ton landed a rather vehement right
swing to Leonard's chin. Britton forced
Leonard into a corner and planted n
right to his head. Britton beean to
bleed slightly from the moutl, He
forced Leonard to the ropes and landed
rights and lefts In rapid succession.
j When they came out for the seventh
ne drove Leonard's head back with a
stiff left. Leonard tapped Britton very
! lightly with the left Leonard worked
hard with right to body. Britton ducked
under a hard right hook. The veteran
gashed Leonard's face In the clinches.
They traded lefts and wrestled into a
neutral corner. Britton swung Leonard
around with a right swing to the head.
Leonard landed hard left to the body
| sending Britton back. The veteran
drearily let Leonard tap him once on the
chin.
! Leonard raped Britton's ribs with a
left as the bell rang for the eighth. Then
the veteran stabbed Leonard on the face
with q left. Leonard retaliated and
started using his left to considerable ad-
Vantage. He roughed Britton to the
ropes and planted stiff left to the body
at the end of the round.
II Leonard landed two lefts to head at
start OF ninth. These blows annoyed
Britton. who backed to the ropes and
Leonard's friends started to cheer. Leon
ard landed a left and Britton shot a
swift right to chin. Britton jabbed
Leonard three times with the left. The
veteran danced around the lightweight
shooting out the left like a piston rod.
Leonard squawked vigorously when
Haley pushed him back after he had
grabbed strangle on Britton.
Britton banged two rights to Leon
ards head at start of the tenth A right
hook from the champion sent Leorard's
head bobbing back. Britton landed a
left to body and Leonard scored vigor-
ously with two lefts to head. Leonard
banged n right to veterans heal and
clinched. Leonard hooked swift hard
right to head. Britton jabbed to face with
n left and hooked a right to the body.
They we're in q clinch at the end Of this
round. SO far the veteran more than
held his own.
The eleventh round found Leonard
feeling around for an opening. to land
something decisively. He caught Brit
ton with hard left and had him half
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