New-York tribune., 1922-02-11
round by Round Story of Big
little ring Battle in Garden

N"o"o One-Ihcy met ir tho ccntcr
Q, the ring and fddled about withon. -.
p'ow beng struck. Leonard backed nm
i"1o neutral corner to avoid wild
' 'e., SWING by Kansas. Leonard shove 4
'.s.c agEfesslvencss and seemed CON
,ead;n eniTu 70 ,eo Kansas do most of the
,,eaoin9' we stuck over several lcfts.
W. 'hey didn't Jar the Italian. They
mlSed 1t IN the middle Of the r,ro an 4
Kansas landed hard to the faro ond
lo''o"eo with left to the BODY. which
drove Leonard 10 the ropes Thcv
spared and came to clinch and No 4
Iusl oeen separated when the bell rany
leonard was splitting blood when he
went to his corner. 'e
Nound T~o-Lconard took a sniff NJ
smeiiing salts just before coninc on+
ao' 'he second round. They spared for
"n opening and Leonard missed a left
,t. ,oS INC race Kansas swung with his
.e1'' and ds he came into q cIinch drove
three rights to Lconard's r;bs ~ ~
mussed Bcnny's hair with lefts md
righ's TO the jaw. He was CARRYING the
.ene 10 the champion and was landing
inc better blows at this stage Of the
contest He drove hard RIGHT 70
Leonard's ribs as they came to cl;nrT
ana ana AS they came out of it he BROUGHT
us ieft to Leonards face forcibIv.
.enny TOOK a right to the heart and
'ooK lett to the side of the head
M'shout returning blow Of any con-
sequence. AS Leonard went to his cor-
ner he brushed back his hair and the
marks OF Rocky's fists could be seem
III req b'otches on his forehead. Tho
smelling salts bottle was again Lro,oh+
lnto play IN Lconard's corner dnrinc
the minutes rest. A'''A
Round Three They spared and
Leonard did most OF the back;nc nm
Kansas missed left by inches. II was
so hard that it swung the Italian
around. They spared actively in the
middle OF the ring and Kansas drove
behny back to the ropes to avoid an
other hard left. The champion iabbed
win his left repeatedly and opened an
ola cut on Rocky's dented nose. In
Sihch benny took several fast BODY
p'o"s. Kansas was carrying the fight
to the champion when the round
ended The honors in the first rounds
were easily taken by the Buffalo boy.
Round Four-Gibson looked worried
as ne sent Leonard out. Kansas
missed another hard left and they
spared Tor an opening. Leonard stuck
over ms left and missed right lab
that "ld over kansas's shoulder. Kan
sas drove lefts aud rights 10 the bodv
d'lH N closeup lnHghting brought lp
percuts to l,eonards jaw that straicht-
eHed the champion out. While Leon
ara stabbed with his left Kansas was
swinging hard rights and lefts 10 the
jaw. One of these blows caught Leon
ara on tue nose and brought thc blood
,richling. When the crowd yelled q.
'ho sigh. Of tie blood he smiled con-
naently Kansas missed rig''. end left
Benny duched. Leona7G smashed
hansas On the Jaw with his right and
they olinched. Leonacd's first show Of
power was exhibited in this round, but
he was shifting blood as he went to his
corner aud took another deep drag at
the salt smoiler
Round Fivc-Thev spared IN tie
center Of tho ring. and both landed let's
as Trey came to & c;inch Leonard
brought lcf.s ard rights to Rockys ribs
and shook him up with an uppercut to
the la~. Kansas missed right. but
stuck left into Bcnny's {aco and
brough- the blood again In closeup
lighting Leonard put shori arm swings
to Rocky's Jaw and duckod q wild left
sN lng as they parted. The speed of the
r2ht had slowed down considerably bv
the end OF this round. There vas a cut
over Lconard's LEFT eye as the bell rang.
1t was an old one shat had bcen re-
opened The round was tho iirst in
which Leonard could have been said to
have he'd the horors
Hnurd Si~-The Buffalo fighter tore
INTO Leonard as they clashed in the
center OF tne ring and drove him into
a nertrai corner. They separated in
'ne center OF the ring and again Kan
Sos drove hlm 20 the ropes Leonard
kept jsohing lcfts into Rocky's face.
out they appeared to bother the
Italian very Nt.le. Kansas drove
vicious let sv,nG TO the Jaw, but
missed and leonard retailatcd with
pock'nG let's to nc Italians faoc. A.
;hcy went into c'iocn. [corarG
brought the left TO Eocsys heart, but
retired % the ropes in t7e facc o.
another Kansas assault. The round
n'as even.
Round scvcn-rhc. addled in the
eentct Of tnc ring and both delivered
Leonard brought a heavy left to the
stomach, but took left to tho jaw in
return. He missed a right uppcrcut,
oLt shot his cft into the Italian's face
F-pc&tecly. Kansas under TINS punish
lOert launched an attack that sent
Leonard UP against the ropes, from
whlch the champion came beck strong
nc lapncd Kansas with his left and
brought his right to the ltaliau's Jaw
heavily. Leonard's nose was bleeding /
badly. Kansas shook Benny up with
a hard left to the face and the cham
plon rotaliated with series Of left
Jaos. Kansas was tearing into Leonard
at the bell. and they mixed it for sew
crai seconds after the gong had
sounded.
Round ight-Lconard drove icfts
and rights to the body. then 2hifted his
attack to the face, as they came to tx
center Of the ring. Body blows caused
Kansas to back UP. They were the first
punches OF real power that the cham
rion had delivered They fiddlcd in
thc center OF the ring and both missed
let's to the face. AS they came out os
a clinch Kansas shot heavy right to
Leonaro's jaw that shook him up. 1t
was heavy enough blow to floor most
lighters, hut Benny shook his head and
came back. He kept jabb;ng his left
into Kocky's face and ducked right
swing that probably would have
knocked him out of the ring had it
landed. Leonard chc1pcd Kansas with
a right to the jaw that sent the italian
back on his heels. Leonard was given
the smelling salts again as soon as he
cached his corner. although he didn't
seem to need them.
Round Nine ReDnv missed loft "a