The Washington times., 1922-07-28

In the final round he was shoot
ing lefts and rights into Tenders
anatomy almost at will, and there
seemed no reasonable doubt that IL
the bout had gone three rounds
further, Leonard would have been a
very comfortable winner. indeed.
As it. was, his margin Of supe-
riority was sufficient to convince
the ma ajority Of critics and spectators
at the ripgside.
He was by no, means a debonair
winner, however. over his right eye
was the red smear of cut, the
memento OF Tenders arching left
TO the head In the first round. while
the usual even line Of his smile was
broken by q gaping hole where a
disenfranchised tooth had been
knocked loose from its home. So
much for his physical casualties.
As for his mental poise, this
was somewhat shaken by the men,
ory Of . hectic eighth round. In
which he was forced to summon
all Of his ring craft to stave off
an impending knockout. A left
hook to the Jaw In this round
caused Leonard's knees to buckle
and his eye to glaze, momentarily,
and Tender. scenting immediate
victory, swarmed over the
champion like q boarding party Of
pirates. But his Judgment Of dis
tance was faulty and his big mo-
ment passed almost before he had
time to recognize 1t.
There were no knockdowns because
one man was so clever and the
other too tough. Tender demon
strated last night that India rub
Der is a light. fluffy substance com.
pared to some human chins. He
forced the fighting from first to
last and seemed satisfied to take
two punches to land one. That was
when Leonard outscored him, even
IL he didn't actually hurt him at any
time.
And Leonard was shooting to rhe
button" like a sharpshooter, after
the fifth round. Time after time
Tender was brought up short with
terrific right uppercuts and left
hooks, but he shook them off i'm
perturbably and came on again with.
out obvious distress. Leonard was
made to look foolish with his pre-
battle claims of an early knockout,
because of what he termed the chal-
lenser's lack OF class.
The latter lacked class so evidently
that he was within two good punches
Of scoring q knockout in the eighth.
The writer's tally Of the rounds
gave Tender four rounds, the first,
second, fourth. and eighth; Leonard
five, the sixth, seventh, tenth, elev.
enth, and twelfth. and the rest even.
49,
The ease with which Tender
went to the pace In the early
rounds caused much establishment
and discomfort to those who had
sent In their money on the
champion. II really looked In the
was hooking his left to Leonard's
though Benny would not remain
for the evening.
With the fourth, however, Leon.
ard began to use a right uppercut
with telling effect, and in the sixth
the challenger was just a bit goofy
from these punches.
Until that moment, Tender had
carried the fight to his man with
a singular lack of the body punch.
ing attack he was supposed to
launch from the first bell. It was
soparett that a switch in his plans
had been made. at least for the
first few rounds. And when he did
begin to bring his punches down,
along about the fourth round. he
found Leonard to he a veritable
network OF gloves and elbows. In
brief, Tender made remarkable
stand in spite Of the collapse OF
his favorite mode OF attack.
Aside from the eighth and ninth,
the last six rounds were all Leon
ards He had fought off the spell