The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-05
FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
nound One

Round One
 After boxing cautiously. Leonard led with q light left. Kansas came in with lefts and clinched. Leonard missed a right uppercut. Kansas landed two lefts to the Jaw Leon ard danced away. Kansas landed two light lefts to the head and missed a right. Leonard sent left to stom- ach and Kansas sent back a similar blow. Leonard blocked light left to head and Kansas hooked left to stomach. Leonard missed right swing 10 head at bell.
 Round Two
 They missed lefts to head and In the exchange Leonard had the better of it. Leonard backed Kansas into the ropes and sent right to the chin. They fought at close quarters and Leonard hooked solidly to body. Leonard made Kansas miss three left jabs. but Kansas then backed Bonnie to ropes and sent a loft to the stomach He repeated and Leon ard danced away. Leonard missed left hook but planted two blows to body.
 Round Three
 Kansas missed a left and fell down and Bennis nailed him with a right to the chin, making him back away. Leonard landed light left to the head and Kansas missed a left to stomach and straigtened up Leonard with left to chin. Both missed lefts. Leonard drove Kansas into the ropes. landing two lefts and right.
 Round Four
 Kansas was short with left to tho stomach and Leonard 1abbed twice to nose Kansas again missed a left to stomach. They traded iefts to the head and Leonard danced away from a left. Leonard hooked solidly to stomach and the champion landed a right high to the head and upper cutted Kansas. He came in and Leonard landed another upper cut. forcing Kansas to ropes. He slowed up the challenger with an- other smash to the stomach.
 Round Five
 Leonard landed light left to head and Kansas missed with left to head. Leonard faked Kansas into leading and cracked him on the chin with left.
 Kansas backed away and Bonnie planted two rights to tho chin.
 Kansas missed left to the head. Leonard dug his right into Kansas stomach twice and Kansas missed right hook. They exchanged body blows and clinched.
 Round Six
 Leonard landed three fefts with out a return and KaKnsas missed with left to stomach. Kansas landed a blow that looked foul, but Leonard did not protest. Leonard hooked a right and left to the body and landed righ and a left to the head. Kansas was unwilling to open up and Leonard rocked him with three rights and lefts as round ended.
 Round Seven
 Leonard landed three lefts to nose without return. He hooked a left to Kansas chin. and Kansas backed away as the champion shot his left to the challenger's face Kansas was short with left and Leonard hooked lefts to stomach and head. Bennie drove him to the corner, landing a right and left to head. Kansas was bleeding at mouth from Leonard's left jab. Leonard missed a left hook.
 Round Eight
 Leonard bacekd Kansas around the ring and feinted for an opening struck his left into Rocky's mouth twice. They traded lefts to head and Leonard blocked left to stomach. Leonard hooked right to chin and Kansas missed two lefts ! Leonard hooked drive to Kansas forcing him to the ropes and had him groggy from a series of right and left hand jabs. Leonard rushed Kansas to ropes hooking viciously | with right and lefts to jaw, Kansas l, groggy and bleeding. rushed to the | opposite side of the ring. seeking refuge in the corner. Leonard hooked with left and rights to the face and 1 the beaten challenger started tS collapse when Manager Dan Rogers | tossed a sponge into the ring.