The Washington times., 1922-07-28
LEONARD WINS
FROM TENDLER,
SAYS RUNYON
Sons Of Abraham Demonstrate
Plenty Of Trouble When They
Get Together in Ring.
BY DAMON RUNYON.
t0opyrisht. 1892. by Cosmopolitan News
Seryice.)

t0opyright, 1892. by Cosmopolitan News
Service.)
BoYLE'S THIRTY ACRES, JER.
sEY CITY, N. J.,<July 2S.-When
Greek meets Greek tradition has It
that there is a tug of war.
Benny Leonard. the lightweight
champion of the world, and Lew
Tender, of Philadelphia. demon
strated last night that there can
also be plenty of trouble when two
fighting sons of Abraham get to-
Eether.
Leonard, in the opinion Of the
writer, won from Tender In their
tweIve-round battle on Boyle's
Thirty Acres, but In the earlier
rounds the champion was far out.
fought by the tall and pallid look.
ing Philadelphian, and had TO bring
forward all his boxing skill and
knowledge In the latter part OF the
fight to catch up.
Once In the eighth round, Tender
hit Leonard a solid lefthand smash
to the chin, and the knees OF the
champion bent in a manner that
brought half the crowd of $4,000
men and women UP yelling.
II looked for a fleeting moment as
II Leonard was in serious trouble.
Then as fast and vague as shadow
Leonard drifted into a tight clinch
and held on until the threat had
passed.
Leonard came on rapidly during
the last four rounds, outboxing
Tender, and outgeneraling him.
Even so, there will always be dis
pute as to the newspaper decisions,
no decision by referee being permit
ted in New Jersey. =.
Some will always say Tender heid
the lead at least as good as even.
On such arguments are return bouts
based.
Leonard. the ring immaculate.
was bleeding at the finish from
cut over his eye. He spit out an
artificial tooth In the fffth, un-
locked from It's moorings by loose
smash from Tenders right. Tend
Ter was also bleeding at the mouth.
Both were quite weary.
Tender is "side wheeler" as
has often been explained In the post
discussion of the fight, standing with
his right hand and foot extended,
and he Is supposed to be a fearful
body puncher with his left.
He fought his battle with his
right hand, singing It at Leonard
with a curious looping motion. He
Nrl ht0 hO6V.
probably deferred in a measure by
the talk that he frequently fouls.
when he did let 1t go, he hit Leonard
a bit low. 1t was not intentional. 1t
was because Tender does not know
where the punch Is going when 1t
starts.
There was a constant complaint
from Leonard's seconds and from
Leonard himself. Once Charley
Leonard, who hoped into the ring
when Leonard fought Britton, be-
came so excited over a low punch
that he almost crawled through the
ropes. He was pulled away by
Leonard's manager. Billy Gibson.
The much advertised "grudge-
between Leonard and Tender.
which helped produce the biggest
crowd, and the biggest gate"
over $400.0 that ever saw .
lightweight battle, developed dur
ing the fight I'm the acrimonious re-
marks between the mon.
Leonard, thin-lipped, dark browed
and sneering, often made remarks
70 his pallid opponent. and Tender,
as serious looking as doctor In
consultation on an important case
would mutter a reply.
They slashed away at each other
IN desperate fashion in the early
rounds. Tender was the aggres-
sor. Leonard seeming content for
q time to box on the defensive.
Tender finally banged him around,
however, until the lightweight
champion awoke to q realization
that he had q serious affair on his
hands.
He fought in mastery fashion
the last four rounds. seeming to
have Tender we'll judged, and In a
longer fight, II seems reasonable 10
assume that Leonard, would stop
the Philadelphian.