The Washington times., 1922-07-30
TENDLER AND r rs: y I.
LEONARD TO VI. ..s., "
,'sa MEET AGAIN
Streak Of Ore Tapped Last
Thursday Night Tsmpts
Fighters to Prospect.
BY DAMON RUNYoN..

A1EW 1Ohh, July ZS.-EAuo, oI
~ course, Benny Leonard and
= Lew Tender will meet!in a
return match. !ggki
That is quite the surest thing
you know. 70 70. " Scnf
When a prospector hits a fat
pay streak, ne is not content with
taking out little ore and let
ting some remain there. ~
He keeps on digging until he
has exhausted the streak.
G.vTexas .Rickard Is something OF
pugilistic prospector. Tex's In.
stirict for locating pay dirt In the
fistic land is remarkable. Having
shoveled out one large batch of profit
from Boyle's Thirty Acres through
the endeavors of Leonard and Ten
dler. and realizing that he has merely
scratched the surface of their poten.
tialities. Tex Is eager to 90 right on
to the end Of the streak. ~
We wouldn't be surprised to find
Tex swinging the pick Of promotion
on another. Leonard7 Tender bout be-
fore the snow flies and covers up the
open ground. where they would natur.
ally prove the more profitable.
~. Won by Mere Breath. 1,y-,
Leonard won the majority Of the
votes Of the newspaper writer's. who
Judged the battle of Boyle's Thirty
Acres In a purely unofficial capacity.
But they an agreed that he won by
q mere breath, which certainly Justi.
fiee the opinion OF quite q number OF
very capable writer's, who called It a
draw. ~ - +9 g.ss
Harry Ertle, the referee. and a
fine. high-class chap. writing for a
newspaper after the fight, expressed
the opinion that Leonard won.
Under the boxing lays Of New Jer.
sey, a referee Is not permitted to rem
der decision. and Ertie's expression
ing question as to whether II Is a
violation OF the law; ,s.,sss, :, =
EIt is supposed to- be an unofficial
opinion but here again comes a, ques-
tion as to whether an official referee
can render such a thing as an 'unof-
ficiaR', opinion and remain within
legal bounds. Technically, II would
seem that Ertle's opinion. however Or
wherever rendered. must be accepted
rs official. and. therefore, Leonard
officially won.
Think Law Is Silly. y 20
without discussing the ethics OF
Ertle's action II would appear to
deftly set at naught the purpose OF
the New Jersey law to prevent
referees decisions In boxing bouts.
Personally. we think this node,
cision iaw ID silly. II boxing IL to be
PRINTED at all decisions may as
well be permitted. 1t Is better to
have one final official decision from
q man Of Ertle's experience. and
ability who is in a position to decide
than a dozen so-called unofficial
decisions from persons who do not
profess to be referees or who do not
care to be referees.
Ertle made one rather astonishing
statement, which we are inclined to
think was a slip Of his nimble pencil.
He said ''it was Leonard all the way
after the first round"
= In the eighth. Tender had the
lightweight championship in his
grasp wf1en he hit Leonard on the
chin and knocked him crook-legged.
The pictures show that Leonard
went TO the floor. It was only for
an instant, but Immediately there
after the champion fell into a tight
clinch and backed Tender all over
the ring. .ra ,-..t
~. Owes Him An Apology.
~ You could not say 1t was all
Leonard from the first unless you
threw out the eighth. and even then
1a hat
and the twelfth when Benny was 60
ing none too well. -...I Il
Leonard owes Tender an apology
for his public rating Of the Phila-
delphian before the battle. Leonard
said some very uncomplimentary
things about Lewis ability. In fact.
II Benny still thinks Lew is no bet.
ter than he }wasIrated by Leonard
before the fight, then we must also
accenpt Leonard as Joe Magee on,
the basis OF his own rating. -
81 Tender certainly came closer to
knocking out Leonard than Leonard
came to knocking out Tender. The
Quakertown sidewheeler outfought
Benny through the earlier rounds,
and we do not believe the champion
would have permitted Tender to get
30 far ahead had he been able to
prevent It, .,..,.
a.s.b. Why They Are Made.
. 't'"Sfde 5wheelers were only made for
one thing, and that's to make nat
uraI style fighters look bad" says
Charlie White, the Chicago light
weight. .gsTg 80 a .
u Even Leonard had to admit that
Tenders stance puzzled him. We
are Inclined to think that Leonard
will beat Tender In a more decisive
manner IL ever they meet again.
Tender Is not as good A. fighter
as Leonard in any sense. Leonard
can out box him and out think him.
But Tender Is a strong. TruFeed,
stout-hearted young man. lacking
only In that subtitle thing called class
60 make him a champion. sgt.r :
Tender demonstrated Thursday
night that there will always be
ground for a claim OF foul when
ever he fights IL he uses his left
hand. ~. :" .s .,..... ...r
He has no sense Of direction
when he shoots for the oody. He
hit Leonard low number Of times,
always, as we believe, tInintention-
allv.
We quote fragment from the
round-by-round story OF sCharies
Mathison, one OF the keencst end
most experienced observers among