Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-07

Lew Tender. who will meet Benny
Leonard next month for the light
weight championship OF the world, last
night knocked out Bobby Barrett of
Clifton Heights Pa, and local favor
ite I'm the sixth round OF n scheduled
eight-round bout. which took place nj
the Phlllies' han Park. In Philadelphia
before tho largest crowd that ever
Witnessed n fstIc exhibition In the
Quaker city.
More than 25, 600 people packed the
stands. bleachers and occupied The
thousands OF temporary seats which
had been placed I'm tho field surround
ing the squared arena Early yester-
day afternoon the fans started and mp
to the time the final bout went on.
! shortly after 10 O'Clock, the list of ar
! rivals grew larger.
! II would take rcams and rcams TO
! tell what happened In that famous
sixth, not even considering the fight
| prior To that time. The several hun
drod fans from this city who witness
| cd the fight were no doubt well paid
! for their trouble. The bout was every
| thing that could be desired.
Il It was n battle between experience
and youth. Youth DOTTED It's hat TO ex-
perience. II was n test Of boxing
skill plus n punch against one punch
wild. but terrific rlght-hand blow
Skill plus the punch won. Rib-crush-
ing punches pcrChed victory on the
Tender banner. From the first gonf
to the finishing punch, Tender batter
ed away ut the Barett body with hli
lleft.
1 II was a terrific left, TO tho solai
! plexus. which many fans claimed wa
| low. that dropped the redhead, freCklet
| Barrett. IN the sixth. As Barrett wen
| down, referee Herman Taylor swuni
| into action Immediately beginning u
| Icount ns soon "a the boxer hit IN
/ floor II was n knockout and one O
/ tho neatest. ever scored. when tn
! blow landed. Barrett fell 10 the hoo
| ~ n struck with an axe. DizZly Bat
! lrett tried To- raise his head. lie mo
! toned with his hand that he had bee
n struck low. All the while the refere
| was counting.
HI BY this time tho frenzied follower
II iof Barrett were wildly Clauuring I
II get into tho ring There was shout
III
came the Wild ecene. A dozen or 8
II persons jumped into tho ring nm
started to mix things w in a free-foi
nil. Policemen, who were dotted =
II over the park. swarmed into tho rim
and within n very short time, tho dis
II turhers were removed from tho rim
and order was restored. Tho rrfer'
n completed counting nine when IN
H gong sounded At the gong for u
lopening OF tho seventh. Barrett W.
n atlll on tho floor. with aeCouds worI
ing over him. and Taylor declare
h Tender tho winner by knockout.
- The seCond round was n great ToUr
n for Barrett and tho followers Of n
U Clifton Heights battler had a gre;
time during this canto. In this fran
Tender stood toe TO toe and attemp
4, ed To swap punches instead of boIir
v the awkward Barrett. In this free-fo
| all Bsrret Jared far better than whe
Lew boxed him and stepped arour
the ring. Barrett showed the mar
thousands that he packs n tsrrib
,y wallop in that right wing. Ito fired
q lot OF blanks in his fracas last mig
and this. no doubt. sapped his energ
Barrett, while the ones he pulled. wh'
he saw they were being wasted. llk
'e- wise told on him.
1i- Barrett Gave His Best.
ny Barrett went down fighting.
n gave his best and against any one b
gh a super boxer. II would have be-
enough, for throughout the encount
he was a deadly sharpshooter. but
VI stood up and took many Of Barret
tie mghtiest right-handed clouts squar
ley ly on the jaw. There were times III
ay Tender rocked under these punch
'ek and after that second stanZa Tend
The realized that he had fight on
ELI hands Many of the dopesters w
ost figured that Barrett would go out
rds the second, third and fourth roun,
the were Off on their dope. More tn
see once there was a wild outcry from I
de- spectators as Barrett's right swish
es across to Tenders jaw and Lew W
ic- seen TO rock from the punches in {
m early rounds
'ns The semi-windup was between T
for Droney, OF Lancaster, 14l pounds, a
Of Earl France, of California, 1871
OIL France proved bit too fast for {
rge Lancaster boxer and was entitled
lay the verdict at the end OF the eig
ead rounds Ii was a remarkably Gle
en- contest, the referee never putting
the hands on the boxers once during I
bout.
wv In the first preliminary 10 the Ter
igh ler- Barrett fight, George CLANCY.
ay- Baltimore, upheld his reputation as