New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-20

Billy Gibson, Leonard's manager,
and the writer made the trip from New
York to-day in an automobile and from
the time we left Newark and headed
Tor the northern part of the state the
advice of persons along the road was
that Budd Lake is about four miles
further on. When we had been driving
for not less than three hours and "four
mile" stuff was still being pulled Glib
son let go that old line to the effect
that Eve are holding our own Any
New Yorker desiring to visit Benny
Leonard during his training spree
here should start early in the morning
and fill his tanks with the best grade
of patience obtainable. It's a long,
long drill.
The villagers, the summer boarders
and the local and visiting fremen were
in mass formation about the entrance
of Benny's Colonial farmhouse this
afternoon when he came out to box
three two-round bouts with his spar
ring partners. 1t was such a dense
and generally immobile crowd that
Billy Gibson decided that there was
no use trying to send Benny through
it, SO he called in the two state troop
ers, who happened to be meandering
along the road on horseback. They
wore belts loaded to capacity with an
interesting collection of shells and had
gats dashed to either leg.
Boxers Employ Southpaw Stance
They waded through the throng and
Benny followed in their wake until he
reached the ring that has been pitched
in the shade of q flock of sheltering
naples. There he went through six
furious rounds with Mike Carrier
johnny Martin and Sammy Berne,
three scrappers who employ the south
paw stance that Benny will be called
upon to solve bhen he faces Lew
| Tender.
The sparring partners wore heavy
| leather headgear, and it probably was @
| good thing that they did 1t saved
Benny tore into his three playmates in
most unmerciful and unfriendly fash
ion. The going was SO hot at one time
that one Of the state troopers fell off
his horse while yelling for Knockout
The three two-round bouts consti,
tuted the lightweight champions work
/ for the day. He went through brief
series of calisthenics and a fast SEES
sion Of shadow boxing and then hustled
back to his Colonial farmhouse to jump
into the tub. After the bath he broke
an old rule and weighed himself ii
the presence of newspaper men. Benny
tipped the beam tonight at exactly
1851 pounds, which is just half E
pound over the weight that he must
make in order to comply with the arti
cles in his engagement with Tender.
Cuts Out Road Work
In talk with the writer this after
noon Benny explained why he had cut
/ \,
"I'm a little lighter than expected
to be at this time" he said. "I've
taken off weight here more rapidly
than l had figured on. will be vel
under the. limit of 1875 pounds by mex
Thursday. The indications are that
will not weight more than 134 pound;
at 2 o. M on the day of the battle
which is the hour that Tender and
are to weigh in This is grand place
to train and the swimming is fine"
Benny's Colonial farmhouse is an an
mex to a typical summer hotel of the
state of New Jersey. We failed to fine
anybody in New York who had ever
heard of Budd Lake, and even Billy
Gibson couldn't tell US why Benny had
selected it as training camp. A query
to Benny to-day. His answer was
Characteristic.
81 had never heard of the place my
self, but my mother had, and she adj
vised me to come here. That's all the
advice I needed"
Mrs Leonard is here, and SO is
Benny's sixteen-year-old sister sgd
who spent most of this afternoon wal
lowing in the waters of Budd Lake.
Another popular memebr of the
Leonard family who is assisting ma
! terially in getting the champion into
shape is Joey, the kid brother, who
fought his first professional bout at
the Velodrome few weeks ago.
After watching Benny go through
his three two-round battles with spar
ring partners here this afternoon we
should say that he was never in bette,
| physical condition. He is as fast as 8
ash and his blows are landing with
terrific force. He was obviously pull
ing his punches to-day, but despite this
and the fact that his co-workers wore
leather protectors about their heads
he frequently had them dizzy with