Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-08-05
LEW TENDLER FAILS TO LIFT LEOVARD'S
TITLE BUT GIVES CHAMP HARD BATTLE

Jersey City, July 27.--Benny
Leonard is still lightweight cham
pion of the world, but after the
toughest fight in his long career
Lew Tender, the philadelphia
southpaw fought him from bell to
bell in their twelve round battle at
Boyles Thirty Acres Friday night
before crowd, estimated at $4,000
men and women.
The gang was kept on its toes
constantly yelling and cheering as
the champion and his most danger
Gus challenger slugged, spared and
endeayored to talk Or slug each other
out Of the lightweight throne. The
first five rounds were practically all
Tender, but two Of these could have
been called even by a little show Of
charity towards Benny.
Tender ripped open Leonard's
right eye, smashed out a tooth
squarely in the middle Of his mouth
and banged him about the ring gen.
orally. Then Benny began to get
the range. From the sixth round
1T was all Leonard. except for n
period in the eighth, when Lew
caught Benny with fast, wicked
left to the jaw and caused his knees
to sag under him. Benny held on
Tender ffayed him in the kidneys
but could not shake Off the cham
pion or disturb the cool line Of
Leonard, though, sufficiently to do
further damage. Benny'S head
cleared in remarkably quick time and
he plunged back and by wonderful
boxing and stiff, hard punches he
shook up Tender, kept him bleeding
from the mouth almost constantly
and kept his championship crown on
straight.
WORK JAWS HARD.
You often hear Of grudge fights
Most Of the time they are likely to
be the bunk. But Leonard and
Tender worked their jaws at each
other almost as much us their fists
throughout the entire bout. On soy
eral occasions Referee Ertlc could
be heard to remark, Never mind
go ahead with tho fight"
In Tender, Benny met Il ripping
tearing challenger In Leonard
Tender met a cool general, willing
to take all that the challenger hat
to offer in order to solve his style
and then with enough reserve to teal
in and Twin by sufficient margin tt
retain his title, even though re
force and decision had been rem
dered.
Tender was firing fast during Tho
eleventh and twelfth rounds, and
Benny probably would have coppef
him in a few more rounds.
Despite the bitterness displayed
duning the fight Benny and Lew
lclasped hands in mid-rlng at the
end Of the twelfth round. Lew
patted Benny on the back as he
smiled a CORY smile. Benny pattet
Lew on the head with q grin that
thanks to Lewis hanMwork rs I,
dentist, looked like an open barr
door.
LEW IN UNLUCKY CORNER
At OFT Tender entered the ring
Gle was given great cheer. The
Philadelphia boy took the Same cor
ner that was occupied by Carpentie,
when he met Dempsey in the same
ring last July. Tendlcr's hands were
but tho gloves were still in boz
held by Referee Ertle.
Benny Leonard climbed through
the ropes ut 9:1S. He walked across
the ring and shook hands will
Tender. Tho Boxing Commission
physician then examined the two
boys in the middle Of the ring
Leonard looked considerably drawn
but was deeply tanned and smilingly
confident.
Tender stripped, off his brown
bathrobe as the doctor looked him
over and appeared to be in corkine
condition
Leonards weight was announced
as 134 pounds and Is ounces; Tend
ler's 1874 "a pounds.
Doubtless both young men coult
see through the blood film over thei,
eyes, however, the fat purse that
probably will be hung up for an
other fight in Madison Square Gar
den where decisions are possible.
LEW CARRIED FIGHT.
When this comes about, Benny
doubtless will get all the money the
law allows, for he may not fight al
other championship battle. The Gle
verness, the cool generalship Of the
champion is still with him but there
was not the old-time snap in his
punch as used against Tender. Lew
on the other hand, demonstrated that
he has world Of power in that
snake-like left
The blow that sent Bennys knees
knocking together under him in tho
eighth round, did not travel moro
than four or five inches, but II
snapped like a rubber band. Fur
thermore,. Tender is anything bu
afraid Of the champion. He carried
the fight to Benny throughout tho
first rounds, and even though Benny
had the better Of the argument II
the succeeding rounds, Tender was
irp r.