Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-11
Was Given Judges Decision
After Is Stanzas OF Toe
To Toe Milling; Chal-
lenger Floored In Eleventh
For Count OF Nine, But
Shows Gameness By Com
ing Back For More.

New York. i-eI.. ll.-Eenny
Leonard still stands RnpremN IN the
ranks Of the worli'c lis hlwelslt
nuFtiiS:s.
Dutpuintcd slightly in the IRIS; four
rounds OF his chanpion%h 15-round
!nut In Madison Square Garden last
night. by Rocky Kansas. tins rugged
~tsifinl0an. leonard settled down n
o&s..y won Il "ictory on points.
Eic "oorcd the Buffalo lad with, n left
hook to ,ha jaw In the l1th round.
!.an:as, Gazeu tanned over on his fee,
1T the count OF mover, md was lp a:
n:ra, but thN punch took away his
nG.ress!vcncsa
N the carly rcuna7 h, EuIn.o lad
brought blood to thn champions nose
s|;,! naouth bul t!7osa Slows served on
u Ia sicady tho title holder.
~',nDnar'l now Is angling for a bou,
with jark I*ritton for The welter-
weight championship.
After III. ,o'it Leonard said that
NJ q learned n q previous bout
witch kansas at Harrison. y. j., last
summer hat the Italian was a "tougl.
hey" and that he knew he would
have ia he cautious in order to retain
i'is championship,
ThH first four rounds of the hou,
wtn, 10 Kansas: the fifth and sixth
Ne"c even and the others were Leon
n:d's.
lid McPartland. old-timo light
"r'Sht. refereed the contest.
Prcliminaries.
In Tho prelin;naries. Phil Logan.
buffalo lightweight, defeated Eddie
Walsh. View York. receiving the
Judges decision ut the end of their
Judges decision AT the end of their
eight round bout.
John Williams. New: York feather
weight. defeated Lew Paluso OF Salt
Lake CITY, also receiving the Judges
decision nj The md OF eight rounds.
harry t"Kid') Brown. P%hiladel-
ph!a lsht"cisht. received the Judges
decision over Sam Mosesberg. New
York. nfter an eight round bout.
Lnonard and Kansas entered the
ing at 10 D. NJ. Leonard's weight at
~ o'clock his afternoon. under
conditions Of a championship contest
was 134 1-2 pounds. Kansas weighed
IN at 1856. Madison Square Garden
held n capacity crowd. $4,000 per,
SONS.
y ROUND ONE; They spared for q
rstornent n Leonard tapped thu
challenger on the nose with Il ligh'
loft. Kansas missed two left hook:
TO-" tho jaw. Leonard took a ligh,
lett on the nose. Kansas missed !;
hard left swing for the head and Their
sent a. left to the body. followed witt
another 10 the Jaw. The challenge,
wss forcing the fighting.
ROUND TWO: The champion box,
ed cautiously and took a hard left
IN the face. he shot a tight hook t.
the challenger's jaw. Kansas sent z
straight left to the ncse and Leonard
blocked w left swings for the head
They were in a clinch at the bell
Leonard hled at the mouth.
ROUND THREE: Leonard sent /:
straight left to the nose. Kansas
i:iased two right swings and a right
uprc7cut. Leonard sent his left tc
Rocky'a Jaw three times. The cham.
pion outboxed the challenger in this
round. but his punches were light.
ROUND FOUR: Kansas sent 3
hard right to Leonard's body and in {:
cEnch they exchanged right upper.
cats. lconard's ose was bleeding
Enn"as missed repeatedly in punching
for the body. Leonard sent Il hare
right To the chailenger's jaw.
ROUND FIVE: Kansas, using &
hackhanded punch with his left
caught !eonard's Jaw twice. The,
had an even exchange of rights a,
close quarters. Leonard sent straigh,
right to the jaw and left to the body
They were sparring at the bell.
ROUND SIX: Both men worked
right hook on the challenger's jaw
Kansas took three straight lefts or
the nose. and returned one.
ROUND SEVEN: They fought n
close quarters. but landed few effer-
tive blows. Leonard then sent a ser.
los of straight let's TO the chin. Leon.
ard blocked most Of the challenger: