Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-05

Michigan City, Ind, July 4-(By the A. P.)-Benny Leonard, worlds cham pion hghtweiht fighter. knocked Roc ky Kansas all over the ring in the eighth round of their scheduled ten round titular contest today and the Buffalo, N. Y, challenger's seconds threw in the sponge to save their man from what apparently was going to be the first countin out of his career
 The battle will go down in the rec ord books as only a technical knock out for the champion, but it will stick in Rocky Kansas memory as the most severe beating he ever received.
 Blood running from his mouth down his naked chest and tears trickling. through the heavy growth on his cheeks, Kansas, held up by his man. ager, could only moan: He whipped me, he whipped me, and oh, how he can hit !''
 Kansas Fights With Broken Arm Following claims by Kansas friends that the ulna bone in his left arm just above the wrist had been broken in the third round of the fight, and that Kansas had fought gamely on for | five more rounds with the member practically useless, the fighter was ex- amined tonight by Dr. c. K. Briggs,
 
 l Barone, of Buffalo, a member of Kansas camp. They said the bone was broken.
 Dan Rogers, Kansas manager, as- serted he threw the sponge into the ring against Kansas wishes in order to save further injury to his arm.
 Kansas Feels Disgrace of Sponge
 Kansas seemed to be out on his 1 feet, but it was the disgrace of the 1 sponge that seemed to hurt him most, i for in his rought career of many vic tories only Leonard had everf before even sent him to the floor and Leo nard failed to do that today, although there seemed little doubt that one more right cross would have put Kan sas flat on his back for long count l Leonard, surrounded by the hundreds l who rushed to his corner, smiled inces- l sanity after the bout and declared him. self well satisfied with the result
 They thought because Kansas had stayed the limit in three other bouts with me that I couldn't put him out They said when Britton beat me thal was through. T guess showed to- day that I'm still a champion, that still have the punch and that 1 car still move fast.
 If there are any fighters who doubt | want them to know that I still have plenty of what I gave Kansas today. l Kansas Gets Even Break in First l The only time Rocky even got al even break was in the first session That was an even exchange of dane ing and sparring with no heavy blows
 From then con Leonard increased hi speed and superiority round by round whipping in uppercuts in semi clinche which left Kansas looking from sid, to side as if wondering where the. came from.
 [ AS the rounds passed Leonard be , gan shooting over his famous righ 1 dnass, mingling it with left hooks ], which kept the challenger mystified The number of Leonards effectiv | blows increased with every round an [ in the seventh he was fighrativel [ throwing gloves at the Buffalo lad.
 Kansas repeatedly swung har6 trying especially for the stomach, bu , Leonard always danced away, invari ! Z ably returning with arrow like blow ! to Rocky's jaw.
 ( Kansas kept shaking his head i 7 the early rounds over his misses. Ono 2 2 or twice he smiled, but Leonard al 2 . ways quickly wiped off the smile wit Q a quick jab.