The Washington times., 1922-06-27

Inc inference Is Delng maue DS
fans that Leonard and Britton
,nrompted by reasons of their own
re-enacted the Gans-Britt fiasco.
This writer makes no such in
sinuation. Having no occult gift
he doesn't know what was in Leon
ards mind as he pushed past
Referee Patsy Haley as the latter
was starting his count and cuffed
Britton on the side Of the head
with a left hook.
O.. For the same reason, the writer
cannot account for the actions OF
one of Leonards handlers. who
Jumped into the ring almost i'm
. mediately. thus making disqualifica'
! ton certain.
:: Much of that business was be-
yond all normal understanding.
-, For instance, ii Leonard was
:. determined to lose. 1t wasn't
necessary to gain his point by
- foHling. He was badly wOrsted
fighter at that stage Of. the pro-
Ceedings, anyhow.
II Leonard was determined TO
win: he must have known that ne
, couIldn't do it by socking a gentle
man who was in no legal position
to be socked. Leonard Is far TOO
wise in ring lore to commit a taux
pas of that kind, although many OF
his friends claimed that, in reaHty'
Benny lost his head. II so. 1t was
the first time the lightweight cham
piofr had ever exhibited symptoms
of ring hysteria.
Another and final point made by
Honne of the post-mortem ueDdlcts
WAS that Leonard, knowing that ne
was beaten, preferred to lose on
fold than have an official declslon
10 against him. That theory Is
not altogether impossible.
- = However. those who decrY the
proceedings as q raw piece or puSl-
ness are in the majority. In max
tnx their claim, they point 10 the
fac+ that Leonard was just start
MESo show something after being
1SrfS4he losing end all Mont; that
&c-Shad taken the twelfth round
IbSSA wide margin and that the LETT
:hunk to the body, on which Brit
sISAs claim of foul was disallowed
:by-~.Haley, had really hurt JACK
%badiy. That. in brief. with Brit
? tonslon the floor and Haley count
inSSsLeonard was all set TO wln'
btst selected the one method by
which he was certain of losing.
In view of these insinuations. 1t
might not be a bad idea for the
boxing commission to put on an in
vestigation and either clear or con
vict the principals.
Rumors Of this kind should not,
forS9he good OF the game, be al
loHed to roam at large.
ROUND ONE-The battle began
at 9:35. Leonard was the first to
lead, popping Jack on the chin
with a left They did a lot Of lid.
. ding and missing and ran int"
. clinches. Not one solid blow was
, landed until BrittOn finally Cuffed
! Benny on the back Of the ear laie
: In the round.
= ROUND TWO-Britton hit Benny
with long. loose, LEFT hook. popping
II at the lightweight kid like whip
. lapfrN and raising a slight welt over
! Lepnard's right eye. Britton chuck
! ed~his left twice to Benny's face
: without a return. Then Leonard hit
, Britton with a left to the Jaw and
JACK crossed MN "ltn TlSHl. AZ
Britton missed a left, Leonard stag
gered him with right-hand chop TO
the jaw as the bell changed.
ROUND THREE--Leonard. dane
ing and moving like A shadow,
popped Britton three times in the
face without a return, Britton trying
. to reply with his right, but missing
Finally Jack got his right hand nom g
to what the fraternity describes as
the lug" otherwise the heart, and
II seemed to slow Benny up. Jack
cuffed Benny around some in the
last minute of the round with rights
and lefts to the head
ROUND FOI R leonard swung
with deadly in''u' a. the fourth
opened, nicking Britton on the chin
with a right. Britton drove q hard
right to Leonard's stomach, then hit
Benny a left and right on the break.
away, Benny making audible com.
ment to Patsy Haley. Old Jack pum-
meled Benny about the body, and
knocked his head back with lefts all
through the round.
ROUND FIVE Benny hurled
Britton from him as they came out