New Britain herald., 1922-07-28
Lightweight Champi 0 n Meets a Formidable Op- ponent in Philadelphia Southpaw - Title Holder Gets More Than Usual Amount of Punishment Receipts Are Estimated at S45O,OO0.

New York, July 2s.-(By Associat- cd Press)-Benny Leonard still holds the worlds lightweight boxing cham pionship but he realizes that Lew Tender, Philadelphia left handler is neither a 'second rater" nor dub '
 Champion since 1917 when he bowled over English Freddie Welsh, Leonard walked out of the great pine bowl on Boyle's Thirty Acres last night with the crown perched far back on his head. Tender put it there. Had the challenger the stam- ina to hold the lead he gained in the early rounds he would have knocked it off. Leonard won by the palest of shades.
 The bout went the full 12 rounds and under the law of New Jersey there was no official decision The verdict is that of q majority of news papers at the ringside.
 Leonard Is Mussed Up
 Silent throughout the arduous days of training to the belittling state ments that Leonard made about him, Tender gave his answer last night. It came hard and straight from his left shoulder. Leonard had predicted that he would finish Tender within seven rounds. In that period Leonard brushed aside blood that trickled from his brow turned his head to one side, spat out a tooth and grunted dissatisfaction.
 The champion of yesterday is the champion of today because he had the reserve strength to take the lead when Tender faltered after besting him all over tn ring for four rounds Not until then could Leonard dangle the fstic magic that has earned him the sobriquet next to the greatest"
 Benny Dazed Somewhat
 Leonard was visibly dazed until this 1uncture, dazed and amazed, He said afterwards that he was stunned by a, butt" in the first round from the challenger. Tender said 1t was from a cuff from his left hand After the fourth, Benny swept the cobwebs from his head with both hands.
 The rally of the title holder in the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds nettled and rattled the Philadelphian but in the eighth Lefty Lew came back for a spell. Leonard brought him back with two right belts to the jaw. Tender blinked. They clinched. Tender then shot left, another and then another, all to the champions jaw. Leonard's knees sagged and he clutched Tenders shoulders, resting there
 Tender Annoyed Some
 There was almost as much conver- sation-bitter colloquy-as there was fighting in the ninth, they were even on both scores.
 Tender was annoyed in the tenth by ths champions pestering two hands. So Leonard let up. then feinted. Tendler was fooled, He stepped back, away turning from his ,, antagonist. Leonard sprang like a hair trigger. Straight rights and lefts to the head and body sent Tender hurting to the ropes. Tender fought back but the gong stopped that.
 Punches Lacked Power
 They both missed often in the last two rounds but Leonards sharp | shooting right was the more accurate He shifted it from the jaw to the ! body and back.
 Both tried for finishing blows and though short uppercuts from each hit their marks, they lacked power. They | danced quite bit and were sparring when the chapter closed.
 Tender, always a body crusher, em- ployed style unexpected of him. | Perhaps 1t was strategy, Any way his attack was diversified, especially | after he had been warned repeatedly | for striking dangerously near the foul | line Yet Leonard's defense had much | to do with this; Tender found that | he could not pump both hands indis- criminately into the champions torso. |
 Benneh's Legs Fail Him.
 Leonard's big failure was in his | legs. Not until near the finish did he prance about, as in his wont striking | and darting away. He could no more do this than Tender could pound his body for the challenger was crowding him - almost stepping upon him, forcing the fight, and Leonard's rep uted right cross was only partially ef- fective.
 Not often ~is Benny Leonard hard | put Occasions have been rare when fighter, in the midst of battle has said to him;
 Come on and fight" Tender said it repeatedly Leonard says he is at the heigth of his career Tendler frankly admits that he'll grow into a better fighter.
 New York, July 2S. - After Tex Rickard announced today that the re- ceipts from the Leonard Tender fight were about s450,o00, fight fans were figuring Leonards share, which was 421a per cent of the gross, estimated that the lightweight champion would get about $1e1,250, while Tendler would receive about s90,000 on a ba- ais of 20 per cent. Richards expenses for the battle were reckoned at s15,- 900, aside from the fighters shares and his profit was declared to be