The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-24
FIGHT BY ROUNDS

 the crowd roared. Leonard backed slowly to the ropes avoiding Ten dler's rush. They clinched in a neu- tral corner. moved out into the cen ter and clinched again. Tender sent his left into the champions ribs but did little damage. They exchanged body blows in a clinch. Tender drove Leonard into his own corner with overland lefts to the Jaw and the crowd grew excited. Leonard landed two light left jabs to the face. They were sparring away when the bell rang. Both men took it easy
 Round 2-Tendler continued to lead, flashing out right to the jaw. The champion fell into clinch. They had a light exchange and clinched again. Tender rushed into Leonards arms and took an overland right to the Jaw. Tendler rushed again but Leon- ard grabbed him with his right hand and sent a Volley of solid rights to the jaw. Tender drove the cham pion to the ropes where they had a furious exchange to the challenger's advantage. Leonard jabbed stlffly with his left and then crossed twice hard with his left to the jaw, meet ing Tenders next rush with a stiff right to the head. He then caught the challenger with left jabs and pounded him with rights. Tender walked into a trap into neutral corner, taking
 
 ard laced out. It was fast round
 Round 3-They spared in the cen ter of the ring Tender aaain taking the lead at Leonards pleasure. They had furious exchange of body blows, moving to the center of the ring and clinched. Tender led again, catching Leonard with his deadly left, pounding him with his left, which he moved into horizontal cross fire from belt to head and back again. In the next exchange, the champion fared better, landing short right uppercuts. Leonard caught Tendler with a hard right jolt to the jaw and sent him spinning to the ropes but remained cautious. Tend Ter landed a light right and a hard left to the jaw and the champion sunk right into Tenders midriff. They clinched Leonard clinched on Tenders next rush. Ben stepped back, landed two hard rights to the body and hooked two lefts to the head. That was how the round ended.
 Round 4-Tendler led with a right but was short. Leonard retaliated with his left, sending two long up percuts to the jaw. They did con siderable dancing. then Leonard jolted Tender with left hook to the jaw and repeated. Leonard land ed twice heavily to the head in a clinch and then soaked Tender In the left eye. Tender landed two hhrd lefts to the head and then was caught with his back to the cham pion who reached around and curved his right in the challenger's body Leonard sent two short rights to the body that hurt. They exchanged lightly to the body In a clinch. Tender left hooked the champions jaw and then shot right below the heart and was short with two rights. Leonard caught the challenger with two stiff rights to the jaw just be- fore the bell stopped the challengers rush. Tenders seconds showered him with water when he came to his corner.
 Round 5-Leonard met Tenders rush and they exchanged evenly, moving to a neutral corneE> where they clinched. Leonard was getting much the better of the clinches now, shooting both hands to the challeng- hands to the jaw when they sepa- arated. Leonard sunk right to Tenders jaw and then whipped two upper cuts to the jaw. Tender landed a left to the mouth and then hooked his left to the breast while his left which bothered Tender, who caught Leonard with a hard left to the belt and took a left cross to the head. They rushed into stiff body exchange just as the bell rang.
 Round 6-The majority of experts ing by comfortab ble margin at this stage. They met in the center and clinched, Leonard hooking a left to tho head a moment later. They danced around. Tenders right was short and Leonard slashed him with left. Then the champion whipped his right to the body and bothered Tendler with left jab. Leonard had much the better of clinch, sending both hands to the jaw. Leonard backed to the ropes for u rest and stepped aside when Tend Ter moved up, allowing the latter to slip through the rope. When the lat ter regained his equilibrium. they shook hands in the center of the ring Leonard sent solid rights to the jaw. the body and to the Jaw again, and had no difficulty in avoid ing Tenders left lead. The cham pion appeared the least worried at the gong.
 Round 7-They spared for a sec ond after the bell and then both fell away. Leonard gave an opening and Tendler rushed .n with light left to the jaw. Tender relented for mo- ment and Leonard whipped out two rights to the jaw. Tender turned away desultorily and Leonard WHlppeu two rlBHlS to ms exposed body. Leonard dug his right under Tenders ribs. They exchanged lightly and when they came together Leonard sunk two more hard rights just above the belt line. Tender again walked into the neutral corner trap, where he was caught with a two-handed attack to the head. Tendler. who was making poor showing, fell back against the ropes and Leonard used both hands to the jaw some more. They spared lightly and were boxing when the bell rang.
 Round S-Tendler's manager used force in his talk during the inter mission. The champion had a wide margin by now. Evidently Tender took the advice, and Leonard took a respite. The referee cautioned Tender for using the rabbit punch. They danced around. Leonard caught Tender with hard rights to the jaw and sent in a few more when Tender clinched. Tendler landed two short upper cuts and then took two body blows. Tender punched the champions kidneys. Tender sent a terrific right into the stom- ach that gave a resounding plump. Leonard jabbed with his right Leon- ard caught Tender with three right crosses in the champions corner and the challenger appeared worried when the bell rang.
 Round 9- Tenders handlers kreaded his muscles and Leonard's continued to offer advice. Tender landed lightly with his right. They spared around the ring and then clinched. Leonards left was bother 1 some and Tender clinched. Tendfer walked into a straight left and then was cautioned for hitting low with the same hand. The champion blocked him effectively in two clinches. Tandler walked into Leonard's stiff |