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and hooked. Tender became moro

and hooked. Tender became moro
inaccurate and missing with his left
again fell partly through the ropes.
with his right and then forced the
challenger away by sending the same
hand to the jaw. Leonard uppercut
sharply with his right and then
dashed his right to the challenger's
stomach. Leonard pounded some
more at the body. They were separ-
ated at the bell.
Round Ten-The champion reyolved
around the challenger. who stood in the
center OF the ring. Leonard backed
into a neutral corner and landed swift
ly two hard rights to the head. Leon
, ard missed a short straight uppercut.
They clinched. Leonard easily ducked
Tenders advance and stopped his next
sally by holding out his left hand.
Tender was again unsuccessful in
trying to break through Leonard's de-
Tense. stopping more jabs and falling
and sent a right uppercut to the jaw in
close quarters. They spared. Leon
ard smashed Tender on the jaw with a
hard right. and they were sparring
when the round ended.
Round Eleven-They stood in the
center Of the ring and again the cham
pion danced around his opponent.
Tender fell into clinch. Leonard up
per cut with his left and hooked with
his right. Tender caught the cham
pion and hooked his left to the body.
They elinched. They boxed and danced
about. Then they spared. Then Leon
ard dashed out with his left and alb
sorbed Tenders advance with q clinch.
They exchanged short body blows.
They backed away and they did it
again. Another similar exchange was
followed by light sparring. Leonard
stopped Tenders next advance by
sticking his left hand under Tenders
armpit, pushing him partly to the
floor The crowd laughed and whistled
at Tenders inability to get beyond
Leonard's left jabs with which he pro.
tected his wide lead. Tender walked
disgustedly as the bell rang.
Round Twelve-They spared clever
ly. They clinched. They locked their
left arms and exchanged rights to the
body. Tender was short four times
with An overland right. Tender land
ed light left. two light rights and an
other light left. Leonard stopped short
and punched his adversary's head with
his right and then allowed him to
clinch. Leonard was having . lot Of
fun with his left jab. but he was Sc
rious enough. Leonard speedily coun-
tered Tenders advance with a right
to the head but was unable to land an
uppercut in a ciinch. Tenders nose
was trying to bleed. They clinched.
They were sparring when the bell
stopped them.
Round Thirteen-Tendler's handl-
ers were excited and doused news
paper men in their corner with wa
ter. The fighters walked into
clinch. Leonard hooked with his left
and then hooked harder with his
right to the jaw. He smashed Tend
Leonard uppercut sharply with his
r'ght then pushed Tender away.
They clinched slothfully. Leonard
whipped a right to the chest and
they clinched. Tender tucked two
easy rights and then fell against
the ropes for an opportunity to rub
his nose. Leonard hooked two hard
rights to the head. He then sent q
hard right to the jaw and then
speared with his left, which sent
Tender to the floor. The champion
sprang to this advantage like a cat.
but 1t was q question of whether
Tender slipped. When Tender
stood up he had time to rub off his
gloves on his pants. Leonard sprang
at him punching to both body and
Jaw and Tender fought back. One
of his blows was low and Leonard
objected to the referee. The bell rang
then and Leonard stepped into the
ring protesting.
Round Fourteen-They clinched.
Leonard led lightly with a right.
They clinched. Leonard pushed Tend
Ter away. Tender landed left to
the kidneys In clinch. Leonard
drove both fists to the body in short
elinch. They spared. Tender was
short with a lead and as the Inomen-
tun spun him around. Leonard held
him up with his right hand. They
boxed around and then Leonard
landed stiff blows to the head. Tend
Ter appeared slightly groggy and the
champion was anxious for a knock
out. Tender covered his face with
his two fists while Leonard failed
him briefly. Leonard sent q short
right uppereut to the jaw and then
went into speedy action. He whip
ped out his right like piston
grooved to its mark. He landed it