The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-07-24
Leonard Defeats Tender
Champ Wins BY Decision
I35-POund
King Does
His Stuff
Leonard Gets Call at End
of 18th Round of Title
Battle
BY HENRY l.. FARRELL

NEW YORK. July 2l-Juht na
IN much a champion as no ever
Was. safer than be has ever been.
Benny Leonard the Idol Of iiar'
lem. il aull the ruling monarch OF
the lightweight
By a margin wide enough 10 con.
vince blind man and 80 wide
that his opponent was the first 10
admit his defeat Leonard Won a
mund decision from Lew Tender
The Philadelphia challenger In the
Yankee stadium last night
white 10000 spectators were on
iheir feet shouting din Of long
liyo the Alns" Tender his face
puflsd and swollen. his mouth re-
leasing little crimson trlcklets from
tile ooHcu. walked YEARLY 20 the
champion and gave him, You sure
did win"
The official decision OF the Judges
and the referee was not needed
n was taken Tor granted from the
nmt round that Leonnrd would win
b5 e mile and when the gong ended
The fight he demonstration reached
such vocal proportions that Tho an.
n0uncer had % flash the decision
by uplifting the hand 81 the cham.
pion
Even a knockout could have given
I Leonard no morn impressive and
convincing victory than he earned.
Tender might have fallen back on
tie lucky punch niibl had he
been stopped hut no one can blame
any luck on the terrific beating
/ TINT tho challenger took Tor 70
+ rounds
Leonard never loosed better IN
his whole career lie was in rplen.
sd condition and from the yery
tnmt bell ii Wa apparent that ht
had learned we'll tho way 90 stand
/ or and beat the awkward left
hand style Of the opponent,
In his timing and Judgment o.
distance Leonard was perfect In
I hia boxing he was picture IL
Z his srnorpiship he was q master
Ipcfhaps soms ot the kick wa
injecting fnm tho right hand lha
/ landed 81 least 30 times on ih'
hw. but Tender IL NOT ~ tn
fragile @w breed.
Tender also was Ia perfect shap'
and II was only his rugged physiqu'
and hla stout heart that enables
him to withstand humbarimcn
that at all times was severe ant
many times cruel.
Ia the IS roundn tho boAt tina
Tender could set was an eyei
round in the seventh and II wa
's,reiching point on charity nion
to take that round away from tn
champion
Leonard got going good Ia "a
fourth round when he rocked Ter
dirr 20 hia hcsiA with hard nEh
upprneut From then on LEI
hook 10 thu head and body. a RICH
hook TO ,hc jaw and right ~
prrcut TO the same place had Ter
dlcr 70 bafflcJ be wasn't sure whcr
he was
From the 18th round on I.eonar
had hts opponent on tho border q
Il Knockout. In tho 18th a har
riEhthand smash to the Jaw star
cd Tender to the floor but nc fe
on the shoulders Of the champio
and held FOR dear llfe Some G
the crowd though, Leonard wa
holding him IN and they shouic
q protest
In tho l4th and 18th rounds ID
mob was on ita fee, ahou,in
frintlcally for a knockout but Will
ihe champion landed flush on III
jaw and the body, he could no
respond to the demand
This second meeting between tn
two leaders Of the class was notl
, ing to compare TO last summer
, affair In Jersey City Leonard wa
tvicc as good as hc was then an
, Tender was far away from ii
former form.
Perhaps Tender might have boc
just as good and Leonard was s
much improved that the challenge
suffered by comparison
Promoters OF the fight estimate
: that the receipts would run
100000, II was said that Leonar
would draw IS per cent OF the gal
> while Tenders end was 10 n
g cent IT ia understood. howcye
/. that Leonard got more than TINT
. Tender has been recognized .
f.conatd's most dangerous rival an
II he is the next man 10 the chan
r piou. Leonard Is going to be Il
II title holder for long time.
+. The champion has ambitions |
follow in the footsteps OF Jack NJ
AuIiffe and retire indicated an
n tho prospects are fine that he vi
II realize his ambition.
MULE Is CADDY
q Students of the CoIuubia Milttnt