New Britain herald., 1923-07-24
s e akin g of Sports

Asusss,ssssssss,ss.sst.s. Lew Tender was looking to be crowned king of the lightweights last night. He was crowned by the king of the lightweights.
 Benny's great fight last night proved conclusively that his day has rot yet come and 1t will take bet ter fighter than any who has yet ap- peared to wrest his laurels from him if he stays in condition. Jess Willard is already a has-been. When he appeared at the stadium last night his reception was decidedly tame, while Harry Wills, the negro challenger, got thunderous ovation. And Babe Ruth got bigger hand than either of them.
 Leonard was supremely confident at all times. After weighing in dur ing the afternoon he bid his friends and reporters a cheery adieu, assur- ing them he'd see them later.
 Turning to Lew, he said: "Don't forget, young man, I'll see you later, tce."
 He did, but in some of the rounds Tender had trouble in seeing him.
 A majority of ringside experts gave Leonard every round except the first, which went to Tender by small margin. Some gave the challenger an even break in the seventh, but the fact remained that at no time did he appear to have a chance.
 Leonard bore few marks of battle when he left the ring, to be lifted to the shoulders of a throng of ad- mirers, while Tendler had cuts under his left eye and on his nose and mouth.
 'Tendler is the greatest southpaw and one of the greatest lightweights I have ever seen," said the cham plon later, He put up a stiff battle and even in the final rounds, when l got him the hardest. wasn't able to put him down, although I tried hard"
 Leonard is great champion" de- clared Tender in playing tribute to his conqueror. T did the best l could, but it wasn't good enough. Benny is a master ring general"
 Billy Gibson, the titleholder's man. ager, declared the fight would go down in history as one of the great est of lightweight battles.
 We're ready for anybody now" he added, but there does not seem to be anybody in sight in the light weight ranks. Leonard aspires to the welterweight title and we may arrange match with Mickey Walk CT. the present champion in that divi- sion."
 The crowd massed in every nook and corner of the big stadium was one of the most picturesque in fight :. history though Promoter Jimmy Jehnston's estimate was 15,00O less than the announced capacity of SO,- . 100. It appeared that every spot was ' flied, except possibly some of the lar reaches of the bleachers. Both :, he attendance and estimated re- I ,eipts, however. eclipsed the former | 'ecord for lightweight champion c ships, set at 6o,OoO and sS75, 900 in J he last Tendler-Leonard scrap. a The Indians landed on Shocker, the r 't Louis ace, in the early innings of yesterdays game and pounded out l. 'uns in five frames. They won 9-z. I Williams, incidentally, came through h with his 18th homer. a The Cubs scored g runs in the 18th j; inning yesterday, thereby beating the a 'irates 12-3. Some overtime game. a The Cards got to Rixey yesterday t' nd beat him S-7. Incidentally a trio e f Cincinnati hurlers held Hornsby tt itless all afternoon after batting c afely in 19 games. tl
 si During his batting streak Rogers W .547. In 12 straight games h e got two or more hits, which is a 1T ecord. Of the Al one hits he b