New Britain herald., 1923-07-24

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 Round s:-They spared in the cen.
 ter of the ring, Tender taking tho
 lead at Leonard's pleasure. They had
 a furious exchange of body blows
 moved to the center of the ring and
 clinched. Tendler led again, catching
 Leonard with his deadly left, pound
 ing him with his left which he moved
 In horizontal crossfire from body to
 head. In the next exchange the
 champion fared better. landing short
 right uppercuts. Leonard caught
 Tender with hard right jolt to the
 jaw and sent him spinning to the
 ropes but remained cautious. Tender
 landed light right and hard left
 to the jaw and the champion sunk a
 right into Tenders midriff. They
 clinched. Leonard again clinched
 on Tenders next rush. Ben stepped
 back, landed two hard rights to the l body and took two lefts to the head.
 Round 4:-Tender led with right
 but was short Leonard retaliated with
 his left sending two long uppercuts
 to the jaw. They did considerable
 dancing. then Leonard jolted Tendler
 with left hook to the jaw and re-
 peated. Leonard landed twice heavily
 to the head in clinch and soaked
 Tendler in the left eye. Tender land- ed two hard lefts to the head and was caught with his back to the champion who reached around and curved his right into the challenger's body. Leon- ard sent two short rights to the body that hurt Tbav avoHo loLt,. { the body in a clinch. Tenders left hooked the champions jaw and shot a right below the heart and was short with two rights. Leonard caught the challenger with two stiff rights to the jaw before the bell stopped the cfal- lengers rush. Tenders seconds showered him with water when he came to his corner and the champion listened patiently to his handlers ad- vice.
 Round 5:-Leonard met Tenders rush and they exchanged blows in a neutral corner where they clinched. Leonard was getting much the better of the clinches, now shooting both hands to the challenger's jaw and then crossing both hands to the jaw when they separated. They clinched lightly and Leonard speared incffec- lively with his left. Leonard sunk a right to Tenders jaw and whipped two uppercuts to the jaw. Tender landed left to the mouth and hook ed his left to the breast, The cham pion jabbed expertly with his left which bothered Tender who missed and ran away. Tender caught Leon- ard with a hard left to the belt and took left cross to the head. They rushed into a stiff body exchange just as the bell rang.
 Round 6:-The majority of experts agreed that the champion was lead ing by comfortable margin at this | stage. They met in the center and | Leonard hooking a left to the jaw q moment later. They danced | around. Tender's right was short and . Leonard sashed him with a left to the body before they clinched. The champion whipped his right to the body and bothered Tender with left lab. Leonard had muck the better 'f g. clinch, sending both hands to he jaw. Leonard backed to the ropes Or rest and stepped aside when Cendler moved up allowing the latter o slip through the ropes. When the alter regained his equilibrium they hook hands in the center of the ring. leonard sent solid rights to the jaw md had no difficulty in avoiding Tenders left lead. The champion the least worried as they lacked away from a light exchange n answer to the gong.
 Round 7:-They spared for a sec- nd after the bell and then both fell way. Leonard gave an opening and 'endler rushed in with light left to he jaw. Tender relaxed for a mo- 1ent and Leonard whipped out two ights to the jaw. Tender turned { way desultorily and Leonard whip l ed two rights to his exposed body. ( eonard dug his right under Tenders t lbs. They exchanged lightly and Then they came together Leonard c lnk two more hard rights just above t ne belt line. Tender again walked c ito the neutral corner trap where he | as caught with a two handed attack | the head. Tender who was making S poor showing fell back against the t opes and Leonard used both hands to l. le jaw some more. They spared l, ghtly and were boxing when the bell I ,ng. a Round S:-Tendler's manager used t 'rce in his talk during the intermis- r