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Show ONCE WAS ENOUGH FOR BEN LEONARD Breath Knocked Out of ' Fighter in Grid Game. Before Red Grange opened the eyes of the public to the possibilities of footbull as a profession, the boys who took a beutlng for an hour on the grid-Iron grid-Iron for a few cheers were looked upon as goofs by the boys who made their living with gloves, a hockey stick or a baseball bat, "What suckers." they would say. "To do all that for nothing. Them cheers don't pay no bills." It hns been related that Benny Leonard, one of the best business men ever associated with professional J)0X-Ing. J)0X-Ing. once tried bis hands and feet at fool bull. Leonard was attached to the cantonment can-tonment at Camp L'pton, N. Y., as a boxing Instructor. He became acquainted ac-quainted with Eddie Mahnn, one of 11 ii mini's Immortal football stars, who wit organizing a camp team. Mnlian Induced Leonard to get Into a uniform and participate In a little ! scrimmage one afternoon. The light-1 weight ehnnvplcn took a shot at It and lusted for one piny. He was taken out of the nlnv so hnrrf tiv one of the ep- J ifc:w.Av:.--..;v.-,-, . J? & JM Benny Leonard. posing linemen that he hod his breath . knocked out. "No more of that crazy game for ; me," Leonard said. "I'm no darn fool." j Mahnn explained that he would not ; have been taken out so hnrd If he had known how to handle himself. j "Why sliould I learn how to handle . myself for such a game. There's nothing noth-ing In It, anyway," Leonard replied, j |