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Show LE0111NS Lightweight Champion Retains Re-tains World Title in Bout at Denver Last Night. DENVER, Colo., Nov. 28. Benny Leonard, lightweight champion boxer of tho world, tonight knocked out Frank (Sailor) Kirke of Denver in the first round of their scheduled ten-round ten-round bout at Stockyards stadium. The knockout blow was a right hook to the jaw which Leonard delivered Immediately after Kirke arose after having been knocked down by a right to the body. Kirke landed the first blow of the bout, a left to the body. Leonard countered with a right to the head and the men sparred for a couple of seconds. sec-onds. Leonard then shot rights and lefts to Kirko's Jaw. ( Kirko was badly marked and covered cov-ered himself. He rushed, but slipped and fell. When Kirko regained his feet Leonard shot lefts to the head and Kirke continued covering. Tho ; Denver fighter clearly was in distress and tho crowd hooted. Kirke was entirely too slow for Leonard, who blocked his opponent's blows easily inches away from his body. Leonard put Kirko down with a 'bin. i.v luu uuu. i-k.ui. imumuiaieiy arose and Leonard knocked him out with a right hook to tho jaw, while the crowd laughod. Tho bout lasted 1 minute and 20 seconds. Though Kirke also is a lightweight, he had an advantage of several pounds, it was said, as the men met at catch weights. Tho actual weights were not announced. , In the preliminaries, Harry Bramer, Colorado featherweight champion, was given a decision over Jack Bratton, San Francisco featherweight, at the ' end of the first round of their scheduled schedul-ed eight-round bout. Bramer knocked Bratton down five (times and seemed able to hit him at will. , Eddie Fay, lightweight of Casper. Wyo., received a decision at the end of his six-round bout with John Sullivan Sulli-van of Chicago. Leonard will now make a tour of tho United States, giving exhibition bouts for tho benefit of tho war relief and athletic equipment funds soon after the holidays, if his duties as an athletic instructor in the army can be arranged to permit this, Billy Gibson, Leonard's! manager, announced here today. All the bouts. Gibson said, would bo hort. Abandonment of a projected trip to the Pacific coast, because of army dunes, was a factor in bringing I about this decision, Gibson said, adding add-ing that after a match with Gene Del- 1 mont in St. Paul, December 5, Leon I ard prdbably would box no more In ! public for some time except for af-i af-i fairs directly connected with the army. |