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Show BENNY'S RECENT ! FIGHT I FARCE Akron Boxing Commission Or cJers Principals to Battle or Cease Fighting One sldeil rln? battles arc sometimes some-times more interesting than legitimate legiti-mate contents, according to the flock of newspaper critics who witnessed the recent match In Akron, Ohio, in Which Champion Benny Leonard punched Johnny Tillman, of St. I'aul. until the latter was wobbly without stopping him. The Akron boxing commission com-mission did not live the affair and instructed the i-J-roo to stop the match or make Leonard show something, some-thing, but Cleveland and Akron critics have declared the mill to be the best ever seen In the Rubber City. Krom the first to the lat round, the flxhf was all Leonard. The St. Paul boy could scarcely lay a glove on the klnjr of lightweights while Leonard Chopped Tlllman'l face to ribbons rib-bons and occasionally shook the St PaUl lad from the head to the only to walk away (o Rive Tillman a chance t. recuperate It was the unanimous opinion of the commission- ers thut i Kampfon could have j ended th. sstto at almost any minute. I and when he permitted Tillman to i Stick for the entire distance, Leonard was not delivering the goods a.s In was supposed to deliver them. Hilly Gibson, manager of Leonard, had a Verbal clash with the commissioners commis-sioners ai'ter the battle liibsor. de-I de-I fled the boxinjf solons to show him ; any authority for the belief that lon-ard lon-ard accepted the Akron ngagernent i with an Implied promise to win If he I could, and this he did in decisive fashion. The argument brought about n.-ancient n.-ancient discussion as to wafether n knooki lit in CBSee where i; i-: possible j constitutes a complete discharge of A boxer s duty. or Whether he IS free from criticism If he simply wins by decisive margin, . ven though he has repeated opportunities stop h.s op-1 por.cnt. Tho Akron battle pleased the fans Immensely. Practically every fan present wai aatlsfied that Leonard could have put Tillman away at jii;' Stage but Tillman look such an nn- mercJful pasting the fans vrerc interested inter-ested In noting just how far the Bl Paul bo; eohld go under the bombardment bom-bardment the champion was handing out. Akron critics defend Lei nafd and declare the commission exceeded its authority In hinting the bout should I Ik stopped. |