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Show m?nnyJLeonard Retains World's Lighweight Title I fENDLER surprises fans J HIS RUSHING TACTICS; NO 1 DECISION MADE IN GALA TILT HflKphia Southpaw Uncorks Great Spurt in n!Sy Rounds of Contest; Leonard Rallies in UBtate Rounds of Contest, Champion ;; 1 Will Receive $191,250 While Tendler Draws $90,000 hpjv .1 - -'- Mat.Nl Press. Bnun Leon- ijl In mill's h'I'i u ijJii Ixi.Mug championship but j mltl;;' ' 11 ,1i,'"l'l,'Ma l.t't-li;uiI.T is neither a Miin- l'U7, whmi I if I.uwlcd .ver Knghsh Frr.ldie j ;LKarJ walkeil mil i.f t h frrmit pine howl on Boyle's Thirty! L(j;. nihl i ihr !. v, n pmvlmd far hack on his h.ni. Kt it there. Hud tlir challenger had the stamina to hold BTgaiDctl in the early rounds be would have knocked it off ' Jwmi bv the p.dest of shades Krcnt the full 12 rounds no f ' 1 Thr niiSuwt ..I .i !W th belittling statements n M mud'' jhr.ul turn. T n.ll.-i Cwr r Tlmr-dav ii Kilt It TMnd straight from th left .WLeon-.r 1 :. ""l h J.imji Tonill- i v. M luii : n 1 0Bn "imi-'i : -Bfe bl'rl that trli kled from ,,'Krned hi 1 1 --- i 'fi Ewth and grunted dlsstitls- J4eR i - i i ; i m i 1 1 ' "HJtoJav In.. uis. Iii h;i i Klkfth to ' " 1,1 n jiBtere.i i ...i ..II p. Kr for ' ,wfi& Leonard u ,Sit ;- Rjras .. ,.., I liiii il t lin uAlJl..! 7Eat h 1 Ke fir-t ' lrWt b'1 1 1 ' '' ii 1 1 v' aJnKftpm his l.-ft hand After teW Be'nrr. sv. "I. v. .s n MuA With l"' Ii ll . lid: fcr (imi s l k of A" and .-. ir ..-ttled J the cj. I .1m. in I. lit ii. Lff; I.' u 1 HnI brought him back with belt.'- vKno'h. ijiHk&D'.ii'1 kd hud in i ii' in-d 'i ' " i - tlmot aJ mil. n .iKr colloquy, .i- there was ogHhe nlntl Tin -r '". --n .Jrsov- t i:im, i n J was ..ii. .1 1 iitn !Btn'. ; ' ,RBLeor.:ii-.i pjaBi turning limn h.- ir.taa- l on 1st Leonard sprang like a hair trigger. trig-ger. Straight rights and lefts to head ;and bod sent Tendler hurling to the ; ropes Tendler fought back, but the ;gong slopped that. They both missed often in the lost jtwo rounds. but Leonard's sharp shooting right was the more accurate. I He shifted it from jaw to body and back and bnok. Both tried for a fin-1 lulling blow and the short three short: uppers they lacked power. They! danced quite a bit and were sparrlngi when the h-ipionshlp closed whan the championship closed. ployed a style unexpected of him Perhaps it was strategy. Anyway) hta attack was diversified, after he had beer yarned repeatedly Cor striking strik-ing dangerously near the foul line. Yet Leonard's defense had much to do ith this; Tendler found that he 'could oof pump both handfl indiscriminately indiscrim-inately into the champion's torso. w i u in LEGS I Leonard's big failure whj in Ills I legs. Not until near the finish did he j prance about) t.u is his wunt, striking I and darting away. He could no more j .in this than Tendler could pound his! body, for the challenger was crowding him almost stepping upon him forcing the fight And Leonard's re-i re-i .ill . .1 right r o-.- was onh iartially ; effective. Not often is Benny Leonard hard; 'put. c visions hue been rare when ul fighter In the nddst of battle has said! to him, "Come on and fight!" Tend- J lr suld it repeatedly IxOnard says; he is at the height of his career Tendler Tend-ler frankly admits that he'll grow IntJ a better flghi;r Aftei Tex Rlckard anounced today receipts from the Leonard-Tendler ! fight were almut $450,000. fight fans 'figured Leonard's share, which was 42 1-J per cent of the gross, estimated the lightweight champion would gel about $191,250, while Tendler would receive about $90,000 on basis of 20 .per cent. Riekard's expenses ex-penses for the battle were reckoned i . i aside from the fighters' 'shares and his profit was declared to i be $153,7 50. |