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LEONARD UWABLE TO WEST TITLE AWAY FROM JACK BRITTON SQUIRE EDGEGATE bThe Ancestry Didn't Help -From the Prisoner's Viewpoint! BY LOUIS RICHARD ) 5 a LSS XL SO VOJ RLE AD guilt to 7wr CHR61 OP THKTT- VVLLU I VYOMT 3L VI W SLVLRL WITH VOU -BECAUSE. rvt Hovn you JUST T0 HUMbKEbi AD COSTS r r-r- l j-v I If v u t s- NEW YORK, June 2G-Jack Britton, world's welter weight boxing ; champion, successfully (defended his title against Benny Leonard lightweight champion Referee Pat sy Haley claiming that Leonard hit Britton while the latter was on one knee, in the 13th round of their 15-round match tonight. . . ( After two' minutes and 42 seconds of fighting in the 13th round Britton suddenly went down on one knee and the ref eree started counting over him. Then Leonard walked over and struck Britton with a left to the body. The referee said he had not seen a foul blow struck before Britton went down, although Britton claimed one. Britton then sat in his corner unhurt. J i Benny Leonard, king of the world's lightweight pugilists, went out of his class ill the New. York veledrome in an at tempt to wrest the welterweight title from 37-year-old Jack Britton, said to be the world's cleverest defensive fighter and ring general. ' Leonard weighed 13914 pounds and his veter an opponent 1464 three quarters oil a pound inside the welterweight limit. , The lightweight titls was cently built by Tex Rickard and Frank Flournay, held about 20,000 fight fans. Britton entered the ring at 9 :35 and Leonard followed two minutes later. . Both received long rounds of applause. ; . Round 1 Leonard took the of fensive, landed a light tap to the nosa. and Britton missed a ; left wing to the body. They ex changed rights and left? to the body. .Both fought cautiously, Leonard to evade Britton'a left hook and - Britton to keep away from the light weight champion's straight rights. There were few blows during the round.1 Leonard Stagger Hound . 2 They pass a few light punches to the jaw and were in a Berles of clinches. Britton staggered Leonard with a right to the jaw. Leonrd : retaliated with lefts to the face. Leonard turned Britton around 'with a right to the Jaw at the bell. Round 3 Leonard pushed Brit ton around the ring with lefts to face," Britton rent several rights to the stomach. Leonard's upper lip was cut by a straight left They exchanged hard rights and lefts at close uarters and Leon ard ras backed into a neutral corner at the bell. , ;! trammeling Kxrhangeil '-'. ..Round 4 'Leonard staggered Britton with a right (o the Jtw nd followed with ' 4 series ! of Sfi m w - Open ISnVil Q Saturday , t not at stake. The arena, re-) straight lefts to the face. Britton sent hard lefts to the face and body. Britton sent hard lefts to the face and body. Britton forced Leonard to the ropes with a body attack. They were fighting hard as the round clored. Round 5 -Britton took the of fensive but landed few hard or effective .blows. They fought for head and body at close quarters. Prltton appeared to be having the better of the exchanges. . Ilritton's Jaw Suffer ' . Round 6 LeonarG caught Brit ton on the jaw with several straight rights. Britton found Leonard's head with right swings. Britton was cut in the mouth with i straight left. They bad a tew exchanges on the ropes, with Brit ten on, Abe of tensive.,, ( , . -j Round 7 Leonard appeared to be taking things 'easily, waiting for a chance to land a. knockout punch. In the menatime Britton found bis paw with right and, left hooks. They staggered ;each. oth er with rights to the head.1 The fighting. was slow in this round, ft - ; Punchca Traded Round 8 They traded punches to the head and body. - Leonard. Tropical Worsted Suits LEAGUE STANDINGS PACmC COAST LEAGUE W. I.. Vron 49 29 Ran FranrUro 51 33 Salt Lake ...... 40 37 Las An-le ; 43 41 Cortland 37 42 Oakland ..,-. 39 45 Seattle 34 48 Sacramento 32 51 P-t. .G'J8 .614 .519 .512 .468 .464 .415 .386 Prt. .629 .340 ..IS .50(4 .50O .483 .400 -39 KATIONAX. XAOtTE W. I.. Xw York . St. Louia .... Brooklyn Cincinnati Chicago ..j... PitUbrrg s .... Philadelphia Boston 39 23 34 29 3 ?0 . . .. S3 32 : 4. .. 31 31 29 31 ; 24 3 . 24 37 AMEBICAK LEAGUE . It' w. u Pr-t. St. Ionia . New York 4 Detroit . Chirao Washinrton Develand ... Bnxton Philadelphia 89 28 .582 37 -31 .544 . 34 30; .531 34 VI .515 32 34 .485 30 3f .455 28 34 .452 24 34 .414 was working a straight left to the head effectively but was shaken twice with left hooks to the jaw They exchanged body punches in en encounter at close quartern with Britton - appearing to have the best of it. Round 9 Leonard jumped from his corner and forced the welter weight king around with rights to the head, Britton's defensive work was at his best and he was little hurt. Britton sent a series o( straight lefts to . the face and forced Leonard into a neutral cor ner. Leonard missed Beveral right swings and took a hard punch to the Jaw. Leonard la Shaken Round 10 Leonard was shaken with overhand rights to the jaw. Leonard - returned hard lefts to A great deal of attention has been paid to the comfort and quality of these suits. They are comfortable in fit, comfortable in weight, made of genuine Palm Beach Cloth, carefully tailored and priced very moderately at reep Healthy KEEP COOL" WOOLEW 61ILLS STORE C P, BISHOP, Proprietor NisMo the jaw and Britton seemed wil-' ling to mix, returning as good as was sent. Leonard was always on the defensive in this round. Round 11 Leonard swung hard with rights and lefts to the jaw and sent Britton to the ropes. Britton returned hard rights to the jaw. Leonard rushed Britton around the ring with hard rights to the head. This was Leonard's best round. Britton Defense Poor Round 12 Leonard pecked with his left at Britton's face and Britton hooked hard rights and lefts to the Jaw. Britton shook the lightweight champion with rights to the stomach and left hooks to the jaw. They exchang ed light punches to the head and body. Britton's defensive work failed to show in this round. He used offensive tactics altogether. Round 13 Leonard tripped and fell backwards but was not hit. He was up immediately and took three left hooks to the jaw. Brit ton claimed a foul, and went down on one knee and Leonard struck him while he was on his knee. BEAVERS SELL SAROEXT PORTLAND, June 26 Joe Sar gent, an infielder, ha3 been sold to Birmingham in the Southern association, according to an an nouncement made today by W. H. Klepper, president of the Portland Baseball club. Bud Connolly, a player recalled from Tacoma, will play Sargent's position hereafter, Klepper said. nn CaZaZiT 1IM $20 to $25 : NAVAL U INS TT Washington Oarsmen Beat en by One Length in History-Making Race rOUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y., June 26. (By the Associated Press.) The United States Naval acad emy eight-oared crew is still inter- collegiate irowlng champions of America. in the greatest aquotic battle ever iheld on the historic regatta course of the Hudson, the Middies this afternoon repeated their tri umph or 1921 by winning the tbre&-m le varsity race from the freatest collection of college shells that ever rowed in a simi lar race in the history of the fport. IVufiliinsson Lenjtfh Ikhinl Forced to terrific speed by the repeated challenges of Cornell, Washington and Syracuse, the sailors from the Severn family emerged victors by one length over the Unlvers'ty of Washington eight, champions of the Pacific coast. J Scarcely a length behind the far, coast shell came Syracuse and Cornell, so closely locked that it amcng the judges at the finish that the former was awarded v 1 "V. Inter-natl Cartoon Co N. Y. UNDEFEATED DURING SEASON OF 1922 IS RECORD OF GEORGETOWN BALL NINE 14 i ill f - i am , ifi v . L -sr.. '.: - -t ti . I it ' I I Bimii n nMTWJ&tlii m 1 ... si- &f Won twenty-four straight mouth, Pennsylvania, Boston College, Wast Virginia, Fordham 12), Georgia Tech. (2), Cornel!, Pittsburgh and others. First tow (sitting) : Maloney assistant coach; J. R. Murphy, ? ; J. E. Murphy, If; Keynoias, p.; Kenyon, c .capiaini ; mcormiCK, manager; jeiinina, p.; iucaiiiiy, y. iiuru row (standing): Sheedy, lb.; Malley, 2b. third place over the Ithaca com bination. Out distanced almost from the start, Columb'a and Pennsylvania fought out a duel of their own to avo'd last place, and in this the New York colleg ians were successful, leading the Quakers across the line.' All Records Shattered The Middies shattered all col legiate rowing records in their effoits to hold the lead. As the prow of the navy shell shot across the line, the timers caught the flying crew in the remarkable fig ures cf 13 minutes, 33 3-5 sec onds, thus shattering by more than half a minute the record made by the sciior shell when they won last year by a full five lengths from California in 14 minutes and 7 seconds. The Seattle collegians alter one of the most, desperate spirits ever witnessed in an inter-colleg iate rowing association regatta, finished 13 minutes 36 1-5 sec onds. These times, remarkable times as they are, fail to even partially tell the story of the thrilling bat tle of blades witnessed by fully 25,000 spectators. Cornell Iads Off. Cornell caught the water first with an even 40 stroke and her prow showed a trifle in front of the navy as they rowed respectively in courses No. 4 and No. 5. Syracuse in No. 1 lane was third aud Washington in No. 3 was the fourth. Once straightened away the beat dropped gradually from 3S to 3t and at the half mile post Cor nell was setting the pace, a quar ter length in front. Navy, unaccustomed to rowing in the second position, raised its stroke to a fast 38 and at the mile mark had reduced Cornell's ad vantage to an eighth of a length. Washington began to show the power nf its blade and leg work and it woved into third place, three quarters of a length back of the Annapolis slv with Syra cuse a close fourth KiCoIumbia slipping back to Join Pennsylva nia. Slowly but surely the future admirals cut down the Red and White advantage. Washington Gains. Dashing under the railroad bridge one mile from the finish, the navy led, half a length. While Cornell was in second p:ace, a half length of Washington with the westerners three-quarters ' of a length. :" ' , Coming from' under the shad ows of the- bridge,-' Washington Just as California did a year ago, 1 v GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY BASEBALL? TEAM g&mes. Victories over Princeton, Holy Cross (2). Dart Sheridan, rf...Scond row (sitting): Flavin 3b; Hyman P. Cunningham, c; John O'Keilly, coach; Florence, . cf.; ., : . . , , . made its bid o year ago made. Its bid for victory. Putting unex pected lift and drive into every stroke, the western shell began to creep up on Cornell, which was prematurely showing signs of fa tigue under the exertion cf savage sprints. Washington's spurt gradually car ted them by Cornell and gaining what appeared to be an Inch or two at a beat they set out after the flying Annapolis shell, the oarsmen of which sudenly awoke to the fact that they had the bat tle of their lives on the'r hands. Gwinn. Ilarks Order Coyswain Gwinn barked an or dT to Stroke Frawley and the Mit dit3 flung every ounce of pow er !n their blades. Just as they did at lirussels in 1920 when they won the Olympic championship championsh p from the famous English Leander club in a hair raising finish. Washington was made of stern stuff, however, and with a possi ble victory in America's rowing classic within their grasp they la bored with smashing strokes, un til from the observation train, the speeding shells appear to be on even terms, and then Wash ington nosed a foot, two feet, three feet to the fore. But the navy oarsmen still had something of fight and . reserve strength. For the second time in tht race they set out to over take a leading eight and the dan ger this time was far greater than when Cornell was leading earliei in the congest. HaJrdly third of a mile away was the fin ish boat. Xavy Upholds Iteput.it ion ' Again is was the story of the: navy shell nosing slowly but surely ahead until the Blue and Gold was in the lead, never to be headed. Across the line flashed the navy with Washing ton upholding tt6 best traditions of the Pacific coast rowing, a safe second after a most gruelling bat tle. Scarcely ' a length in the rear came Syracuse 'and Cornell, all chance of first and second posi tion gone but still urged, on by the upstate collegtate rivalry to give every, last ounce of power and enduranct fn the battls to de feat each other. In this the Orange-tipped oars of Syracuse were successfully driven by Just an eye lash. Columbia was next over the line and Pennsylvania last . Will It ever come that the fur nace will be heated by radio. v ' . . It f - --ri-. T- i' ' j.. oio yoii'l.i 1 0;dwt tMoHi Graho "Pop I i J J A . Leonard's Kid Brother : Wins from Sammy Marcs NEW YORK, June 2. Jot Leonard, younger brother of tht lightweight champion. In his first appearance as a- professional pu gilist tonight, won a Judges' de : clsion In four rounds from ammy Marco. Lonara weignea izo and his opponent 133. The con test was the opening one preced- ; Ing the Benny Leonard-Jack Brit- ; ton -match. Johnny Cooney and Jack Stark, featherweights, fought a six round' draw. ' . - weight, knocked out Sammy Mose- , burg, Brooklyn, In the first round of the 12-round semi-final. ' 5 ' KING, QUEE.V WATCH TEXXIST WIMBLEON, June 26. (By The Associated Press) Under In clement weather conditions with King George and Queen . Mary present.' play In the - Wimbledon grass court championships began this afternoon. Two matches, one I n the men's ' singles and the other In the men's doubles were played. In the sin gles A. F. R. Kingscote defeated' L. Godfrey. (.1, 6-3, 6-0 and In the doubles W. C. Crawley, play ing with A. W. Asthalter, an Am erican, long resident la Europe ai his partner, won from A. W. Gore and V. M. Riseley. 6-2, 6-2. f-t. Fully 7000 spectators witnessed the nlav. It's toasted. This v one extra process gives a rare and aeiiQiraui quality Impossible to . . duplicate. - c' Guaranteed by i