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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. ,
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..Round 4 'Leonard staggered
Britton with a right (o the Jtw
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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UNDEFEATED DURING SEASON OF 1922
IS RECORD OF GEORGETOWN BALL NINE
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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,
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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.;
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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.
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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.
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