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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1922
Page
11
One sure thing about the Tendler Leonard fight is a potential rematch. Lew Tendler urged a 15 round decision bout with Leonard after a crowded Jersey City contest, noting the large audience and strong interest for another meeting.
Delayed two hours by a heavy shower at 2 o'clock, the final day of the midsummer Grand Circuit meeting in Columbus Ohio ran late. Four class events filled the program as racing extended toward nightfall.
Champion Leonard welcomes a rematch with Tendler and predicts a 15 round decision. Promoter Tex Rickard contemplates staging the bout in this city with attendance figures potentially breaking records. Official tallies show 46 008 spectators and receipts of 331 405 dollars, with Leonard near 100 000. The event drew storm impact and mixed reactions from reformers and police officials amid lively racing results elsewhere.
United News reports Chicago July 28 that Ban Johnson announces a $100,000 monument to baseball will be erected in East Potomac Park Washington with designs from top sculptors. A bronze shield will list leading players of the year in the junior circuit to honor their slugging base stealing and head work.
Johnny Weissmuller the 17 year old swimming prodigy returns to the United States after a Honolulu tour. He is in California and plans to renew his attempt on world records. Weissmuller will make his first Eastern appearance at Brighton Beach New York on July 22.
In Eastbourne, the Yale Harvard team led Oxford Cambridge two matches to one after singles today. Axel B Gravan beat Duane 5-7 6-1 7-5, Williams defeated Ramaswami 6-4 6-1, and Jones beat Van Alen 6-4 6-2. A large crowd watched the fine strokes of Williams.
George Sisler faces a stark challenge as Baltimore seeks to shed excess talent to reach parity with international rivals. The team considers unconventional options to adjust brings and improve overall balance and competitiveness.
Mrs May Sutton Bundy of Los Angeles national women's champion in 1904 will face Mrs Molla Bjurstedt Mallory current titleholder in the final round of the New York State lawn tennis singles championship at Green Meadow Club. Bundy defeated Miss Marie Wagner 6 2 6 3 in the semis. Mallory beat Miss Leslie Bancroft 8 6 6 1. Both finalists played brilliant tennis with Bundy dominating her rival and Mallory keeping command despite a tougher first set.
Al Demaree, NL veteran who played for Seattle last year and began 1922 with Denver, treats baseball as a vacation while gathering material for winter cartoons and stories. He recently stopped in Philadelphia and pitched for an independent team, earning what amounts to two months’ wages for a good bookkeeper.
Brooklyn authorities may halt Sunday games at Ebbets Field to curb rowdy demonstrations seen at recent outings. The move targets bottle throwing and seeks decorum in the Borough of Queens where the ball yard is located.
New York July 27 England’s Hilda James holder of British titles arrives aboard the Aquitania to contest the Joseph P Day cup race for women swimmers to be held next Tuesday in New York bay.
Miss James a 17 year old from Liverpool trains for a 3 1 2 mile endurance swim against top American girls. She learned to swim at 11 and rose from British 1000 yard champion to recent title holder in 100 160 220 440 and 500 yards. Manager W J Hawcraft says she can handle the long distance and win at the meet.
ST PETERSBURG Fla July 28 Charles Ollinger pitcher of the Florida State league holding a record of 30 innings without a run being scored against him has been gold to the Brooklyn Nationals and will report about Aug 21 Ollinger a former pitcher on the Auburn College team was the collegiate all Southern pitching selection for two years
Boxing receipts show several bouts exceeding 100000 with Leonard Tendler listed as the third largest in history. Dempsey Carpentier Dempsey Willard Leonard Tendler Jeffries Johnson and others also appear with totals ranging from about 108k to 1.62 million dollars.
In Jersey City a no decision bout between Tendler and Leonard drew mixed opinions from fight experts. The Post reports Philadelphia writers favor Tendler while seeming to support the reigning champion.
In New Jersey on July 27 Benny Leonard defends the world light weight title as Lew Tendler stages a sharp southpaw assault. Leonard wobbled but narrowly preserves the crown against the challenger in a tense, swaying duel.
Benny Leonard retained the world lightweight crown with a 12 round no decision victory over Lew Tendler in Jersey City. The bout drew 60,000 spectators as Tendler pressed the champion, delivering hard hits and nearly changing the outcome at several points.
Benny Leonard retains lightweight title after a close 12 round decision over Lew Tendler at Boyle's Thirty Acres Jersey City. Crowd believed Tendler won or drew, leaving fans hoping for a longer 15 round decision contest.
Scout Dick Egan recommends Herb McQuaid of San Francisco to Cincinnati Reds after McQuaid refused a Texas league assignment and remains on the San Francisco payroll. The report notes McQuaid’s waiver by San Francisco a month earlier and his decision to stay with the club.
Benny Leonard earned 121 755 for defending his lightweight title in Jersey City New Jersey last night with Lew Tendler of Philadelphia as challenger collecting 62 500 Promoter Tex Rickard announced the total receipts were 327 565 with paid attendance of 43 355 and total crowd 46 016 The event's gate ranks among the top in ring history behind the Dempsey Carpentier and Dempsey Willard bouts.
Eddie Roush Dutch Leonard and Walter Schmidt spend the summer idle rather than join outlaw teams. Roush declines $15,000 a year from the Cincinnati Reds while Leonard won t sign for under $12,000 with Detroit and Schmidt rejects $8,000 from the Pirates owner.
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