B Benny Leonard Wins
I From Joe Welling In
H F our teen th With K. O. !
Champion Puts Away Contender in Speedy Style Neer End
of Contest; Wins Diamond Belt Awarded by Tex
Rickard; Contest Is Stopped by the
Referee of Tilt
I NKW YORK. Nov. 87 -Bcnnv
i Leonard, world's champion IlKht-
I . ik-hi. successfully defended htt title
I and won tho 12600 diamond holt. em-
I blaOUKlc of trie title of the ehainplon-
! ship, which was presented 10 him by
I Tex P.lckard, when he scored a w hnl-
I ral knockout over Joe Welling ot Chl-
I cago in the fourteenth round of what
Iftfe. ,- ... Da , been fifteen-round boul
MW Madison Bquan Garden last nltrbt
lonurd rjt.l not ftbb ihc effective
ness of his punchy until th-- thfrtSSSTth
round, when ic sent Welling down
three times, W. Illng going through the
ropes on Ih o( theM occasions and
bring very grogg going to hist rorner
Ion-.rd sfrnfl overanxious ti fin
ish his (aSk a I the opmlng of the
fourtcensh and slmplv battered his op
ponent to the floor with lefts and
Ights foi a count of nine Welling.
iioviri; n m.irkuble pann-neKS. tottered
to hi feet. The referee, however, de
cided that Welling had received suffl
. lost punishment and stepped in be
tween the men. all bough Welling and
bta acconda protested that he was able
to continue.
ROUND i
After some epotrtng, Welling lund
I ed a right to the body. Leonora
hooked ft loTt to the trend and, after
an exchange, Leonard sent right -arm
uppercui to the bin. Then- was
no damage done.
ROUND 2.
They exchanged right and lefis to
: the body and Leonard hooked a right
' to the face. Uolh landed left and
I right to the bead at clos- uuarlers
LA L-.-uauru kept jabbing lefts to the 1 LCI
feo u in sent m i nd lefts to the body,
A blocking Welling'a right lead io the
lp head Leonard kept forcing the pace
DHj i to the bell, doing nearly all the leud-
H
nfM ROUNDS
AA Leonard hooked a bard left ti toe
HB9 . ear and aent another to the nose.
7 t Welling was strictly on the defensive,
mm seeming to. be waiting for Leonard to
mW tire from his efforts. Welling was
H cautioned by the referee for hlttnu;
JmM low on the body. At short range Wel-
9H ling put two rights lo the body and
Leonard booked hi right to the head.
There una some infighting, with no
lapiage, tin- men exchanging light
RjH right to the head.
ROUND 4
At close quarters Welling aent three
AH short rights to the bod and Leonard
btepped back and In again with left
PfAj and right to th head, Welling aent
HH back a hard right to the head. Leoh-
ard Jabbed his left to the face and
wMM Welling clinched. After the break
k Leonard senra hard right to th.- bead
and missed u wicked left hook.
ROUND
&H Welling Jabbed a left to the face and
jflH Leonard sent a left to the body and
arJH a right to the head. Ieouard sent
jIuh a half dozen lefts to the body and
ypj Welling hooked In 1 1 c lit to th. hi
uSN Afto some sparring. Leonard missed
rPM right swing to the head at the bell
fflX ROUND 6
Sfll Ieonard kept Jabbing lo the body
and then sent his left hard to the body1
fjH and head without a return. Leonard
W put moii' steam in: Ins blows at thH
4jJ stage and aent right and left to the
I'lflB head, following- with three vhlous
KjH right uppercuts. Welllngs hooked his
AM left to the face and received a vicious
HAS return right to the chin This was the'
BIS liveliest round thus far.
ROI'N'D 7
HAi Leonard Jabbed three- lefts to the
HHJ body and they exchanged right to tin
HAS head. Then Ioonard Staggered Wcl-
ling with a left hook to the mr and
-f I f-dlow ad with a rlghl to hi bod: forc-
Hj Ing Welling Into a neutral corner and
drying tWO rights to the head before
I (he gong sounded.
ROUND 8.
Leonard sent three Jabs to the body.
fi. r a clinch Leonard hooked a hard
left to the head W i lling Jabbed left
t,, hi face and waa driven back with Si
Istiff rlghi to the Mead. Benny swung
iik-M to the head and hooked a right
to th. j.iu Two hard right to thei
head from Leonard luude Welling
( wince.
I ROUND 9.
Leonard hooked hia left to the head
thre times and drove bard right to
the stomach. The champion was om-
I boxing and outfighting hia man. but
'his blowa seemed to lack steam, aa
Though making weight had weakened'
I hiffl Leonard sent his rlrhl to the
bead twice, while Welling did not
land an effective blow during the
round.
ROUND 10.
' There waa much fiddling In this
round, which was rather tames until
;Ieonard aent his left to the body and
; followed It with a hard right to the
- u on ard booked two lefts to the
face and thej were sparring .at the
boll.
ROUND 11.
Iconard drove his right over the
, heart and Welling countered with a
right to the head. Leonard booked a
Melt to the body and another to the
head Leonard kept forcing, but there
jwas a good deal of cltncblnp. Leon
ad tried a right swing for the head,
jbut It went wild. Just before the bell.
UOL'ND 1L'.
Moth landed rights to the head and
benns kept boring In. sending lefts to
the bodv Welling gplng into a clinch
frequently, Benny hooked a hard right
'to the ear. II.- Jubbcd hia left three
tlmea ami hooked his right again to
'the head. At close quarters Leonard
sent two rights to the body anil fol
lowed them with a abort half right
arm uppercut Willing Rolng to his
corner teemingly uninjured
ROUND 13
Leonard sent left and right to body
and right to the head Welling still
being on the d.Tenalve. L.-onard
hooked right to the Jaw. slaK'-ring
i Welling, w ho fell backward through
the ropes but was up again In a mo
ment Leonard rushed at him again,
sending Welling down again for a
COUnt of two Then he battered him
all o(i the ring with lefts and rlghL",
Bending Welling down once again for a
count of four Welling got up again
Very groggy and he staxgered into his
. orin i' ;is i In- bell rang.
ROUND 14.
Welling was In distress but game as
he ciinie up Leon. id hooked left to
head :ihl ni I wo rights lo the Jaw.
Welling was ov eranxious and missed a
swinging right uppercut. Leonard
swung anotht r right on Welllng's Jaw
and th referee stepped between, stop
ping the bout to save Walling from
further punishment, despite the pro
test from Welling and his seconds.'
Time of fourteenth round, on.- and sev
en seconds.
In the opening bout of six rounds,
Harvey Dripht, Brooklyn feather
weight, was given the decision over
Jimmy Powers, Hobokcn.
Jeff Duffy, Chicago middleweight
lost the- decision in a ten-round bout
with Prank McGuire of Wtiliamsport,
Pa. Duffy weighed 164 4 pounds and
) 1. iulre 1 0. 14
"Panma Joe" Gans, negro middle
weight champion, knoH.ed out George
jUhristlan of California In the third
I round of a scheduled ten-round semi
final boul.
l 111 l Lit K l .11 IN Till LAMP!
rYjoH With baseball's war now over
ttBH' The only flicker In the lamps
llfwffl '5 that moguls are cleaning house
P-Fsl And electing training camps.
: Rome'll bJke It off to Ulorlda.
' M' Others to Georgia's clime,
XQ Rut you'll find McGrnw In Texas.
I; traj Where It's hot most nil the time.
fc-BB McGnw ib a steady old boy some-
4 u5B times. At leaat, he trained 11 conaec-
fjMB tillve seasons at Marlin springs be-
jHj fore switching to San Antonio where
saH the hotels and everything suit him
And there is some talk that if Uncle
Sam und General ObrOgOP get on
speaking terms h .March that Mi-
IHH Gruw wilt tour Mexico with his
jH Giants.
Wjjllfl Several years ago the Mexicans used
CjcZB ' r,ave some pretty good ball clubi of
woHH their own illa Is known to have a
! tgua ot souie kind down the.
It might be more profitable to take
two American clubs on the tour and
$51 allow the Mexicans to sit in the
$fScfi bleachers and Day ou their way in
Hwl Babe Ruth ought to be good
HR& drawing card in Mexico. Give Villa a
HlB box scat nnd have Babe try to see
m" how hard he could busi one We . ..n
think of no bigger drawing cards
The Yankees ar.' mokjbai ".'S .'t
New Orleans the Cleveland world
lit I champions having decided to go to an-
UmM9 other ball yard where they won't be
H lionized and ruined.
Hj Your Uncle Wllbert Itobinaon la
B thinking -about switching his ideas
from Florida tQ Louisiana so as to be
near his buddle Colonel Houston
H Robbie picked up a lot of chicken
9H9 feed last spring while the Uoblns
iBR furnished the back ground for the
Yankees to show off In The Yanks
and Roblna weer about the only clubs
who didn't lost money on their home
word awing,. too.
Club owners are torn between I w
desires In picking training camps
They want to make a little money if
posslblo and also get their teams In
shipshape for the flag-raising day.
Some of them are getting Sised up
Bfl to the fact that a long aeri. ol e
blbltlon games Is bad bUSlnoOBi and
HR ibis year will probably remain In their
I V i eompo until a few dXya ,.Mor to
Hb- the opening day.
SR . It coats from $5000 to $10.0U0 to
y- finance a spring training camp i-rlod
mH But what of it? The profits of base-
EIHB' i Viall last year were around ten mll-
Uona,
It Judge LoDdla nils the bill for
which he was chosen namely, put-'j
ting tho game back In the good fulth
of the public next year ought to be ,
ft whale of a big ouc for the finan
ciers. But won't those baseball bankers
be sore when they learn that schools
have taken In around five million dol
lars for six weeks of football, while
they put in and only turned about
twlco as much.
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Idaho Crew Wins
Right to Contest
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2 7. The
racing cutter crew- of the battleship
Idaho was today In possession of the
Olympic club challenge cup and its
aecompanlylng right to represent the
Pacific fleet In the coming Inter-fleet
contests. The Idaho gobs sent their
cutter over the finish line of ft three
milo course on Snn Francisco bav yes
terday half a length ahead of "the
Tew from the r s S. Arkansas, dis
placing the cup holders of the I" S.
S. Mississippi The novelty punt race,
sholevs used for oars, was won bv the
Wyoming crew and the engineers
from the .Mississippi won the engi
neers' w 'hole-boot contest.
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One per cent, or about 70.000,000
pounds, of (he Cuban sugar crop is
destroyed annually by bacteria.
L 7IONAI, FOOTBALL
DarUiiouth and Washington furnish Test Between Last and West
. .
'
! of the mystery Green eleven He is considered one s
of the best players in the east this fall. In the can This is Captain Faulk of the University of Wash
'.fc Inqton squad. Washington is the school where Cil
tor panel rcad.ng down from the top are Coach Qobi rootball mentor. You
Dpears of Dartmouth "Texas Bill Cunningham flBHPr.Sft will rememhJr ho t-jrned out nin undefeated teamn
"Gus" Sonnenberg and John Schelburne. Cunning- SVj 1 , a row at the puget Sound .nstitution.
ham is the versatile center. Connenberg 13 a star 1
tackle and Shelburnc is a whale of a backficld man.
"vVlll Washlngto nhave any better
luck with the mystery Dartmouth
Green oleAen whe nthey meet at Se
attle today than western teams have
I been having with the eastern teams
of late ?
I Eastern critics think not. in spite
of the fact that Durtjiioutii ha.s been
a puzzle to everyone since the s ason
started.
Tho team coached by Spears ap
1 pearcd to be small potatoes in east
ern circles xt iho outset of tlur
I schedule and lost games as fast as n
five-year-old loses marbles.
PAHTMOITII IS PIZ.LI
Captain Robertson of tho Green
, was Injured and his shoulder has glv
! en hi m trouble all fall and althoug'
California Will Meet Ohio
for Honors At Big
Stadium
I'ASADENA, Cal . Nov. 26. Ohio
State and the I'nlversity of California
are the teams that will fight it out
In the annual east vs. west football,
clarlc here on New Year's day.
The Tournament of Roses assorin-
lion, under whoso auspices the game
' Is held, loot night asked the Unlver-
slty of California to represent the
west and It w-as announced at the',
university that President David Bar
rows undoubtedly would accept for
the university. Ohio S'ate had al
ready accepted an lnltation to repre
sent the east.
In Inviting California, the football
committee of the Tournament of,
Rosoe association said the action had
been taken because the eleven was
the best In the wesi and one of the
beat In the country The only other
western team to receive consideration
was the University of Southern Cali
fornia, it was said
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WALKER WINS
DES MOINES, la., Nov i!0 Hug-hie
Walker of Kansas City shaded George
Lamson. the Walthill. Neb., Indian,
here tonight in a scheduled eight
round bout. The men were heavyweights.
Sonnenbors. the squatty. squirmy'
acrambljUig tackle, was a mountain of.
itrt n.irth the line looked like paper,
both on paper and on the field.
The experts picked Gilmore Doblo's
Ithacans to roll Dartmouth up. But
lo and behold they gave Cornell one
of the soundest trouncing thej had
ever received when they met at the
Polo Grounds.
SPOIL DOBIE S STRATEGY.
Doble'a team looked like a slow
moving mass of giants and his star
:..ieU.-., Uaw ami Myers, couldn't even
9tort to flash forth with any of the
Doble strategy.
And when the) walloped Penn worse
the wise boys began to sit up and tak?
note that Dartmouth WOOU't so bad
at that.
h Captain Robertson star end and
COAST GAME IS 1
lo&raraE
Washington Dartmouth Con
test At Seattle May be Play
ed on Rain Soaked Field
SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 2 7 With
a weather prediction for rain eafly to
doy and clear weather for the after
noon, the I'nlversity of Washington
football fans believe their team will
have a slight advantage over the
Dartmouth college warriors In their
game today. While the groundkeopers
reported tho field firm last night, ad
ditional rain today will make It muddy
and under such conditions the Sun
Dodgers are believed to have the ad
vantage. Following is the tentative lineup:
Dartmouth. Washington
Lynch re.. .. Faulk (c)
N'eltl linger rt Clark
Crisp .rg Pope
Cunningham e Smith
Merritt ... 1st Hobl
Sonnenberg it Ingram
G. Mooro le . . . ... . Bryan
Bordan qb . , Abel
Burke rhb Eckmann
Robertson (c) ...Ihb Dalley
Bhslburne fb Harper
Officials: George Varnoll Tran
sylvania, referee Plowden Stott. Stan
ford, umpire; Harry" Dadmun. Wor
cester, field judge; Tracy Strong.
Oberlln. and Joe Gottsteln. Brown.
lo-a.il linesmen.
back. Is one of the best men in tho
east Both he and "Gus" Sonnen
berg are rated as All-American cali
ber. - in I NBERG 1 iTL IBB
Sonnenberg is an absolute flash on
defense and offense. Ho has made a
speclalt yof picking up loose balls and
of blocking punts. He got In tho
way of five of Cornell's kicks
John Shelburne. the lithe negro
back Is another Dartmouth light. He
turns up in nearly every play and can
wiggle through the line like an eel
in ?. ghofctly short fashion.
hill Is DEGTJLAR FEU
Texas F.IU" Cunningham, the pivot
center, gained laurels when he out
played Alexander, tho Syracuse cen
ter who has been rated as material
for the mythical eleven pickers Bill
WILSON BARRED
FROMJIO RING
Champion Will not Be Able to
Appear in Buckeye State
Until Nov. 1921
.
Middleweight Champion Johnny
Wllt-on Is through In the state of Ohio1
until November IB, 1921. Last week
representatives 0f all boxing commis
sions In the Buckeye state met Ot Col
umbus and formed the Eederatlon of
Munli ip.il LoxInK Commission of Ohio
one of the first official nets of the
new body vns to bar the man who
succeeded Mike O'Dowd as ruler of
the 158-pound division. The actlonl
was taken because Wilson refused to I
ko through with his battle with Bryan'
Downey, of Columbus, at Canton last'
Labor day. Wilson cancelled the bout1
less than 24 hours before he was t o j
enter the ring, claiming an injury to;
his nose prevented him from breath-:
ing properly Five Canton physicians
examined Wilson and pronounced the
Injury an old one and not serious.
Wilson's refusal to fight Downey
In Canton, was thoroughly investigat
ed by members of Canton's commis
sion who later prOSOnted evidence
showing the "champion" had booked
the match believing Downey was a
native son and easy picking After
his arrival In Canton several days
befor tho bout, he was Informed by a
friend that Downey waa one real tough
bird, and Immediately Wilson changod
his plans When the matter was pre
sented to the state body Wilson's sus
pension quickly followed. The Ohio
Federation Is seeking a reciprocal
Is also very versatile. He sing, j
9 rites soors, plays the pipe organ,
corresponds for a flock of newspapers
flind can speak several languages
Seattle Is making ft holiday of the I
game. They'll dedicate tholr new sta
dium which is only partially complet
ed now.
I s i i PI CTl RESQUK
The horseshoe-ofaopod stands open
on the water front making a jdctur
esque setting for athletic mee It
will seat 35.000 at present am' will
accommodate 86,000 when completed
After Doble s old school meets the ,
mysterj ;r en eleifen of the coot
we'll have a line on what's what in
th.- brand of football that is played
IQ00 miles apart
There's always added spice In an
I , ; r.-i-'-t lona I u'a inc.
Father of Famous
Player Dies in Oregon
TH R DALLES, Ore . Nov. 26. H '
I. Sleei . father of William Steers
captain and halfback of the Univer
sity of Oregon football team, died
here yesterday as a result of injuries
suffered In an auotmobile accident
November 18- It was owing to his
fathers BOriOUS condition Uint "Bill"
Steers was unable to accompany his
team to Pasadena for the game yes
terday with the I'nlversity of South
ern California.
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C ILL70KXIA IN rrED
PASADENA. Cal.. Nov. 26. An in
ltation was telegraphed tonight to
the I'nlversity of California to repre
sent tne west in the easi vs. west
football game here New Year's day.
Assurance has been given that Cali
fornia will accept
Ohio State university already has
accepted an Invitation to represent the
BOOl in the contest.
agreement with the state -ommlssions
in Michigan, Kentucky and New
York, and when this Is completed,
charges will probably be. placed
igalnst Wilson In those states.
The Ohio Federation, although made
up entirely of municipal commissions,
will present n solid front for the Im
provement of boxing In the state The
organisation voted down a proposi
tion to petition the Ohio legislature
to I OgO has boxing, in order to keep
the game out of politics. Every com
mission represented serves its respect
ive city wllhout pay and all monies
re, eived from the game go to char
ity Fourteen cities In the state w-ere
represented at the session.
ENGINEERS TO
FORME PLAN
Grid Game Growing in Popu L
lanty in All Sections if U. M
S. Stadiums Inadequate I
The crowd of SO. 000 fans who H
WOti bed the Yule-Harvard clash In the H
Yale bowl last week has brought about B
a new problem for engineers who spe- H
claltzc in the construction of athlctio H
stadiums. They ire wondering what B
the limit of attendance at football )
games will be hi ten years hertce. If
the popularity of the sport continues
to grow during that period as It has
grown during the past ten years. H
Wh s the Yal" bowl was built. It )
was believed Its mammoth capacity
would nut tested for at least B
vsors. At that time crowds of 40.- )))))))))))))))))
000 people at fooihuil game
something decldsdl) unusual. The
bowl was built for future us well as mM
present needs. The game Qkst week
proved the )owl Inadequate for de
monds at this time, because more than
40.000 applications for rickets were
refused, and thousands did not at- H
tempt to gain admission after it was
learned the capacity had been sold.
With an unlimited seating COpSClty. H
it Is believed the game would havo H
beeh witnessed by at least 125,000 Al
Kngineors hold out little hope of
, ever successfully building a stadium H
or bowl to accommodate more people SAVH
, than the Vale howl will accommodate.
1 An increase in the size of such a plant MVV
I would make many of the seats al- H
' most valueless for spectators, as in J
some sections rif the stands surround H
' Ing the Yale bowl at presen, If It is Im- AVS
possible to recognise the players. BAVJ
In order to select a southern train- H
I Ins; camp that will offer the most for
the Yankoes. Business Manager Kd.
I. arrow, of the- Yanks has gone south
; to look over a number of cities which
have asked for permission to enter-
I lain Babe ftuth & Co., next spring. H
I nl Rupperi recently declared many BVAVJ
southern cities had offered everything H
but their national banks for a visit of H
the Yankees and before he arrives at I H
la decision, decided to Imestlgate the H
j Invitations thoroughly. Barrows is well
acquainted In the south and is also
1 In a position to know Just the kind of J
camp the Yankees need. H
DEDICATE NEW I
CRIDJpiUM I
Monster Structure Will Be Put
In Use Today At 1
Seattle
SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 27. The
Cnlversll Of Washington KlebJ Stad-
lum. dedicated here today with the .
; booming of cjnnon from naval ships
land urm puns, by seaplanes and air
planes dropping footballs and by ex-
'erclses participated in by Governor MH
'Louis F Hart and other officials, was AH
constructed In six months by employ- AH
ment of revolutionary stadium con- A
jstruction methods. The dedication AH
.precedes the football game between AV
Dartmouth nnd Washington. AH
The stadium t'-shaped of concreto AH
(and steel on i he shores m Like Wash- MM
jlngton, was built without the employ- AAV
i ment of a horse or steamshovel. The A
engineers built the tiers on which ce
ment was placed for seats by forcing
sand solution through pipes up In- AH
Wooden frames had been erected AAJ
and as the water flowed along it de- AH
'posited a large percentage of sand In AB
Ithesn boxes Dirt and humus, being
lighter than sand, did not drop into AV
the forms but flowed along and back AV
llnto Lake Washington from which tho jj
sand was pumped- The result was AV
that with the continual pumping of 1
(the saturated water sufficient sand MmwM
w as dropped into tne forma to mate a
more solid backing than If men had mwM
tamped the deposits. mw
A total of 1 27.000 yards of dirt AJ
was sluiced up tho Incline, and con- MmW
crote seats on the dirt fill wore con- mw
structed within twenty-four hours aft- iH
ter the water had drained away. mjm
Thirty-two sections were poured with i
cement at the rate ot a section a day.
All materials were delivered to tho
stadium by water
Fir seats, supported on iron brackets,
with backs were installed on the con
crcte forms. The stadium has an open
end towards Iake Washington The MmMM
open end provides for track games AH
and for approaches of naval pagents. AH
Outside measurements of the stad- AH
ium are 600 by 7o0 feet. Inside AyW
measurements give a playing field 4S7
by 26S feet. mjM
The distance from the top of one AH
row of seats to seats on the opposite
side is G 6 0 feet one way and 424 feet
across. To make the playing field AV
"waterproof" drain tile was placed
under the field and 7600 tons of Brave mwM
und 4 200 tons of lop soil were packed mwM
To keop spectators from swarming mwM
over the field after contests, and old- WmjM
fashioned moat six feet deep and six MmJM
feet wide separates the seats from tho MmJM
playing (leld,
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!. DERBY
THE PAS. Man.. Nov. 27 The 1I21 MM
IlufiMon Bay dog derby will be run on
Tuesday, March 1, for a purse of $2,
COO. Tho distance wil bo 200 miles AV
this ear, the course to be from The MM
Pas to Flin Flon and return. The raco AS
l.-t open to the) world for any number
of dogs to a team and any type of M
llslgh, derby rules to gOM-ru
Len Seppala, the record holder of MM
the Alaska sweepstakes, has advised MM
the executive committee that he will AV
compete und others In Alaska are iu MM
communication with offillals here
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Statistics show that Kirls stick to
jobs longer than bos WM
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