The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, July 24, 1923, Image 2

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j r- 1 r Baseball Results j i i LEONARD PROVES HE IS REAL CHAMPION IN HIS FIGHT WITH TENDLER Champion Wins From Challenger By Wide Margin. Tendler Groggy in Thirteenth Round. Leonard Scores Knockdown. YANKEE STALll'M. NEW ’i OUK \ nul J <•" CITY.—A llthc-llmhed young nwn,! around M hair slicked back, walked Into t‘:e round, Tr ring here Monday nigh*, the light- the same weight champion of the nor!d and the same young man fifteen rounds later again stepped through the rOi*es. still the lightweight -ham- • pion of the world, after whipping Lew Tendler, the challenger for the title. Benny Leonard, the champion. Bhowed just what sort of chain* ; tiXii, pion ho really Is, when he went ! nroug! through the fifteen furious rounds ^ 0 g (1 with Tendler. winning decisively nnd leaving absolutely no doubt • ”°' vc ' for nian. i pounding ini*. After did T.ndlei • lr.lt la n to ho had fought was slow, tur ned to have lit. take* the hard that the champ the unprotect- II the have .eonard before. H ibly slow, and sec le inclination to Igfct arid lift jolt* van throwing Into tl d parts of hits body Tendler Been; of the flghUn, oath round was reached, r, in Justice to tho b aten rnuut be onld that bo took te al mori punlshincnt than Hpoctatora saw. Leon* topped bitting him. In every round. I AMERICAN LEAGUE CLUBS— \V. L. •w York f.n 28 eveland 41) 42 St Louis 45 43 j Chicago 42 42 Philadelphia 42 45 Washington 27 NATIONAL LEAGUE CLUBS— W. L. York 50 21 Pittsburgh . ckbiago ... Brooklyn .. St. Louis .. Philadelphia Boston ... OALLY LEAGUE CLUBS— W. Charlotte 14 s"art an burg 11 Macon ... Augi’Ma /irennvllltf by tll,! ttrnn |Columbia ■ | most or 'jard nev tha he is the greatest fightc his weight in the work.’ Tho grace of Hie swan, the ping of the fox, the ferociom of tho jaugunr and tho spot.. ... the striking cobra were nil com- j Practically every round. Leonard blued In the general make-up of ! hit T ndb-r three tfinefl to the the champion. f challenging once, *unl there Is no Starting with tho sound ol• th« I mau th| , wllk ., v , ;Uc world who bell, Leonard started after Ten-I dler nnd with tho possible excop-| tan S P°* j enny Leonard such an j tlon of the first round won overy Rdvnntagi and thep win. At least' aound easily, with somo doubt nr. j Ilof ull(,c " I to the first. 1623, tho year which will hi prize ring, had no terrors for Lot nnl. Hu talked into the ring with ,tho air of a man who know., he Is master of the situation—and he most certainly was. In tho last fight between tha two Tendler had Leonard ‘out" on his 'feet, but Leonard came bncy and won tho decision. !u this fight, ■ Leonard chose a different stylo of , dh r r flighting. Jnstead of waiting for .' Lew to start the fireworks, Benny loomed Impatient for the bell to bring them to the center* FOUGHT LIKE A PANTHER Leaping Out like n panther, Leon- ‘-Bn. - Leading by the fiirt twelve rounds, tho champ jumped into the thirteenth with the iutrutlon of ending the fight if possible, lie slammed and rocked Tendler with both hands until it Gccmed that Teiulb _ v.as bound to fall, 'f’cndlir appeared groggy at Itila rtarro and a moment later sank to the floor fum a right to the jaw and hard left to tho body. L' onnrd stood an 1 waited as Te:i- u the rosin while the vild with a kno *kout in sight. However. Lew managed to collect his wits and stood the gulf until the Mid. ’ ■ • • badly beaten man, though, and Leonard ia still the champ an liu ought to : BILL WHITE’S MEN PLAY WASHINGTON TEAM HERE THURS. ball man. Nash scums headed brilliant career In college on the diamond, gridiron and track and tho college that gets him w ill he must fortunate. There nro many others on tho Washington outfit who nro almost on a pay with tho thruo named and the team is one of the best bjil- * Thursday afternoon Coach Bill huaeU ‘White’s man eating Bulldogs wJJJ tar a Mice out on Sanford Field and battlo'wlth tho fust Wnshing- »team. Washington, on paper, looks to one of the best In this part the state and a winner over urn will make the Bulldog’s stock ke a big jump upward. ) tho 1 Washington team nro anted and fastest around here stars ns the Hill brothers, j Washington cornea to Athens rt and Meriwether, both of | with au enviable record for the em old Tech stars. For four j summer, so fur, and they have no these two boys were thorns j Intention of haviug this record the sides of the Bulldogs and | marred by a defeat at the hands of oy have lost none of their ic-m- : tho Bed ami Black aggregation, ability. Albert Hill was one of i -Bill White vus rather reticent greatest athletes Tech ever as to whom his pitching selection ed out, while hl.j brotbe* wib a j would be. In fact he wouldn't say, noncl star of tho first water, f but tho chances are that young n tho Washington Irnr.i the*v , Nelson, tho freshmun twlrler will also a .youth named Nash Ho (occupy the mound In ■this gnme. star In big school circle s j iu Fred Sale was slated to hurl t year-ami Is ready to *tcp right ! tho game Wednesday againut Nevt i the collegiate ranks right ti« »v. i Holland. m ntaural born athlete. ; The game with Washington will i was a star fullback on the toot* j start promptly at four fifteen l lteam at Washington High dr.;*- I with tho admission prices thirty- hts high schools and a crocs i wive end fifty cents. MONDAY'S RESULTS / Manta 2; Nashville 8. Mobile 17: Little Bock C, New Orleans 3; Memnhbt ; Birmingham 14; CbnUnnon AMERICAN I.EAGU^ game ployed. NATIONAL LEAGIJF •®t. Louis 7: UincJnnatl 7. Now York 8; Phllartelohla 4 f’hlcaco *12; Pittsburgh 2 Only three gomes scheduled. SALLY LEAGUE Aegusta 2: Greenville 1. i-boiiotto 4; Spartanburg 0. • nlumbln r,: Mo con 4. TUESDAY'S GAMES SOUTHERN LEAGUE A Manta at Nnnhvlllo. Birmingham rt Chattanooga. Mobile at Little Bock. New Orleans at Memphis. New r-leans of Memphis. AMERICAN LEAGUE Vr w York nt Philadelphia. Washington *»t Boston, f’levelond at St. Loulo. Detroit at Chicago. NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis at Cincinnati. ( hlragu at Pittsburgh. Only two gnmoa scheduled. Athens Visitors Among those visiting In Athens Tuesday wore A. M. Mender, At lanta; J. W. Grlffeth, Savannah, (la.; W. A. McKoy. Portsmouth, Va.; Harry F Analey, Atlanta. Charles A. Kllburn. Macon; J. •Mi. Haley, Ashtmrn, Ga.; Win. Bradfor<V Atlanta; J. P. Picks, Atlanta; T. B. Son w right. Atlanta; W. L. Bowen, McRao, Ca.; O. L. Heath, Atlanta; Dr. G. E. Miller, Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Ruth Miller, Jacksonville, Fin.; J. A. Dllbeck, Atlanta; Doug las Wier, Baltimore. Md.; Leslie Lewis, Atlanta; II. CL White, At lanta; John Prumley, Sanford, Flu.; i\fl H Evans, nnd Mrs. Kvuns.-Orlumlo, Fla. E. II. Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin, Bowling Green. Flo.; Edith Andor ran, Lakelnn f Tfa.; C. Evans. Gun I). Dank, /MlA^tn; R. E. Hall, Milos, Frankfort, ! In the game scheduled on Novem- TT4F OLD HOIVIEI TOWN »>« r m GamesvlUe. Fla. A return * * * a - 1 * av-rxsaa-i a v »» * i is offered the Baptists next A. L. Gallagher. Atlanta; E. C. year. tlio' battle to be staged on Mauldin,, Lavonia; M. E. Wilson, i ,0<:al grounds. Atlanta; W. A. Smith. chatfa- Mercer's greatest enemy. Ogle- nooga; W. O. Martin, Atlanta. thorpe, will have the advtntage r, [gained by playing on their own d l on November 10, when Rob-- mo in four seasons the Baptists '>k last year's game by a 18-16 Mint, and either team looked like inners from the start. October 6—University of Geor in Athens. xr tt ,*7,' t * • October 13—Furman University New Head Coach Arrives m Macon. At Mercer. Plays Geor-; 19-earap »>nnin g m Jtia in Athens fin; OctO-' »7-B‘rrnlnsh„TP-So-.it!i- the foothail schedule forjthe Mer cer University ole/ -i was made; 'V! >nday by Stanley Robinson, new head coach nt the * aptM Instill- nnd Black team this y ,»ar shows j »e met on the opening day. Oct- '*rr fi. wh"n tlm Universltv of Borgia Bulldog* will he duty oil In \M’or*\ 1 nsf yn»r the -Mer crlnns • nre badly handicapped bv n crij -fed term and the AM-eninns ra c- Ccach Cody’s charges by fuijwwrtcrs hope that tl m-e nnd Bii ih stronger this fall, nnd that score —*11 slew -tl-* difference Harold Bell Wright’s New Novel The MINE With ^The IRON DOOR A ChrtoomAthtQfnn Romance of tho Arizona Mountains I N THE solitude of the Arizona desert, in the shadow ofthe towering Catalinas, they met nnd loved. _ She, a child of nature, ignorant of numc and origin, he, a splendid tyjje of Apierican seek ing to escape—none knew «rh«t. The romance of these two, ^ the mystery surrounding them, the machinations of their cne-' • mica and the help of tnnic very wonderful characters make - this new novel the greatest of Harold Hell Wright’s many brilliant successes. 00 per copy. Picture in full color and colored jacket. Get your copy today. THE. McGREG OR. C0MPAN Y_ lead Banner-Herald Wants