Leonard fighttoy

                                         FROM THE BOOKS
   Heywood Hale Broun called Benny Leonard "the white hope of the orthodox." The famous essayist believed that no performer in any art was ever more correct than this Jewish-American from New York City.
   "Benny follows closely all the best traditions of the past," Broun commented in 1922. "His left-hand jab could stand without revision in any textbook. The manner in which he feints, ducks, sidesteps and hooks is unimpeachable. The crouch contributed by some of the modernists is not in the repertoire of Leonard. He stands up straight like a gentleman and a champion and is always ready to hit with either hand."
   Always the perfectionist, Benny's proud boast was that he'd never had his hair ruffled in a prizefight, which was a fact. He wore his hair plastered back, oiled so that it had the smooth shine of a patent leather shoe-and it stayed that way through each fight. To get Benny's goat, the moment they met in the middle of the ring Leo Johnson reached over with his long left arm, glove open, and deliberately rumpled Benny's hair. This annoyed Benny, and he tore wildly into Leo with both arms pumping. He never stopped banging away until Leo was flat on his back, counted out in the first round.

                 John D. McCallum-The Encyclopedia Of World Boxing Champions

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