The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-04
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS.
Truthful and Graphic Narration of the
Joint Convention Contest.

The hall was crowded Police were in
easy distance. The sports stood on
chairs and yelled. The betting was
spirited. A yell went up as Netf, in
the pink of condition, rushed across
the ring to his dressing room. His
skin glistened and his hair threw off
moistened cadences of lippling color.
Another yell went up as Cross entered.
The Traveller held his head high on his
shoulders and his teeth in his mouth
and betting changed to odds. Referee
Houston said the fight was TO be to the
finish, according to the articles of
agreement and he was there to see a
square 60" Betting again changed.
Forrest had already stated that he
coul1 not swallow the bug and was
hustled out by the police. After few
preliminary bouts Ia which sports Ray,
Ross. Dunn, Cromwell and Callahan
figured, the champions, Neff and Cross,
dashed into the ring, followed by Par
son Davies Hall, of Oklahoma county,
and Fop Auton Pierce, of Kay county.
For more than two hours Neff
and Cross glared at each other anc
then shook hands. Cross wore a
mauve smile and caddy of BattleaXe
in his mouth, Champion Neff was
stripped down to the voca abulary and
appeared we'll poised ard confident,
Betting again changed, The sports
were wild with delirious deiirium and
several had to be taken out and bed
ded, among them Denton, Gill; Card
well, Barrett and Diggs.
At the cali of time Cross let fly at
Netf's applause department with his
order book and received a bill of
goods in the Stats from Neff's left ana
a stuffed eXperss account from the
Kay county giants right. At this
the betting changed again and hun
dred spots rushed for room SIS Grand
avenue hotel.
The mill was dull and prosy until
the 27th round, which caused betting
to change. In this round Neff made
Jeffrles rushes. breaking down Cross's
mileage books. Cross walked to his
corner.
Twenty eighth round-Neff in
creased in strength and reached for
Cross heart, but fell short. They
clinched; Cross led for wind with his
right and got bowery hook on the
jaw. Gross was plainly getting grog-
gy. Neff smiled blandly and was
landing right and left. with Cross coun-
gong sounded
Twenty-ninth round4-In this round
both Neff and Cross were winded.
Cross led with left to neck and re-
ceived an upper cut from the Newkirk
giant for his pains. Both mixed it
and Cross broke ground. Neff was
hammering sthe U. G.. T. advocate
when the gong sounded.
Thirtiath rOund-Naff hOundad n
the center with alac:ity. He rushed
and played with his left on Cross stats
as he handed his right over to the in
come aorta. The slugging was furious.
Cross made two Intellectual attempts
to land his right on Neff's STAN pede
arrangement. Neff saw his advantage
and followed 1T up, making furious
referendum rushes, They mixed it.
Cross, new but weak, led for the shirt
front Neff feinted and landed right
and left on Cross word factory. Cross
broke ground and Neff followed up
his opening with a joint convention
swing, handing the Traveller couple
OF veal outlets in the special order
compartment. c oss went down
Neff stood ready, and as Crcs attempt
ed to rise Neff probased him again,
Landing a couple of noucupative wills
on his heirloom. The sports were
wild with frenzy. Hagan was so ex-
cited be decleimed 10 himself all of
his 90 silver COW story speeches, and
Whittinghill, of Enid, squandered
fortune which he had in his mind.
Leslie Ross added a &C" to his name
and stood for Cross; Sidney Clark tried
to eat his white CATERS and suddenly
thinking himself the Barnes admins
tration viciously poked into his own
throat six vellum Is octave sets of anti
resolutions. The air was lOcooed with
freak Caldwell's voice and Col. John
sons concealed h2 o gurgles. Mean
while Neff was punctuRting Cross
fealings. landing right and left and
north and south. Finally Neff pound
ed Cross about the ring with Cleve-
land county swing and Cross went
down and out. A cry of foul went up,
an6 Neff shouted, "I'll do it again"
AS Cross rose to his feet, sick in the
gills, and bleating in the diaphragm,
Neff bowled him over again with a
Democratic punch in the excess bag
gage region. Referee Houston award
ed the prize to Neff, who accepted in
a few well-preserved words. Then
came Cross who said: "But one man
could do it; Neff said" After
the speeches, all the sports
fell on each others Einecks
and laughed cried and love-
feasted. And then champion Neff is
sued def to that boastful word pain.
ter Flynn for 25-round go, any kind
Of rules TO govern. The hLll was then
cleared of everyone save Jim Diggs.
and Jim, bouyant, intrepid and free,
chained himself to the stage and there
standing alona nraOl,aut with fhouoI,t