The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-27
Sensational Contest on
the Coast.
KNOCKED OUT In 4lST ROUND
The New York Man Went to the
Floor IS Times.
brock the Count of Nine Repeatedly,
But Always Came Back Look
Ing for Mere Fight and
More Punishment

San Francisco, Cal, June 26.-"Fight-
ing Dick Hyland. knocked out Leach
Cross of New York, in the forty first
the Colma Arena this afternoon.
The night was one of the most SEN
sational of modern ring history and
was characterized bp the gameness and
pugilist-d dentist. He was fiorej fully
fifteen times during the contest and
after the twenty-fifth round fought
practically on the defensive only.
This was Cross initial battle on CAL
ifornia soil and the first time he had
fought over ten rounds. He started In
as clipper as q lark. For the first ten
rounds, he was the acme Of GOODNESS.
His great cleverness gave him the ad-
vantage of the earlier rounds and II
looked for a time, that he would out
point and out box his rugged antag-
In the twelfth Hyiand. catching Cross
on his guard, shot a wicked right to
the jaw and the Fastener took the count
of three. From the twelfth to the
twenty-fifth, the tide of battle ebbed
and flowed. In the twenty-sixth. Cross
was sent to the floor, where he remain
ed for the count of nine.
Round after round the gong saved
Cross. after he had been terribly pun
dshed. He displayed gameness that was
literally superhuman. In the fortieth
round Cross took the count of 8 on
three separate occasions, the gong
though weakened considerably from the
extraordinary efforts on his part in
the forty-hrst round. put In punch
that sent Cross through the ropes and
Cross was pushed back into the ring
only to be sent to the carpet once more
for the count Of 9. Hyland changed
his tactics. Bringing his right back
he shot 1t out with all the remaining
strength at hts command. The blow
landed IN the pit of Cross's stomach and
the latter crumpled up life leaf.
There he lay unconscious. where he was
counted out after which his seconds
rarried the PROSTATE foi,n to the dress
The fight was the most poorly attend
ed of any battle given in this icty A
one rounds of fighting and bot hspec-
eators and fighters were chilled through.
In the twenty-first round a left up
per cut to the jaw sent Cross to the
door but only for all instant.
Round after rouno Cross kept back
ing away trying to force Hyland to
uncover. But Hyland, always foxy,
never gave the opening Cross was
looking for.
In the twenty-third round Hyland
swung two Furnishing lefts to the jaw.
In the next round Cross. still going
away sadazed the, Californian with < q
right chop to the jaw.
change of vicious blows with Cross
somewhat distressed at the end.
In the twenty-sixth Cross was fioored
by a left to the jaw and took the
count of nine. He appeared half beat
en- and was punished numerically be-
fore the gong saved him.
Coming up weakened in the next
round, Cross rallied after a succession
of hard lefts and a fierce encounter oc-
Cured, from which Hyland emerged
with blood streaming from his mouth.
Hyland tried for a Knockout in the
twenty eighth. Both men were tired
and a well directed punch from either
would have done the trick. Both
fought savagely in the twenty ninth,
at the end of which Hyland put hard
right to the kidneys. staggering Cross.
Both men slowed down in the next
round with Cross continually breaking
ground. Hyland forced the. fighting in
the thirty first. Cross sagged against
the ropes, splitting blood and almost
beaten He took the count of nine
again in the thirty The gong
saved him.
Cross revived slightly before the
thirty third round but Hyland again
hammered him.
The thirty-seventh round closed with
both men fighting viciously. Cross's
exhibition of gameness elected cheer
after cheer. Entirely on the defense
he was made a target for terrific pun
lshment at Hyland's hands.
In the thirty-eighth, Hyland tried
again to knock him out and in the next
round knocked Cross through the ropes
into the press stand. The latter was
pushed back into the ring and gamelJ
met the punishment that awaited him
Hyland began to tire from his efforts
In the fortieth round Hyland pushed
his clinging opponent away and Gross
surprised the spectators by swinging
two hard lefts to the jaw.
In the forty-hrst Cross came VI
fighting but was sent to the ropes witt
a hard right to the jaw. He dropped