The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-24
TRACK, FIELD
AND DIAMOND
ALL
LEACH CROSS
JARS ''CY" SMITH


San Francisco, Leach Cross, the East
Side dentist, handed a bad beating to
Cy Smith, the Jersey scrapper, in the
ten-round bout that featured the show
of the Bedford A. c., in Brooklyn, last
night. Cross won all the way, the only
round in which he did not have the bet
ter of the milling being h sixth, when
the Jerseyman carried the war to Cross
and gave better han he received.
Fol eight rounds Smith was some
what up in the running. In fact, in the
early rounds he was aggressive, almost
bristlingly so. But Leachie began to
timber up a bit in the later stages, and
he Walloped and smashed Smith about
the ring like a sack of meal. Only
Smiths great gameness kept him on his
feet. He weathered the fusiilade of
punches Leach rained on him well, and,
though weak and lettering, was on his
feet when the bell ended the tenth
round
In the ninth Smith was in a bad
plight for the greater part of the ses-
sion of the milling. Cross went after
him when the bell called them together
like a hound after a fox. And the ma
jority of them connected, too. leavins
Smith crushed and battered, but stin on
his feet. The bell came to the rescue of
Smith at an opportune moment. He
was about finished when the gong
Changed.
Quick work by his seconds. and Smith
revived sufficiently in the interval be-
tween rounds to make some kind of
showing in the early stages of the
tenth. But it wasn't for long. Cross,
with confidence born of seeing his oppo-
pent wilt and stagger. set sail for Smith
and battered away at him again and
again. But still Smith pluckily held on.
Again the bell came to his rescue.
After Referee Shortel told the men to
protect themselves at all times the ben
started them off. Cy put a right to the
stomach, but a moment later Leach re-
taliated in kind. A right and left by
Cross, coupled with a little wrestling,
threw Smith to the door in this round.
Some heavy rights gave Cross he
honors of the session, though Cy was q
willing customer. Cy began the second
with a terrific rush, which Leach
ducked. Smith going almost through
the ropes. Cy rushed into a clinch n
got two terrific rights and a left upper
cut on the chin for his trouble. Cross
was all over his adversary in this
round, landing almost at will, though
Cy kept coming.
Another rush by Smith opened the
third, but Cross avoided him easily.
They fought hard in this session n
Cy's aggressiveness had his mai wor-
ried when the bell rang.' Honors were
about even in this round. ,
Smith was mercilessly beaten up in
the fourth, but he kept coming in, Cross
stabbing his man with vicious punches,
spreading Cy's mouth all owe his face,
bulging up his nose and swelling the
left eye, but Cy kept on rushing.
In the last few rounds it was all
Cross. He was able to hit Smith almost
at will. The ninth and tenth proved
disastrous TO Smith. He received an
awful beating in both rounds.
Sam Langford, the colored middle
weight, evidently means to do consid-
cradle fighting this fall and winter, for
besides being as good as matched to
fight Stanley Ketchel for ten, rounds at
the Fairmont A. c. on September II, he
has also been signed up by his mani
ager, Joe Woodman, to meet Mike
Schreck, the Western heavyweight, for
six rounds at Columbus. o.. on the
night of September %, and with Tommy
Burns, the former champion, for twenty
rounds at a show to be brought off by
Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian light
promoter, in London, the latter part or
October. Langford is training at
Northboro. Mass, for his battle with
Ketchel and Schreck.
Another battle between heavyweightS
will be fought at the Pacific A. C., or
Los Angeles, Cal, tonight. The mon
who will figure in this scrap are Jim
Barry, of Chicago, and Jack Burns. a
young pugilist of California, who has
never met defeat as yet. They will lem
gage. in a ten-round bout and JACK
johnson has agreed to take on the win
ner in three weeks. ohnson will be at
the ringside to challenge the victor.
Joe Jeanette, the colored heavy
weight, is certainly a confident hghter'
Joe meets Sandy Ferguson, the Boston
heavyweight, for ten rounds at the
Fairmont A. C. stag on Friday night,
and so sure is he of beating Ferguson
that he has already ~telegraphed to
Jimmy Caffroth, asking him to try ana
arrange a match for him with Jack
Johnson, 10 IdhS pidCo tiS io''i P"N 20
next month. "I am going to beat ana
decisively this time" said
last night, land then I will go after
Johnson"
Boxing shows will be resumed agar
In Boston tonight. The Armory A. A.
the big boxing club Of that city, has q
show on with three bouts for the occa'
sion. and a large crowd is expected t
see the scraps, as all of the principals
are New England lads. In the mali
bout Billy Honey Melody will face
Billy Rolfe for twelve rounds, MattI
Baldwin will box Johnny Lynch for tel
rounds and there will be another bou'
of ten rounds.
Jack Curley. the promising light
weight of Harlem. who has been win
cling many battles recently, had hi
winning streak broken last night at tn
stag of the Olympic A. c., where h
was clearly outpointed by Jack Den
t ming, another local lightweight, in
, te n-round bout. Denning was too cleve
} and shifty for Curley, and from tn
l start to the finish he drove in left-han
t labs into his face, and also plante