Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-28
TN the star bout of an int

MN lIlG biaA pOoN
card at the Municipal A. c. last
night Danny Savage and Fighting
Dick Nelson fought a slow but decided
w interesting battle to a draw. Savage,
although ~outweighed by fully fifteen
mounds. put up one of the gamest
battles of his successful career, for not
only did he stand his ground with the
husky Nelson, who has the reputation
of winning the majority Of his fights
by the knockout route, but stood up to
him and snapped punches in a way
very few thought him capable of. In
stead of standing off and lighting at
his usual long range, Danny at times
carried the milling to Nelson. and he
would often show a willingness to take
two or three of Nelson's singing body
punches to send over his famous left
lab. Nelson fought in his usual slam
bang style, doing most of his effective
work while In the clinches. Feinting
with q left, he would often draw
Danny into a clinch and then cross
with his right. This style rather
puzzled Danny in the early rounds
but toward the end he was Die to get
close enough to land effectively with
his left. ,
During the first round both boxed
cautiously, Danny starting off by land
ing a left jab to the head. A clinch
followed, and Savage sent another left
to the head on the break. Nelson
rushed and sent a right to the Jaw,
and followed it quickly with a left to
the ribs. Danny jabbed two in quick
succession and hooked two rights at
the bell. The second and third rounds
were In Danny's favor. Nelson was
always trying to get close enough TO
land with his right, but Savage held
him safe with repeated jabs to the
head. Nelson landed often with body
punches when the fighters were In
close, but they seemed to have little
or no effect on Danny, for he always
held his own during the exchanges.
The fourth and fifth rounds were about
ever affairs, both doing effective work
with left jabs. Nelson was able to
avoid nan of Savage's jabs by con-
sistently ducking or clinchfng while IN
close. Considerable clinching was evil
dent toward the end of the rounds and
infighting prevailed.
The final round, which proved the
most interesting of the six, went to
Nelson by a shade. He landed fire.
quently with lefts and rights to the
head tina seemed to slow up Savage.
Danny was always willing, however,
and he took two or three hard punches
to send over q right hook that he began
to use to advantage. Nelson rushed
Savage toward the ropes several times,
but he was Unable to get over a telling
punch on Danny. who kept jabbing
cleverly and scoring with a right-hand
uppercut occasionally. Both men
clinched at the end of the battle with
both working for the body.
The semi-fnal bout, which would
nave gone as q main event before the
members of any boxing club, brought
together Phil Cross, brother of Leach
Cross, the noted New York dentist,
and Young Guarini, of Jersey City.
Cross, although at a weight ~disadvan-
tage, was the aggressor n forced the
fight from the start. Guarini, although
he is not possessed of the fine points
of the game, packs q wallop In either
hand that always has an opponent wor-
ried.
At the start of the bout Cross landed
a hard left to Guarini's ribs that either
felled him or he went down intention
ally. He regained his feet quickly, but
Cross was right after him, peppering
him with right and left swings to the
head and body. Guarini kept backing
away, sending in an occasional right
swing to Cross's ribs. Cross led q ter
rife pace during the remaining rounds,
having Guarini on the defensive trying
to protect himself from the hard
punches that he was handing out.
Urged by the crowd to go In and mix
things with Cross, Guarlni Immediately
showed TO advantage. Fighting at
close quarters, Guarini was able to
land some hard right swings to Cross's
ribs that made him gasp for breath.
Cross. seeing that he was at a disad-
long-range work and jabbed Guarini
around the ring. Both fighters finished
strong and were loudly eheered as they
went to their dressing-rooms.
The first semi-final bout, which
brought together Sailor Davis and
Young Roeber, proved a battle of rights.
Neither fighter showed any inclination
to mix things during the early rounds
and considerable clinching prevailed.
This style of milling appeared to Roe
ber's liking, for 1t was while in the
clinches that he was able to do his
most effective work. Roeber was the
aggressor. but Davis, who has q cork
Ing stiff right uppercut. was able to
stop many of his rushes. Roeber land
ed some telling body punches In the
last roupd that had Davis in a bad
way, He tired quickly, though, and