Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-12
CROSS DEFEATS
JACK DORMAN IN
A FIERCE BATTLE
Loser Floors Leach and Latter
Duplicates in Third, the Bell
Probably Saving Bronx Boy
from a KnOckout-Salinas
Burns May Meet Bill Lang.

A FTER one of the most bitterly
~ contested battles between light
weights ever seen at any of the
New York boxing clubs, Leach Cross,
the dentist-ighter, beat Jack Dorman
in a ten-round bout at the Fairmont
A. C. stag. Although Cross won, 1t
was not by any big margin, for Dor
man CAV him one of the hardest fights
of his career, ana as a result Leachie
had to travel his fastest in order to
win the honors of the contest.
In the first two rounds the men set
a hot pace, but it was not until the
third session that they got real busy
and got the fight :ans excited. Dor
man brought the GROVE to it's feet by
landing a right swing on Cross's jaw,
dropping him to the floor. Cross stayed
down until Referee Billy job had
counted eight seconds over him, when
he staggered to his feet.
Dorman then rushed at Cross and
punished him severely about the body
n face with hard swings and left
hooks. Cross steadied himself for a
few seconds and suddenly shot over a
right swing to Dorman's jaw, sending
him to the floor. Dorman got I'D dazed,
and for the remainder of the round
oiNoS iCu6hl hdIo " put DOTIldn
away, but the bell came to his rescue.
The rest of the fight was a slam
bang affair.
Hugh d. Mcintosh will arrive here
from London in a few days. and the
first matter that will receive his at
tention is a proposition to match Bill
Lang against Salinas Jack Burns, pro-
viding, of course that Burns whips
Jim Stewart at the National Sporting
Club of America, New York, Friday
night. Burns will tackle Lang pre-
paratory to getting a whack at AL
Kaufman.
Pacific coast sporting writer's appear
TO have been favorably impressed by
Burnss showing IN all his recent
battles. The young giant is only q boy,
n experts believe he has a great ring
career before him.
Salinas Jack will get a real tryout
when he faces Stewart next Friday.
Jim is very anxious to tuck this vic
tory away in his suitcase before re-
turning to Paris, which he contem-
plates doing early in November.
W is training for his bout with
Burns under the direction of Joe Jean
nette.
Johnny Waltz, the Jersey City boy.
walloped Jimmy Moriarity. of Boston.
severely in their ten-round mix-up at
Browns Gymnasium last night.
AT the Unity Athletic Club. of Lynn.
brook, Long Island, Larry Temple
found an easy mark in Dick Miller,
stopping his man in the eighth round,
after giving Miller a bad beating.
Young Smith and George Miller boxed
a ~six-round draw.
At the Wildwood Club, of Brooklyn.
Bert Gardner had all the best of a ten
round go with Make Marks, who was
substituted for Jack Richie. Young
Marvin won all the way from Willie
Burke in the semi-final.
At Allentown, Pa, Dennis Tighe
gave fifteen pounds to Harry Mansfield
and fought him to a draw in a ten
round bout 1t was a vicious contest
from start to finish.
Joe Thomas, the California heavy
weight, who has been out of the game
for over a year, will reenter the ring
OF NV i<piS y H~ - NOiilOIIOW
night. His opponent will be Jumbo
Wells, the Australian.
Tommy Houck. the Philadelphia
featherweight, who gave Joe Wagner a
bad beating al Albany on Monday
night, has been matched to meet
Willie Carroll in the star bout at
Browns Gymnasium tomorrow. The
winner of this bout will be matched to
meet frankie Burns. Carroll and
Houck will weigh in at 116 pounds
ringside.
Billy West and Fighting Kennedy
are rounding into shape for the ten
round bout at the Lehigh A. C. Friday
night.
Dick" Clancy, of Buffalo, and kid"
Davey, of this city, fought a fast six
round draw at the Empire Athletic
Club at Elmira last night. Both are
aspirants of the bantamweight title.