Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
LEACH CROSS-MATTY BALDWIN BOUT
SHOULD BE HwARD=HITTING AFFAIR
Both Boys Anxious to Land
Knockout-LOng Acre Stag
Tomorrow Night.

POSLQAf Will AA4NGI 1A+oA
ten-round contest at the National
Sporting Club. The boxing fans have
been waiting for many months to see
these youngsters get together in a re-
turn engagement, and the prospects
are that Tom O'Rourke's Club will be
packed II the doors.
Last all Cross and Baldwin supplied
the liveliest eight rounds Of boxing
that had ever been witnessed in Man
haitian. The referee. Joe Hess, fur
nished a sensational climax by dis
qualifying Baldwin after he had tloored
Cross three times. Hess lost his
head. Patsy Haley will be in the ring
with the boxers tonight, and Haley
has demonstrated that lie can keep his
balance under any circumstances. Be-
fore the first bell he will have a talk
with the boxers and make 1t clear that
they will have 10 stick close to the
rules.
Matty Baldwin has long been reeog-
nized as one of the sturdiest little men
of the ring. His career has been marked
by many glorious victories. He is anX-
lous to defeat Cross in order to pave
the way to matches with top-notchers
IN the lightweight division. Cross Is
in splendid form for the contest. He
IS back in his old shape, with a wallop
IN either hand.
The Cross family will be doubly rep
resented in the ring. Phil Cross will
meet Jack Dillon in the semi-inal.
Hugo Kelly, of Chicago, and Johnny
Thompson,of Sycamore, ILL.,, rival claim
ants of the m~iddleweight pugilistic
championship, are ready for their
scheduled ten-round fight, which will
be decided before a Racine, Wis, club
tonight. Both are below the required
weight of los pounds. Promot RS of thu
contest are planning to match Billy
Papke. former middleweight champion,
With the winner of t~onight's battle.
A score OF boxing bouts were decided
asst night in the Metropolitan cham
p~ionships at the h-American Ath-
letic Club. There were several knock
outs and plenty of clean, fast, scientific
boxing.
In the 115-pound class, John HUI
maggie, of the National Athletic Club.
a brother of the national champion.
and John Deegan, of the Ozanam A. c.,
boxed four rounds without either gam
ing an advantage. So ever were the
llonors that Charlie White, the referee,
allowed both of them in the finals.
Young Brown, of New York, defeated
Young Perna. of Newark. in d fast ten
round bout at the Long Acre Athletic
Association last night. In only two of
the rounds out of the ten did Perna
hold his own. In the other eight Brown
forced the fighting, and in the third
round sent Perna to the floor with a
hard right to the jaw. The Jersey
boxer was forced to the ropes fire.
quently, and several times had to cover
up to protect himself from Browns
blows to the face and body.
Another pair of "huskies'' will be
seen in action when Dummy Maxson,
the Brooklyn sIugger, and Andy Nor
rts. the New England heavyweight
champion, meet in the stsf bout of ten
rounds at the weekly stag OF Browns
Gymnasium, New York, Tuesday night.
The semi-windup will bring together
Fred La Casso and Jack Mcfarland, a
couple Of g00-pounders. Harry Forbes
and Al. Besner. welterweights, will fur
nish the sport in another six-round
One OF the best Saturday night enter
tainments held so far this season at
the Long Acre Club viii Re held this
week. Altogether there will be a dozen
tnree-round event 4etWeen amateurs
n a six-round event between profess
SIGNALS. Among the boys who will ap-
pear for the pleasure of the members
are the following; Johnny Peters,
Freddy Kline, Willie Malley, Eddie
Phalen, Abe Spiegel, Peter Brannick,
Charley EckegS. Gorge (Kid) Nc
ADAMS, Hardy jackson, Joe Mitchell,
Johnny Kirk, FRANKIE Young and a
score OF others.
George Chip. the Pittsburg middle
weight boxer. and Jack Dillon, Of In
d~ianapolis, will meet at Terre Haute
tonight in d scheduled ten-round bout.
Dillon and Chip have met on two pre-
vious- occasions, one in a six-round
no-decision affair, in Pittsburg, and
then at Dayton. O., when the Indianpo-
lis boxer won a d"fteen-round decision.
The ten-round boxing bout scheduled
for tonight at Milwaukee between Jim
my Gardner, of Lowell, Mass, and Bob
Moha, of Milwaukee, has beer post
poned until May 10. owing to an injury
10 n of Gardeners hands, sustained
in a recent contest.
Yankee" Schwartz, of Philadelphia.
got the decision over Eddie Forrest, of
Baltimorc, last night, after eight fast
rounds at Memphis.