The evening world., 1912-04-18
Zig Night for Cross Family,
Leach Whipping Tommy Mur.
ply and Phil Winning Over
Young Hickey.

Tine New Io.k Wofidl,
THE Cross family was In form last
night. Leach whipped Tommy
Murphy and brother hi, per
formed . like office for Young Hickey.
Fht Ia a much moro aggrsssivo rghter
thsa Leach. While the youngs:cr was at
work In the semi-hnal Leach sat up IN
tbs balcony looking on. Young .ilckry
had . wicked punch. lie landed Il often.
n each time Phil Cross countered be-
fore Hickey could pull way out Of
range n then went after him with a
rush. '1ic's . better fighter than you
ssid . spectator to Leach. ,"Hs likes u.
! tell him he'll be cutting paper dolls out
IN . few years"
vac rushing around through the dress
inB rooms trying TO md q sponge. that
uscful article having been forgotten. lie
climbed through the ropes . minute or
two late. Murphy looked him over with.
out . smile. Becoming 4 long distance
fighter has made Murphy a littic dr.
lfersnt. lie looks more like q fighter
than he did . couple Of years ago. His
hair was cropped short. showing Q very
bumpy sort Of q head. His battered 2 ice,
nat nose. high cheek bones and aggre,.
siwe jaw. with the hair crop. nude m
look nhe an old prize ring veteran. md
- seen ~ the bell RAM he came out in
. new way. crouched low like Q cat
about TO sprins. He was anything but
hAn1some. His appearance was formid.
sSas enough 10 brighten anybody.
-AoA che SsArt Murphy was the
agsrssser. Cross met him coming
In. shot out . sudden left or right
M backed away Cross had better
judgment Of distance and more speed
than Murphy. His blows landed c~leaniy,
while many Of Tomny's only sw.shed
thesegh che air where Cross wasn't. In
- hrst round they bumped heads In q
cnneh. with the result that Gross went 10
h(s corner with . lump over one eye,
whiie Tommy had . cut along the scalp
line.
In the second ana third rounds the
dertist took more chances. Murphy was
rush!ng at him continually. and Cross
was able TO meet him with q heavy
NOW ana get away. He used . left
heck that landed on Tommy's nose three
q -four times In succession. Causing him
- open his mouth In distress. Murphy
vas staggered by . nercs right. Sun ne
ferced the hghtlns. q picture Of despers.
tsn. Leach. Swing ground all the t!ne
before HE attack. stopped now ana then
70 drive In q hard blow and slip away
again. Murphy was hitting short.
u was all hard s,ugging through the
next two rounds. Thu wonder Of II was
that Murphy could stand up under the
heavy smashes he stopped with his chin.
lie hasn't any glass Jaw" That's sure.
Cross drove smash after smash straixht
- the mark. and every time one landed
Aurphy plunged IN harder. lie tried
snside hshtins. his old speciality. Cross
csat him At that game. Cross wal hit
ting harder more accurately than
murphy At all range Several times ne
shook Tommy 90 badly that the Fiatbush
IsndsraSber cilnched.
In n seventh round Cross heat
murphy 20 the ropes. where he s,ood
oooblng his head and letting Leach
punch at Il for five or six seconds
Then ne rallied and rushed again. only
70 % met with. a STAGGERING right.
murphy was tired and In distress. but
nh hne condition showed. for he re.
covered from tho cnec, Of each hard
punch in a few seconds.
3 the end OF the fight neared.
~ Murphy. who must have Eel, that
he could vfn now only Nl,A a
knockout. rushed continually. trying his
best TO sriIz In one deciding MUNICH.
There were times when II looked as ~
he would succeed. for he hammered
Leach until the latter bent double and
covered his head with his hands. On
these occasions Murphy. who had
dropped his crouch. beat at the back
Of Lssch's neck until he Strengthened
W again.
4 One OF the hardest blows OF the eve
ming was landed =; Tommy's chin N
the ninth. Murphy. as usual, was rush.
Ing. u Gro q. as usual. was landing
the cleaner and the harder blows.
Murphy pan In. n Leach hooked him
On tho chin With . left. Murphy
cilnched for a few seconds and while
clinching shook his head from side TO
!, side 10 clear his brain.
The last round vas a ~slugsing bee
like the others. Cross held his advap-
ssye TO the end. Murphy tried IN deg
peration. only 10 run fun TIT into heavy
( counters. II 1t hadn't been for Murphy's
aggrcrsiyeness there would have been