El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-03

FEW YORK, y. Y, Aug. 3.-The St
Nicholas Athletic club corraled
- a great drawing card in tho
match between Young Jack O'Brien,
philadelphia lawns" little brother,
and Leach Cross, the fighting dentist
The bout is down on the cards for this
coming Wednesday night
"O'Brien scored an emphatic nit with
local sports when he showed them a
flash of speed which recalled his IA
nous brother when at his very best
some years ago, and right now the
yOungSter is one of the best attractions
in the market. New Workers apprecl-
ate a boxer of class when they see
one
As for Cross, he is always a card in
this town. Leach is an Eastside He
brew, and 1t is safe to say there IS no
fighter anywhere who has a greater
following than this young man. Wnen
teaches" as his admirers term MN,
is billed to give an exhibition OF skin
with the gloves the promoter can Dank
on 2 filled house. The local Je"lsn
colony is for Cross to man and cheer
fully comes through with admission
every time he starts,
While O'Brien lacks the experience
of his older adversary, he IS classy
enough to gallop home winner he
is altogether too fast for the New
Yorker and will probably outlook MN
from beginning TO end CrOss's greatest
to bring home the bacon he VIII nave
to land a wallOp with power enough
chance rests in his hitting ability ana
to slow the young Quaker down 70 ms
own speed Leach can hit hard u
that there is no doubt / guess ne S
came enough. too, but 1 Jnlnk the
OBrien boy viii throw so many gloves
At him that he'll grow tired of lodging
Those continuous jabs on the counIe-
nance without being able to get IN an
effective punch in return are what test
boxers gameneSS. Wednesday evening
will put teaches to the acid, 1eel
certain. ~,
CAST and offers TO bet some dough
that he can trim the champion Joe
Rivers is another boxer to whom ne
has been making overtures. A match
boys is out of the question, as the
champion VIII not box again BEFORE
Thanksgiving, so he announced the
other day while Rivers has an import
ant Labor Day date with Joe Mandot,
the southern lightweight Of whom
great things are expected Leach IS
considered a very careful match maker,
and side stepped both Jack BrltUOn ana
Willie Ritchie when promoters tried to
bring them together recently II IS a
sure thing ne is confident OF beating
O'Brien or there would nave Deeh no
match. Young Jack viii succeed, l
believe, in convincing the Hebrew OF
his error Of judgment IN TINS instance
Jack Johnson is not the only cham
piou with big ideas and a very high
valuation of his services. Al Wolgast,
when approached by Jim COffrOth, who
wanted an option on the lightweight
champion for three 20 round engage
ments modestly named $56,5Oe guar
antee with a percentage privilege ana
a divvy on the moving pictures Coff-
roth has dealt in star bouts ever since
he horned into the game and IS tOler-
ably familiar with the caprices and eX-
aggerated ideas of champions, but Ads
demand nearly put him down for the
count The red-headed one shreWdly {
figured WoIgast would make a lower
rate per battle on a wholesale order, /
but the champ insisted on the union
scale for the entire contract
COffroth, by the way, has been try
ing for an opening in Southern Cali |
fornia and is thought TO have closed !