New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-04
BROWN TAKES A BEATING
No Match for Leach Cross in
Fast Bout at Garden.
GOES TO MAT FOUR TIMES
Bell Saves *. o." in One Round,
but He Proves Game and
Lasts the Limit.

Leach Cross. the East Side lightweight,
easily defeated Knockout" Brown In a
ten-round boxing bout at Madison Square
Garden last night, while a crowd which
only half filled the big arena looked on
The victory Of Cross was so decisive and
so clearly and fairly won that at the end
not a man left the ringside with any doubt
as to the victor. Cross scored clean
knockdown I'm the fourth. fifth, sixth and
seventh rounds with right hand blows to
the Jaw. but Brown on each occasion
scorned the count and rose to face the
music He was confronted by his master
however. who beat him at every twist and
turn, with the exception of the first round,
In which he had somewhat the better of the
milling.
As result OF the victory Cross. in sll
probability will he matched to meet "Ad"
Wolgast before the Garden Club some time
I'm the near future. In defeating Brown for
the second time Cross boxed as q New York
crowd has seldom seen him work. He
agreed to make 1874 pounds In the ring, and
came in at 1894, while Brown balanced
the beam at 13lL Cross stepped up to and
around Brown, and, timing his punches
we'll threw them home with every last
ounce OF power. The result was that before
the end of the sixth round Brown was
willing to hold on, and In the seventh was
I'm desperate straits TO prevent Knockout.
The Dutchman's punch. which Danny Nor
gan said was still much in evidence, was
nowhere to be found. Several times Brown
caught Cross on the tip Of the chin, but It
had little or no effect. Leach was lively
on his feet, did little stalling or covering
up. and showed conclusivciy that he was
the better man.
In the seventh round Brown suffered the
worst beating OF his life. and that he ever
stood ND under the terrible fire OF brusing
lunches IL one Of the riddles Of the roped
arena. He came up dazed. but full of
fight. and. as he had done time and again
before he led right hand cuff for Leach
head. Like a fash the latter stepped In
and shot over volley OF left and rlgnt
lunches. so that Brown was forced to beat
retreat.
Cross bored In, and when the Dutchrnan
swung a right for the head Cross stepped
in again and whipped his right square TO
tho tip OF the chin Brown went down with
a bang but like a shuttlecock he leaped up
10 carry the fight Cross soon caught MN
again. sent him Keeling to the ropes. ana
measuring a right for the BODY sent II
home. The blow landed clean ana talr
over tho pit of the stomach. and Browns
hands dropped. while he gasped for vino
lie lurched into a cllnch, and hung on until
the bell ended the round.
Brown sailed right in as the battle began,
and It appeared as II he was on the right
road 10 victory. He landed his right hand
cuff on Cross's face and hooked his LETT
home with telling force. Cross, however,
was not done by long shot. and he put
I'm some good, clean blows before the end,
but Brown earned the honors OF the round
The second round saw the tide turn and
from then on until the end Cross held
forth. Browns star set In the third round
and n aopeared then that barring bad
break Cross would win. perhaps by
knockout Soon after the bell in the third
he caught Brown on the jaw with right
hand uppercut and the Dutchman was
dazed and weak He charged In. however,
always willing, but Cross lay back ana
timed his punches with precision ana
landed them with an accuracy that was
almost cruel
Cross scored his first Touchdown In the
fourth round, with a right uppercut - the
chin After that blow Brown seemed Ia
lose a lot of strength. and he fell when
the men were Clinched on several occa-
sions. once when the boys were boxing
I'm a neutral corner Cross either knocked
or pushed Brown through the ropes. ana
that. too. failed 20 help the Dutchman
any. From this point on, when the mon
came together Cross went TO work at
Browns body. and. although the latter
was n Spartan under fire. his grit earned
him nothing but hard wallops.
CONNECTICUT LEAGUE RESULTS.