The evening world., 1912-04-17
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osUynssa. in1e. b, The Pres FuAhAlD o.
tThs Nov Yort World.
N EACH CROSS will have q chance
tonight to show how much he has
- improved since he last fought
Tommy Murphy.
This should be the best Of the Cross
Murphy hghts. Murphy 10 a. good as
vel. but Cross 10 Hghting better and
hitting harder han he ever ala before.
IN their FIRST bout. Murphy had Cross
buifaioed from the start. 'Leachie only
covered and stalled. The second time no
I'D better WORK. This time he may make
q hot for the Fiatbush veteran.
I've always thought. and stu thina,
that Tommy Murphy has more class
than a other lightweight hghting In
the East. He has . good lighting head.
and he knows moro about the game
than most OF them. Murphy's nghting
ability has been shown two or three
times when he received a heavy knock
down blow In the beginning OF the fight.
and although badly weakened for a mo-
mont used his head to bring him through
the round. and came out for the next
n dghttnG better than ever. Tommy
has been known As q slow starter but a
great Anisher. This Characteristic has
shown In his long NIGHTS with Mcfarland
and Moran and Hogan. In zach Of these
he started slowly. but came with a rush
when the bout was half over and FIN
ished stronger han his opponent.
A. for 1eachie. no hits 30 hard that
he's dangerous against any one In the
HEAVYWEIGHT class. He isn't 40 clever a.
Murphy. MI he's cunning and tricky.
rRANK CHANCE has retired from
active play. He has been "beanod'
60 often that his head won't stand
a more taps. Chance thought he
might come around all right this year.
out experience In the training camp
convinced him that no couldn't AFFORD TO
take the risk OF being "beaned" again.
. All OF this suggests the seldom recox.
ntsed fact that baseball ID one OF the
nos dangerous OF athletic sports. The
hospital list in the big clubs each year.
With spIking injuries. pulled muscles
end tendons. sprained ankles. cracked
skulls and various other sridiron acc!-
deuta reads like the result Of n train
wreck.
But basebail players enjoy life. and II
they tSke . few moro risks Of being In.
5ursd than tho average man they dom,
worry over II. For that matter. there Il
some chance OF injury In every form OF
active life, whether It's on the ball field,
The grfdiron or in any mans Job" &c
Why cry out against the occasional &C
cidsnts met with In athletic eports'
: Why. every time you walk down IN,
0esOet you risk being hit by = cornics
stone falling from some building. Of
sun down by an automobile (seoond han<
? Sporting injury. OF blown up by an ex'
U1ooion of gas under the sidewalks. o.
hit oy q stray bullet whanged at sonS
enc else BY ''Black Handers."
PONIES. manager Of wolsast. wirel
that the wolgastIRivers fight II
Los Angeles win draw the iarsss
Fate receipts ever drawn In America
With the single exception Of the ngh'
Ct Reno"
Jones. being manager Of wolgast. tn
champion. 10 naturally enthusiastic owe
f. the drawing power Of his lighter. How
svsr. Mr.. Jones might thinli over som
q the great lights Of an earlier day
Win their ee,ooo and sSs,o 900 gate coliec
lions. After that Mr.. Jones In Above
enc more guess. Al that Wolgast an
Rivers will draw. This Rivers 10 We
thought Of in California. where he I
regarded AZ = coming lightweight cham
pion.
4 BE ATrELL has had q talkativ
~ streak on the Coast. Able. II b
IL correctly quoted. doesn't belle,
IN being modest in the face OF defea
TN gong TO get This Kilbane I'M
the ring again and re|w1n my title
AZ told the San Francisco writer
He won't have . chance to win. I
show him up % bad that he'll look III
Joke"
Considering the way Able was SHOW
~ himself In that feht with Kilba'
this little spiurge of his doesn't betok'
the possession OF good judgment.