Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-04
BY Paul Armstrong.

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Y Os ANGELES, July 4.-Bud An
derson, who is TO fight Leach
Cross this afternoon, has been
put out but once. Once and only
once has he known what IT means
to be dropped for true. But he got
It good once and that was from a
horse.
Forty some times has Anderson
been matched against men, most of
them demanding catch weights and
taking a shade anywhere from 10
to 30 pounds, but nobody has ever
done as we'll as the horse.
For two years. which about covers
his career as a professional boxer,
Bud has won about half his bouts
With knock out. and the rest, barr
ing a draw or two. were his on de-
ctsions Knockout Brown, with a
wild desperate swing. dropped and
daZed him just enough to win for
himself draw, but what a lacing
Brown did get next time to repay
for that one swing.
George Memsic was the original
discoverer of Anderson. Memsic had
fought them all and, beginning to
show the ravages of time and hard
usage he went hunting local favorites.
Memse Unesrthed Anderson.
The local favorite of a small but
boisterous burg was Tommy Ryan's
game He wrote that stuff The
boisterous burg, once it has a favorite.
a
coin that their boy" can at least
, stay with those old timers Ryan
got rich hunting up those spots. Not
SO with MemsiC. He started badly.
He picked Anderson. On his return
he called to witness and declared
that this Bud Anderson had hit him
harder than ever he had been hit be-
fore I'm his whole life He did not
iInow where the punch came from: he
did not care.
All he wished to do was to warn
people against Anderson. OF course
that made Buds road a little rougher.
And now for one minute let us
toy with eugenics again Anderson
represents the last word in rearing
for the rugged game. In the woods
or breaking horses he has been work
ing at rough labor all his life
PerChed on a stage coach in his youth
with four half wild horses and a
mountain road before him his eyes
and nerves were tested to the limit
Later, when he took up the fighting
game he got them at all weights and
with murder in their eye. None of
the mob he waded through to recoE-
milton had a bank account and fire.
quently the little purse they fought
FOR meant all there was in sight.
Bud Never Refused Match.
They did not mind being hurt They
did not know when they were hurt
that Anderson has developed to know
that at some time men have swung
at him with all they had in the hope
Of finishing him then and there. But
as Anderson once sat stiN and cold
as chilled steel guiding wild horses
down mountain road SO he timed
their frantic efforts at his undoins.
One by one he dropped them and
asked that better men come. Never
has he refused a match never has
he picked He is 4 real contender
for the championship and every Nv
ing lightweight knows IL and knows
ii well.
Anderson has a perfect left hand
hits straight and knows how to hook
He has get a right which viii drop
any middleweight if he lands it fair
But viii he beat Cross? All, now
We come TO it. Buddie is short on
experience. He has never fought as
smart man as Cross in his life. It's
a certainty that Leach will show him
many a trick