Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-09
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champion. if he is real champion
will soon have to pay attention to
his challenge. Cross has proved
| himself good enough to fight any
body His victory over Bud Ander-
son was we'll done and well deserved.
All credit to him. He went out to
the coast to meet a boy who was
touted to the skies and who was be-
lieved to be about the best in the
business. If Leach had been beaten
he would have been given the
horse laugh" but now that he has
won he should be given all due
credit. He will In the East, where
he is known, and he will have to be
in the West. where he beat an idol
and showed them all show
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The whipping Cross administered to
Anderson must have been exception
ally severe, for Bud is in a hospital
and his condition is believed to be
serious. Cross, hard hitter, is
very vicious boy in the ring, but from
all accounts he was very kind to
Anderson. After securing a lead that
made him a positive winner, Cross
didn't administer any more punish
ment than was necessary for him to
hold command. And in the final
round, when Bud, game, but groggy,
and almost unable to hold his weary
legs under him, went Keeling against
the ropes as a result of his own futile
effort to land a blow, Cross stood
back and pityingly pleaded, first, to
the referee to stop the slaughter and
again to the boys seconds to throw
up the sponge. Both refused. and
Cross, evidently anxious to be over
with the affair, sent a stiff right hook
to the jaw that put Anderson out
cold. He was a long time in coming
to and he hasn't fully recovered since.
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What a difference there was be-
tween the defeat of Anderson and
the defeat of Rivers. The one went
QOWn Will Coioio, SihiC W liz
core; the other went down in humilia-
ton, gutter cold. The one will
come back again and he will be given
fair show to retrieve himself. The
other need not look for glory in a
game in which he hasn't the courage
to do himself Justice AS the two
fights turned out, Anderson's defeat
was the most surprising. He had
been doing so we'll that Cross was
not given any more than an outside
chance. In the other bout, it was
known that. Rivers wasn't dead
game" and while not much pugilistic
prowess had been displayed by
Richie it was felt that he must be
somebody in order to be able to reach
the top. Anderson in his fight never
had chance, while Rivers in the
early rounds looked all over a winner
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Because of his brilliant showing in
the international polo matches, Louis
Stoddard has been given a higher
rating by the handicap committee of
the Polo Association Surely he de-
serves all the honors that are coming
his way, for he fitted in nicely when
Monte Waterbury became injured and
he played like true blue to win the
match. To Stoddard all praise is
due, but his game was no better than
that of Monies, who really, in the
first contest, did more than any other
member of the American team to
defeat the Englishmen. His des-
perate riding kept the foreigners
lodging and gave Larry Waterbury
and Devereux Milburn excellent OPP
portunities to show to advantage
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The attention given the athletic
games. held under the auspices of the
Municipal A. A. on July 4, by the
Evening Star has evidently pleased
the games committee, and the medals
for all the events, also donated by
the Evening Star, have been the SUBJ