The evening world., 1913-10-08

CbR0WNOUT
IN SIXTH ROUND
East Slider Sent on His First
:, Trip to Dreamland at At
/. lantic Garden Show.

! After outciassins and ssvesdy pun
lishins Young Brown. the sast side light
wsisist, for fivs rounds. Leach Gross.
~ dsufiSt-fAshter. got real busy IN me
sixth session and scored Q knockout with
. heavy rsht-hand swing on the Jaw.
The bout was decided at the Atlantic
Garden ~ c. and drew the largest gate
reoaph Of any show YET held By that
oiub. there being M.@s.6o Ia ths house.
$3.50 q which was handed 20 Cross. %
asrssd.
Brown resolved eS+. whAch was In
~ ont. Of ths rscsipta The oluo
cleared close b tiysoo On the chow.
Gross fought harder than he has done
for some time. foe he realized that IN
the event Of Nh being outpointed he
would lose the chance Of meeting willie
Htchis. che Nshtweieht champion. fos
ten rounds q Garden A. c. On OCT. =.
fight promoter BMy Gdbson having IN
formed him that ne must Win deoisively
over Brown IN order to meet the cham
plou.
Altar the nvt round Il vas piaan thai
Cross would defss4 Brown. barring @
accident. for he had no trouble scoring
he blows, and more than once had HIN
In . dased condition.
WAS FIRST TIME THAT BROWN
WAS EVER KNOCKED OUT.
Brown had never been served before
with . knockout punch. He had
gained great peSstigs BY knocking down
| Matt Wells. the then English ohampior
\and had lasted ten rounds with him
Jack Drttton had also failed % put hin
away In mat M A6sF Of rounds at The
Atlande Garden Club. But before Croel
~ Wa - . broken reed. Cross nearly
scored . knockout In the third round
Il was his shower Of blows In that ~
sion that made Brown weak. II Cfosi
had been - dispossd he could have
knocked Brown out In the fourth. b,
~ delayed the finch I'll xhs sixth.
Both boys were cautious for the
arst minuts. each attsmptinS to draw
the other with lead. Cross then dam.
aged Browns nose With . straight
left and came back with . hard right
cross that hit Brown on the neck
. Brown failed TO land . clean blow.
IL
the second round. but was not equal &c
the task. Leach ripping In two hard
rights 70 the faca This treatment
caused Brown to Try two right swinsl
that stunS creas. Leach then bsgar
to tear in. He backed Brown into
Q neutral corner ana eippsd shor'
SiSht and Lett hooks 70 the face. Two
rights n quick 0uoceasAon oauss<
Brown 70 rock on his feet. but he raj.
ND ana fought out the session.
Brown WEAK At CELL w THE
FOURTH ROUND.
1F0Wn'0 judgment q distance waS oet
eo-ln ths thArd ohAptsr. end he shook "
Leach With . right to the cheek and
aack. This started Cross fighting witt
LEI hi OlI1l and strength. He 0ut
|Nrowu's tps with left an6 chen stag
sed him WIN two hard straight hook
SShe 3aw. Brown took he punishmsat
Wan but Two more rights 70 the tae<
0sds hin olincA 70 savs himself. Browu
Was weak q ths ball
1sowu's minute Of rest ala him . Srsa'
Aaal ok good and no oaane back for IN
6uurtA ehaptsr In fairly good shape. H,
swung \ right mat bit Leach on the sid
e the face. Cross fooled his time ava,
until near the close Of me round. whsr
b planted two rights to Browns fact
that sent him TO the ropes.
Brown landed an uppercut lightly earl,
N the NTH. This started = peck o.
trouble for him. a. Cross drove . hart
ysxf,t TO his stomach that nearly toppls<
him 70 the mat Later Leach cv
Browns lip and nose with straight lsf