The evening world., 1913-01-30
R.S17,....,
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CFoes Boxes Draw With Shu.
erue, but One Of These Days
Lsaoh's Stating viii Cost Him
Dearly.
0uua6Ae, 1913, ~ n Prss rusaidAAns O.
TNs Nov York world.

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NE Of these days. or nights rather.
when Leach Cross ovsrpaays his
stailing cot. some referee 10 TO
in6 70 DO the right thing and send him
to he corner on the assumption that he
q 10 far gone TO continue. Billy job
would have been justified In doing 'his
at the Garden last night. after cross
twice In the second and fourth rounds
trieA 70 give his opponent. Joe shugrue.
H. impression that he was nearly gone.
Croes doubtless figures this ~ ring
strategy, but no referee could be blamed
Or taking Q different view Of the
fsignsd srogginess.
Cross, although he only deserved .
draw. nearly ended the night very
sbruptiy in the fourth round. when he
shot across Q short right to Shugrus's
chin In the middle q . lively mixup.
ohugrus went down In b,ackfiip FASH
lon. and while he wAs up on one
knee listening 70 the count whom
the bill rang. he was ~ near knock
out ~ any one could possibly b with
out being actually out. Had he taken
q count and got 70 his feet. Cross prob
ably would have finished him with an
other punch.
Again In the tenth. Crosse stght
nearly topplsd shugrue over. but with
only forty seconds 10 20. the Jersey
boy. With . rare hghting back spirit.
Anished with . rush that had Leach
bufsalosd.
Shugrus Aadn'e suffer any loss Of
orsstiss BY the fight he put w. On the
contrary he made . etg hit. Many lett
the Garden believing he had won the
heut
-0R the nrst three and ons.half
rounds hs dearly outpointsd
= Cross. He danced around bsauti.
fully and worked . LETT TO Leachs
facs In piston rod fashion until Leach
appsarsd bsw1idsrsd. He had far ana
away the better Of the hrst round.
Cross attempting nothing but . eff
boss that landed high on shugrus's
face. Il was the same In the second.
Leach taking the straight left - many
~ four timss In succession. while hook.
Ing for IN opening for his right. Onos
Joe addsd q snappy right to his COL
lection Of lsfts that nearly tore crosss
sae on. Leach wound his arms around
HE face and doubled up With his head
down between his knees. shugrus then
psppsrsd him from every old angls.
but Lsach's blocking system was per.
feet
When he finally straightened up shug-
rue damned . hard left against Lsachs
noss. and sure enough Leach began to
nounder round like . drunken man.
While reeiing about this way Leach let
Q long right swing 20. but 6hugrus
barely escaped II BY danc3ng back -
the bell sounded.
Leach was very serious whom he came
out Of his corner In the third. He
hooked q left to the face twice, too high
to bs damagin and began forcing
shugrus around the ring. Joe stopped
suddenly and slammed . right to
Laach's chin that sent him staggerinE
against the ropes. He then stuck .
hard left into Leach's face. but Leach
hurt him with q left hook to the jaw.
Three times after that Leach tried with
both hands. but missed dismaily. Up
to this round Cross was foxiiy making
ehugrus dance around and set the pace.
The energy thus expended by the Jersey
-. $4,000
S-HE stall act Of Cross was the Tea.
ture Of the fourth. shugrue had
= landed two stiff left jabs when
Laaoh sudd emily went groggy. He again
began feeling his way round hike q
blind man and the house was In an up
roas. Referee job. evidently disguised
with the stainng. slapped Croas on the
back end said. Come out OF It." Leach
didn't and stall or no stai. shuyrue
jumped At him with . volley of rights
and isfts. He was smothering Cross
with punches apparently when suddenly
Leach began returning tho attack.
What . mix up! shugrue's rooters
were yelling their heads on. when hans
out shot cross's right. short arm