Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-04
BY Paul Armstrong.
Famous Playwright and Fight Ex-



OS ANGELES, July 4.-Bud An
derson, who is 10 fight Leach
Cross this afternoon, has been
put out but once. Once and only
once has he known what 1t 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 so pounds, but nobody has ever
done as well as the horse.
For two years. which about covers
his career as a professional boxer,
Bud has won about half his bouts
with a knock and the rest, barr
ing a draw or two, were his on de-
cisiOns Knock Brown, with
wild, desperate swing. dropped and
dazed him just enough to win for
himself a 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.
Memsic Unearthed 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.
will turn out to man and bet some
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 in his whole life. He did not
know 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 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 recog-
milton had a bank account and fire.
quently the little purse they fought
for meant all there was In sight.
Bud Never Refused Match.
Thew did not mind being hurt They
did not know when they were hurt.
One has only to see the left guard
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 still and cold
as chilled steel guiding wild horses
down a mountain road. 80 ne timed
their frantic efforts at his undoing.
One by one he dropped them and
asked that better men come. Never
has he refused a match, never has
he picked He is a real contender
for the championship and every nv-
ing lightweight knows it and knows
it well.
Anderson has a perfect left hand,
hits straight and knows how to hook.
He has get right which will drop
any middleweight if he lands ii fair
But viii he beat Cross? All, now
we come to it. Buddie is short on
experience. He has never fought as
smart a man as Cross in his life. It's
a certainty that Leach will show him
many a trick