New-York tribune., 1915-03-26
Leach Springs a Surprise
by Forcing Fighting
at All Times.
DOES BEST WORK
IN FIFTH ROUND
Loser Misses Several Chances
to Drive Home Punches
Of Damaging Sort.


| White, Of Milwaukee, by a subqtan,i.i
margin ~ Madison Square Garden las,
night. The veterans blows carr,od
more sting than Whi,c's. ard although
the latter landed his punches closner
he bore the marks Of combat when bs
left the ring, whereas Leach. ceccpt "a,
red glove marks on his ribs, was ou..
Wardly uninjured.
Cross surprised everybody BIZ forcin,
the fighting in all the rounds oxcon,
the first, when he was gauging MS on
ponent's punching abilty Whit
missed what looked like many gloyiro
opportunities 20 drive home damaging
blows, and it was this hesitation in FOL-
lowing up openings that entitled Leach
TO the honors.
In the fifth round Cross did his mas.
effective work, catching White on The
I jaw time and again with terrific rich.
and left hooks. These blows carried
J the full weight Of Crosss body. and
they seemed to jar White FOR brie,
space.
Whites best round was the third
when he met Cross coming in with
clean, snappy left and right hand
punches that sent Leach's head a.bob.
/ bing. Just as the bell rang for the
end Of the round the Milwaukee boz
sent home two lightning jabs 70 his
opponents mouth.
The methods Of the men were die.
/ tinctly different. White stood straight,
waiting for Cross % come within range
and then shot forth his blows Ike a
sharpshooter. Many of these, how.
ever, Leach took on his gloves, and
their force was spent before they
/ reached their mark
/ Cross. as awkward as ever. sdopted
| his favorite crouch, and waded slowly
| into White, his left hand well out and
| his right held in reserve. As he 20.
within shooting distance he would lash
/ out fierccly with his left, often catch
i ing White on the jaw and nose. As
/ the men went into c.Iuches, Leach
brought over his right with all his
strength, and some Of these punches
shook the Milwaukee boy up.
! Only a fair crowd was on hand when
the star bout started. many of the seats
at the ends and in the second balconies
being vacant. In the pre-. .mnary set.,o
Mike Smith, weighing l25 pounds, had
a shade on Percy Aubrey, Of England.
whose weight was announced as lls
in siX-round bout.
Phinney Boyle. Of Boston, earned the
honors in his ten-round sem.-tral with
Young" Rector, Of jersey City This
was a fast bout most Of the way, with
Bowie showing to advantage ,r seven
of the ten rounds. lie made use OF
jarring left jaO and a vicious right
hand uppercut in coming out Of the
clinches. Boyle's weight was l2I
pounds, and Rector tipped the beam
at pound less.
Between this bout and the main 90
Joe Humphries, the silyer-yolced an
nouncer, hoped into the ring and pro.
claimed that the band would render
that sensational and lovely ballad,
Beautiful Bird Of Paradise The band
did. and everybody applaudcd when j!
ended.
Cross was the first in the ring. and
received a great hand from the rail
birds" in the bleachcrs. White fol-
lowed a moment later and walked over
10 Leach's corner and examined The
bandages on the East Side dentists
hands. Cross, sitting IN his char,
flashed a golden smile from the ring
and the word went around that
"Leachie is wearing his teeth to-nigh;
he must mean business Il was
favorable omen.
Crosss weight was announced as
1914 pounds, and White scaled IN a,
l29. Both men looked trained down
to a fine point. White came out from
his corner with plenty Of confidence
and started after Leach In 2 business
like manner. walking around his oppo-
nent and stabbug az trosss crossed
gloves in an etfor. 20 locate the lat
ter's head.
The second found Leach coming out
Of his defensive position and forcing
the fighting. Three times he sent nome
ripping left iabs 20 Whites mouth. aud
had the better of the round. White
got the third by clean punching, sew
eral Of his rights and let's finding
Leach's jaw. The fourth also vas the
Milwaukee boys. bat the going was
very slow, and The crowd showed rs
displeasure by "Dooiug.'
Then, I'm the fifth. Leach brought
everybody 10 their feet by going INTO a
furious mix-up in the centre Of the
ring. His arms worked like StOn rods
and White emerged from me furg
with his lips cut, lis nose bleeding and
y
ing and the crowd chccred Cross
wildly.
More fast fighting followed in tho
sixth, seventh and eighth rounds. with
Leach always boring in and Whte
showing "A Discrimination 20 mix win
his opponent. lie ha; sampled the
sting in Cross's punches and was not
unwilling to hold at every opportunity
Lcach's trusty left whipped out time
and again like the tongue Of snake
and Whites face was reddeucd by me
impact Of the blows. The ninth round
was another stirring session, win
White showing 10 better advantage
toward the end.
The final round was Disappointing
neither man caring 20 take the aggre','
sive. and many long cllnches followed
When the final gong sounded cross
bounded to his corner. White, LOOKING
somewhat fustcred. took Dis seat very
seriously. as though he had not yet re-
covered from Cross's WhirlWiad attack
in the early rounds.