Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-26
.SHUGRUE FRETS
OVER IDLENESS
Jersey Lightweight, Still I'm.
der Treatment for Eye Trouble,
Attends White-CrOss Bout.

Joe shugrue. New Jerseys reprs-
sentative in the lightweight division
of boxers of the best class, was an
interested spectator in Madison
SQUARE Garden last night. to witness
Leach Cross and Charley White In
action. Joe Is undergoing treatment
for his eyes, which for time threat
ened TO fall him Joe is an unhappy
boy. az It will be a long time before
he will be able to again enter tho
ring. 1t will be recalled that Shu-
grue has a popular ten-round VIC
tory TO his credit over both Cross
and White.
II was almost blind the night
fought Johnny Griffiths In Akron,
o." he said. II was unable to see
him leave his corner at the beginning
of the rounds. and only when he got
in the centre of the ring could To-
cate him we'll enough to swing my
The bout at the garden last night
drew a s7,177 house. OF this amount
White received 271a per cent, or
81. .S55. after the State Boxing Com
mission had deducted ) per cent. for
its share. Cross received Sl,704.5o IS
his share.
Only a fair crowd was on hand
when the star bout started, many OF
the seats at the ends and in the sec
ond balconies being vacant. In tne
preliminary set-to Mike smith,
weighing 125 pounds, had shade on
Percy Aubrey, OF England, whose
a
six-round bout.
Cross was the nrst In the ring, and
received great hand from the
raj birds" in the bleachers. White
followed a moment later and walked
over to Leachs corner and examined
the bandages on the New York dem
lists hands. Cross, sitting In his
chair. flashed a golden smile from
the ring. and the word went around
that "Leachie Is wearing his teeth
tonight--he must mean business. IL
was a favorable omen.
Cross's weight was announced as
1914 pounds, and White scaled in at
129. Both men looked trained down
to a fine point. White came out from
his corner with plenty of confidence
and started after Leach In BUSINESS
like manner, walking around s.i5 op-
ponent and stabbing at Cross
crossed gloves in an effort to locate
the latters head.
Before the star event, Joe Humph-
rIes, the silver-voiced announcer,
hoped Into the ring and proclaimed
that the band would render that
haI fRnaIi.
tIful Bird of Paradise" The band
aid. and everybody applauded--when
II ended.
The STYLES of the men were different.
White stood straight, waiting for
Cross to come within range, and
then shot forth his blows like
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, adopted
his favorite crouch, and waded SLOW
ly into White, his left hand well out
and his right held in reserve. AS he
got within shooting distance he
would lash out fiercely with his left,
often catching White on the jaw and
nose. AS the men went into clinches,
Leach brought over his right with
all his strength, and some of these
punches shook the Chicago boy up.
Phinney Boyle, of Boston, earned
the honors in his ten-round SEMI
Anal with Young Rector, of jersey
City. This was a fast bout most Of
the way, with Boyle showing to ad-
vantage in seven OF the ten rounds.
He made use of a jarring left and q
vicious rlght-hand uppercut in COM
ing out Of the clinches. Boyle 8
weight was 127 pounds. and Rector
tipped the beam at a pound less.
Cross came into the ring handi-
capped by large boil on his right
arm that was painful, but he never
once thought of that pain after the
bell changed for the first round of
the go. Several times during the
mill his brother Sam administered to
the sore arm. but Leach paid no at
tention whatever to 1t.
The fans ploughed through circus
sawduet TO get to their seats. The
regulation floor had been removed and
| the regulation P. T. Barnsm carpet
was spread out over the entire arena.
The Barnum & Bailey circus, you
know, Is at the Garden next week.
After the bout was over, Referee
Billy Roche wiped his perspiring fore
head on his silk shirt and said, a
rough sport, boys, a rough sport"
When Leach Cross and Charley
White got on the scales yesterday
afternc Leach began to taunt White
on his knockout record. Leach rar
over the names of Mandot, Rivers an6
several lesser lights that Charley haf
stopped, but Charley only smiled and
| held out his hand. II Leach got OF