New Britain herald., 1916-03-03
CROSS QUITS--BUT
 WITH A FORTUNE
East Side Dentist-Pugilist Has AmaSsed Huge Ring Winnings

New York, March 3.-Few dentists filling or extracting teeth. Even ex- pert bridge. work, with, it's attendant skill, rarely brings the income which will make the D. D. s. independent in a single decade. How to make ones self rich in few years has puzzled more than one handler of the for ceps. Leach Cross or Dr. Louis c. Wallach, if you please, has solved the problem. He is a product of the East Side of New York. He is 8 Hebrew by birth. While a youngster at school, he discovered that a boy counted for little among the rough and tough element along the East river in a street brawl. Cross quick >]y acquired a Knowledge of boxing. He was an apt pupil, After his hours of school. and even when he was sstadyirlg dentistry, he always found Atin1e to while away an hour or so with the gloves. The gymnasium and boxing were his recreation and diver sion.
 Fruits Gained By Thrift.
 His skill was soon proclaim ed, then his services were in demand. Tke ring sought Leach Cross and hum drcds of patients svrorc by Dr. Louis c. Wallach He soon built up a prac- stice until his office receipts tota1ed S6, 06O a year. When dentistry was dull and the East Side folk did not need their tceti. fixed, Doctor Wal lach would throw off the D. D. S. mantle. don the gloves and as Leach Cross would pick tip $500 for boxing a. six or ten round contest
 He was thrifty That lesson came from his mother, who had a large family and who was obliged to make 8 dollar go as far as she could. He soon had a savings fund account, then followed the deposits in bank. He soon was able to write a check in three figures, then four and now he stands out among the real estate men of New York, for on Sept. A he bid $83, 900 for an apartment house at an auction sale. To clinch the transac- tion he offered a certified check for the amount.
 A Credit To Game.
 This. mans life is another tribute to X the American ring. He chose two avenues of life and has trodden both with success. He is not the best den- tist in America, nor is he a champion g boxer, but he has acquitted himself in both with a meritorious record. AS Leach Cross, the boxer, has made a most enviable reputation. He was born Feb. 12, 1886, and in conse- quence is thirty years of age. Cross began boxing in public in 1906, when 4 but twenty years old. He won his first two contests by the knockout, and in the third bout received a jolt AwrrIy ysoIz l.. reverse did not discourage him. for he was made of the right stuff He kept right on that year and the next, having eight knockouts to his credit In succession, four in less than two rounds.
 These decisive conquests brought Cross to the notice of the prom oters and from that date he was a busy boxer. He was in demand from coast to coast. Some doubted his gameness due to the fact that Cross frequently would use every artifice of the ring to avoid punishment. He disliked to have his face marked up. He always said, When I am through boxing public contests I do not propose to carry any of the earmarks of the ring into my professional Iife.'' He was naturally taunted because of his evaslve style,s and in 1909 he travelled to the Pacific coast and met Fighting Dick Hyland on June 26 at Colma, Cal. Cross was knocked out in the forty-first round. It goes down in history as one of the fercest ring battles ever decided in California. Ringgoers who sat close to the ropes win tell you never before and never since have so many blows been ex- changed in a Marquis of Queensbury contest.
 For two hours and three minutes the men stood toe to toe exchanging rights and Iefts for body and face. Neither backed up for an instant Nature finally failed to respond and Cross was. obliged to take the full count. Since that contest his game ness was never questioned. When ever the East Side dentist affixed his name to a contract to box, the pro- motors and crowd alike always were assured of a run for their money. Cross always tried to win, and his record shows few defeats in the 150 battles in which he has taken part the last nine years.
 To Be A Homo Man.
 He never picked his opponents Make the weight equitable and the purse attractive and Cross was always