New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-02
Heard at the Sign
OF the Cauliflower
gv w. o. MCCLELLAN

,fo,te- he shouted at the hoodlum
,,';,b grin Then Attell tore INTO
Nelson furiously. and again oaeseu
Tho Durable one against the roPcS'
sending mis- head from side 70 S'u'
with right and left-hand oune's'
u,ury raised tho cry Of xiii the
L lew" when Leach Cross cAn'e "
San Francisco TO fight DICK II! 80 CO..
Cross. hopelessly beaten IN ,ne ~
round. fought on till the iorts
ond. when he dropped from sneei .
haustion. As he stod there nsn..e
back without the chance or NIe;o
the men who raised the cry asa'"sS
tho stranger were shamed nv
Ience. When Cross was finally helpeu
ont of the ring the same men were
cheering him hystericaily y. .,.
The strange part OF u Is N""'
Ieach's chief asset was his courage.
Vet the fight fans seemed no' 10
learn this until he was ready 10 re-
tire. Then came the most uneNpeS'-
Cd verdict: Gross was one OF 'ne
gamest men in the ring! e
Cross is living demonstration ot
the contention that the professional
boxer is not menace 70 the coi''
munitv and that ring beatlngs DO not
iniure the health. DR.. Waliach, d.
no i now known. is an apartment
house owner and a clean. law-apiolns
citizen. While he is not physicaiiy
m 20 enter the ring again, ne Is !"
fine. hardy athlete, with a BODY mace
the harder and a mind the heeher
by professional boxing. Ana CtVss
fought more fights and harder hgh's
tban most of the lightweight boxers
THE raucous howl Of XIII inc
i Jew" was raised at the broau.
way Sporting Club the other hlghe
when Battling Levinsky, VINO IS JOE
Choynski's double. was ngnting Jav"
Dillon. There was also some ran
ING against the courage OF Le''nSns
while the Battler was fighting about
"a courageous battle as has peeh
seen here in years. Lnl
Kid Lewis seldom hears the howl
because il il not generally known
that he is Mendell Gershon, Liver
mol Jewish boy. Here is another
Hebrew fighter who seems destined
70 become a champion. Jimmie
Johnston. his manager. has already
elected him TO the position OF welter-
weight title holder
Charlie White. another CONTENDER
for the lightweight title, is also
Liverpool Jew. II fighters are TO De
Judged not by the names announced,
hut nv facial characteristics. ABOUT
one-third Of the preliminary hghters
II Nau NorL, are Jewish.
MARTY Cross, a brother of Leach
who homes 10 be the welterweight
champion some day, is one OF the
most promising of the rising jewish
boxers. He has the same hghtine
courage as his brother and the same
quiet self-possession in the ring
CRITICS may claim that only in
Il the prize ring are racial and re-
lieious prejudices brought out That
is not true. The cry of xiii the
levi" was raised centuries before
boxing was known. Also the deiu-
sion that the Jew is not a nghter is
more than popular outside OF boxing
circles. Inside these circles they are
beginning 10 realize the folly OF II,
From the days of the Pharoahs
the Jew has been a fighter for MS
faith and for his very existence. IL
IS not strange that young jewish
bows should drift into this lesser
fight game. They come of ngntlng
stock, and these little battles OF the
ring. which shock a lot OF tiaboy gen
tlenen with their "ferocity.' natu-
ally draw the descendants Of lighters.