New-York tribune., 1916-06-21
MILBURN NSAYLOR
EASY VICTIM OF
HARRY PIERCE
Leach Cross's COnqueror
Decisively Beaten at the
Broadway A. c.
By ". o. MGEEHAN.

Milburn Saylor, the conqueror OF
Leach Cross, was beaten decisively oy
Harry Pierce, a bald headed, local Sec
ond rater, at the Broadway Sporting
Club last night.
Saylor in a dying rally in the last
round caught Pierce hard right SWING
on the Jaw, but the billiard ball topped
idol of Red Hook was fighting back
strong at the bell.
Pierce had every round but the first.
At the end of the third the local iad
fioored Saylor with right hook 70 the
law. In the seventh he started the
blood from Saylor's nose.
The crowd was silent with amaze
ment as the fight went on and Pierce
took round after round, beating Say
lor at his own game. Pierce himself
was so surprised that he could not be-
lieye that he vas winning until after
the sixth round. Then he was full OF
confidence.
There are two alibis for Saylor's
defeat. One is his recent sickness;
the other is that Referee Haukop may
have embarrassed him BY cautioning
him unnecessarily about hitting in the
breaks.
But the most reasonable theory is
that the bald-headed idol Of Red Hook
is lust naturally a better man. That
seems strange, too. for Leach Cross,
who was beaten by Saylor, beat Pierce
easily. It is one Of those pugilstc
paradoxes.
Saylor is an infghter and a swinger.
He telegraphs the swings, and rea-
sonably wary opponent would never
meet one unless he ran into it accl-
dentally
The indianapolis boy is tough one.
He can assimiate barrels of punish
ment or he would have dropped under
the hard lacing he got from Pierce.
Pierce Needed More Confidence.
In the fifth round the Red Hook idol
caught Saylor a right jolt 20 the jaw
that made the visitor reel. II the local
lad only had had his confidence then he
would have knocked Saylor out COM
pletely. But the bald-headed one simply
could not believe it could be done so
easily, so ne refrained from sending
over the finishing punch.
Now that Pierce has beaten Saylor
there is some danger that Leach Cross
will emulate Patti and James }. JET
fries and demand return match with
Savior. Those who saw his conqueror
last night cannot figure how he beat
Cross, unless Leach was wholly or
partly paralyzed that night.
In the curtain raiser Sailor Angerole,
of the battleship Maine, just avoided
the fate of another vessel OF that name.
+ The mariner was knocked down twice
I in the second round by Bobbie Turner,
/ but he managed TO come to the sur
/ face each time.
The sailor tried hard to reach Tur-
ner's chin, but unfortunately Turner
had no chin, SO the feat was impossible.
Angerole lasted the rest of the bout by
sheer grit
The mariner was attended BY two
shipmates in full uniform, one white
/ and one colored. They imp plored An
gerole TO give him the starboard bat
terry amidships," but the pugilistIc
mariner persisted in shooting the port
battery at Turner's fgurehead.
The second bout was stopped IN the
second round. when il was apparent
that Joe Stanley did not have chance
with Young Derby. The latter had
Stanley dazzled and blinded with a
left lab when Referee Haukop inter
vened.
The army suffered worse than the
navy. Soldier Lymay, U. S. A., was
/ dropped in the first round by Young
Clinton.
The warrior said that IL was done
bv trickerv. One of Clinton's seconds
shouted Attention." Force OF habit
compelled the soldier TO drop his
hands to his sides and stand erect
While he was in this position Clinton
crossed him on the jaw with right.
In the semi-windup Scotty Welsh
the venerable Caledonian, lost BY a
whisker to Young Jack Tracy. The
Scot fought with a side motion. so
that Tracy at first did not know
whether he was goirg or coming: But
he finally solved the tactics Of the
willy Scot.