New-York tribune., 1921-10-01
Pete Hartley
Fights Draw
With Jackson
Lightweight Tile Aspirants
Mingle in Clinching l5-
Round Bout at Garden
By Fred Hawthorne

Willie Jackson and Pete Hartley, two
lightweights who think they ought to
fight Benny Leonard for the champion
ship, went fifteen phlegmatic. clinching
rounds to draw at Madison Square
Garden asst night. A crowd that about
half filled the Garden stayed to the bit
ter end, probably in the dogged hope
that something thrilling would happen.
The best thing that could be said about
the fight" is that it began promptly at
10 o'clock as scheduled
Hartley did his best work in the last
half of the bout, and perhaps he de-
served draw because he was always
trying, but to many it looked as though
Jackson was getting bit the worst of
it when the judges called it a draw.
Jackson took the first four rounds,
but only because there was nobody
else there to take them. He fought
only in flashes, followed by tedious
sessions of clinching, during which
Jackson's favorite trick was to get
around behind his man and hold tight
the burglars grip"
The seventh and ninth rounds were
about even and Hartley actually took
two punch to the chin. This apparent
ly filled Pete with ambition, and he
speeded up, earning the honors in the
twelfth and thirteenth.
Leache Earns Decision
1t used to be in the old days that
there were enough people in this city
who hankered after seeing old Leach
Cross take a beating to fill the Garden,
not to mention those who came to root
for the old Ghetto champion. But
night Leach met Willie Spencer, of
Brooklyn, in the eight-round serni-final
bout and the seats were only half illed
Leachs superiority at infghting en-
titled him to the decision, which he
received on the unanimous vote of
judges and referee. Leach was trained
down to his leanest fighting weight
while Spencer seemed bit heavy about
the middle The old war horse got a
great hand from the crowd when he
left the ring
When the bell rang to start Leach
end Spencer on their way, Bert was
off with rush and smothered the
East Side antique under a storm Of
landslide when the round ended. But
old Leaches bided his time and worked
to close quarters at the beginning of
the second round and stuck under the
guns to the finish.
Cut Eye Annoys Spencer
Cross got his two fists working like
the paddles of spanking machine on
Spencer's stomach, at the same time
smothering many Of Bert's blows. In
the fourth round Leach opened cash
over Spencer's left eye with one OF
his curling overland rights, and kept
the blood flowing for the remainder
of the bout
The first member of the Cross family
to perform was Marty, welterweigh
with q mean wallop in his right hand.
But this right never landed effectively
during the eight-round session with
Marty Summers, of the East Side.
Summers gained the decision Of the
referee and judges at the end of a
fairly interesting bout.
In the preliminary event Morris Lux,
of Kansas City, enjoyed the luxury
of scoring technical knockout over
Jimmy Sullivan, of this city Morris
got to his man early and often With
rights and lefts, and Sullivan was SO
far outclassed that Jack Donnelly. the
referee, stopped the bout to save Jimmy
from a worse fate.