New-York tribune., 1921-06-22
Lynch Knocks Out
Sandow i'm Minute:
Leach Cross Wins
Bantam Champion Scores
Quick K. O.; Old Idol De-
feats belmont al New Club

Joe Lynch, the worlds bantamweight
champion, knocked out Sammy Sandow,
of Cincinnati, in ffty-five seconds of
the first round of the final bout at the
opening of the Boxing Drome A. A.,
l67th Street and Westchester Avenue
last night.
Lynch knocked down Sandow three
times, twice for the full count, before
he was counted out. Each time the
champion dropped MS man with d right
to the jaw. Sandow, who is deaf, first
went down ten seconds after the fight
started. A crowd of $4,000 witnessed
the nights entertainment.
Leach Cross was awarded the judges
decision over Gene belmont, of Mem
phis, Tenn, after ten fast rounds.
Cross weighed 1854 and Delmont 1888
pounds. A mighty roar greeted the in
PRODUCTION CT Leach, ten years ago even
a greater lightweight idol locally than
is Champion Benny Leonard to-day.
Cross, who looked somewhat older
proved the same old fox of the ring.
Leachie did not carry the same amount
Of INT in the right, but his left jab
was thing of beauty, and in the nod
die he was six years further seasoned
IN gray matter.
In the fifth Leach resorted to his old
trick of stalling, and when belmont
fell into the trap he met with the
heartiest reception Of the evening. In
the next round belmont jokingly bur
lesqued Leachs stall and got poke in
the nose for his freshness. Cross more
than held his own in the sixth, seventh
and eighth, but was beginning to show
the wear and tear of the pace at the
end
The last round saw belmont trying
furiously for knock out, and once he
spun Leach around with right to the
jaw after he had butted Cross's right
eye almost shut.
The first bout of ten rounds intro
duced Eddie O'Dowd, of Columbus, a
clever fyweight, who boxed Johnny
Buff at Madison Square Garden, against
little Joe Dillon, of the Bronx. O,Dowd
weighed 109M pounds and Dillon 1861
It was a somewhat tame affair at the
start, but livened up toward the end.
The judges awarded the decision to
O'Dowd
In the second fight of ten rounds be-
tween Andy CLANCY, of Baltimore, and
Charley Beecher, of New York, the
judges awarded draw decision. 1t
was fast exhibition, full of action
every minute. While CLANCY carried
the fight to Beecher and landed many
telling body blows, he kept running into
Beecher's straight left jab throughout,
and that evened the match. Beecher
weighed 1231a pounds and CLANCY 1874
pounds.
Jack Sharkey and Joe Burmap, of
Chicago then went on and gave a thrill
ing exhibition of the manly art for ten
rounds. Referee Jim Shortell declared
the bout draw after the judges had
disagreed.
There wasn't an idle moment during
the engagement The boys fought in
close most Gf the time, failing away
for the body with both hands. Shar-
key seemed to tire after the first five
rounds, but came back strong again
toward the end, after Burman had got
arm weary hammertng away at him.
There was rally after rally for a
minute at time that had the $4,000
fans in their chairs roofing like mad.
The opening of the club was one of
the most astonishingly surprising
events of the boxing season. Long
before the first preliminary was called
the spacious ball park was three-quar-
ters filed. with countless persons fight
ing to get in. Thousands of auto
mobiles were parked outside, and tier
after tier of these could be discerned
in every direction as far as the eye
could reach. Thousands of spectators
watched from hills, apartment house
roofs and the bridges outside.