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Show pians Frame Bill in pID) AS DOOR NAIL jjpngHsh Bantam, in mi Title, Wants to r$h t-JSrt THOMPSON. ifclre to The Tribune Ly -jjay 13. The senate bjll E state athletic commission, Ulve exclusive charge of ell to,' and which Is to license ErSir'tQ give such exhibitions, h&bnsiderably changed from LnaJly introduced. The scc-F'MBal scc-F'MBal code forblddlns prlzc-'nteslcd prlzc-'nteslcd and contests lasting X u-Hh eight-ounce glovo ijwrmltted In licensed dubs. itl''Clflusc requiring licensing Bo themselves 1b omitted, sis EjJemwUs of the physical cx-ijfttkscrs cx-ijfttkscrs and the appointment Hfo'the commission, tt'ls- rjiijulred to pay 5 per i cross receipts to tho slste. Hr "yrtio "fakes"' Is suspended Hit for tho llrst offense and i jecond offense. UteTdn is given the right to Hl&iue of any club, but such $-revlcwnblo by the courts, tlrt .'provides that section 1270 mtl law prohibiting prize-fnoi prize-fnoi apply to any boxing or Udbltlon conducted under tho ;ttte bill. (j4ly;lQW at Boxing. fciMows aimed at the boxing ictn compare with the pro-tpegulate pro-tpegulate boxing. Under tho Lfhsasure Intended to legalize I Mi 'sparring, the proposed bill tit shackles that once clamped kfllilthe sport "dead as a door Jit framed in the interests of sot sportsmen, t tea-round bout between Mat teuton and Leach Cross of i'wljlch Baldwin won, was Jhe' early rounds by too much rolln'chlpg. Iffinfelly began to blx InsLead fiii then it was a cnkowolk. Nlthe only knockdown when, In the eighth, ho put Cross on his knees with a short left uppercut. In tho sixth Cross showed to good advantage and his supporters were pinning their hope of hnal victory In the fact thai, before the bout. It had been generally reported that Baldwin was not In good condition. This-hope This-hope vanished, however. In the very next round, when the Bostonlnn got his second wind and cut out a pace entirely too fast for the local chap. Body Attack Brings Victory. Baldwin owes his victory to his successful suc-cessful attack on his opponent's body In the early rounds. This weakened Cross, and. flatty had him at his mercy. -Leach suffered In the fourth from a bombardment of blows on the kidneys and the stomach and began to show the wearing' down effect from Baldwin's attack. at-tack. Leach tried his success at wrestling wrest-ling In this round and was loudly hissed. Just bofore the bell rang Matty put an effective punch over that hurt Leach's bellows. Cross was giving evidence of fenr and Baldwin knew It. Leach did a great deal better in the sixth and Matty hnd to absorb some of the east side dentist's hardest punches thnt landed about his face. Baldwin's supporters began to wonder 'If the advance ad-vance reports about his condition were about to be substantiated. Cross found a path to Matty's jaw again In the seventh and pumped several hard ones over that shook the Bostonlnn. Bos-tonlnn. Cross was sent down for a second In tho eighth round with a short left hook and Matty's friends were calling on him to finish it then and there. And Matty enme near dolg It. He had Cross backing back-ing away and waiting for tho bell when It rang. Cross got a sound lacing In the ninth. Baldwin landing spveral damaging Jolts on his jaw. Toward the end of the round Matty renewed his attack against his opponent's body, and Cross's ribs will bear testimony to the force of thepe blows for many days. Just before the bell rang Matty sent over two hard ones on Cross's Jaw and the bell alone saved tho east sider from a knockout. Cross, true to his old tactics, fought desperately to tho last round, but Baldwin Bald-win wont him one better apd finished the lacing he had begun In the earlier sessions. Blow Was Accidental, Tho main bout between Young Riley and Barry Hill at the Princess A. C. was stopped in tho seventh round, when the former hit the latter low and Injured him to fiuch an extent that ftr, Baker refused re-fused to allow Hill to continue. Up to 1 tho time the foul blow was struck Young ' Riley had a shade tho bost of tho bout, j Riley's anxiety was probably the cause . of the low blow. It wns accidental, but Hill was In great pain and tho bout had ! to be callfid. Young Solly heat Willie i Brown In the Kami-final. I John Kendrlrk. t lie English banlam-1 banlam-1 weight, declares himself willing to meet I any of "our bantams, Young O'Lcary pre- forred. I Kcndrlck gave Coulon two hard fights while he was In this country last year. O'Loary has two times beaten the champion cham-pion and will box Kcndrlck ten or twonty rounds before the club offering the best inducements. |