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Show II RIVERS OUTPOINTS I CROSS IN NEW YORK B Now York, Jan. 14. Joe Rivers, the B Mexican lightweight. outpointed k Leach Cross of this clu in a ton- round bout here tonight. It Cross had the better of the first m two rounds, while the New Yorker I H showerinjr rights and letts to the m head in the first the Mexican slipped to one knee at the ropes, hut was up j w in an Instant. He blocked eleorl'. and proved Cros6' superior at inflght. I iDg. In the serond round Cross I scored the only real knockdown of the bout, with a left hook to the Jaw I Krom that time on R!ers fought cleverly and was so fast that Cross I ;D3i8sed frequently, becoming decided-, W i ly wild at some states. Rivers show- I It ing in the last eight rounds earned n ' him a victory tn a comfortable mar-gin. mar-gin. . Rivers tore In with lefts to the ,neck and a right uppcrcut in the y f I third. Cross coming back w ith a hard jrlght to' the head The Mexican miss-;cd miss-;cd a swing a minute later and fell to jthe floor, but was up asrain imme- Iidlately leu jal brought blood from the Mexican's nose, but he Im-JM Im-JM mediately rushed Cross to a neutral corner, sending nphts to the nod and I Ieft to the face Rivers lx-c-ame steadier as the righting right-ing progressed, while Cross grew wild and became worried under Rivers' constant shower of left and right llp-percuts llp-percuts Cross hacked away from the assault at times. In the eighth the Mexican fell again. tripping ner t'ros . foot iu breaking from a clinch Rivers then landed four rights and lefts to face and head without a re-I re-I y turn and followed up ""ilh hard right shifts to the body In the last two roundi Rivers did J practically all the fighting In the .tenth he rocked) the local man's head with i hook to the Jaw, which almost .knocked blm dovvn Cross BtAggeri fl Jto the ropes The final bell found the men In B fast mixup of which Rhers (had the better. The men weighed a fraction more j than 132 pounds at 0 43 They were to r,-eigh in at 133 ringside. When Billy Nolan, manager of Willi Wil-li He Ritchie, lightweight champion, I heard of Jo Rivera' victory over - Leech Cross in New York last night, P (he declared that the Mexican probably prob-ably would be the first to ret a crack at the 132-pound crown. He said. I "A club In New York has offered Ritchie $12,600 for his end of a ten-round ten-round bout with Rivers, but Tom Mr-Carey Mr-Carey has bettered this fiimrc by 55000 and it Is probable that the1 match wl'l be held In California. Of course, the Ne w York men may even i top the offer of the Vernon promoter,' hut I hardly think so. |