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Show CROSS-BARIEAN MATCH A DRAW Vancouver. B. C. Sept. 1. Leach Cross of Ne v York and Frank Bar-rleau Bar-rleau of Vancouver, lightweights, sparred a 12-round draw nt Brig-house Brig-house arena this afternoon. It had been agreed at the suggestion sugges-tion of Cross that the bout be declared de-clared a draw If both men were on their feet at the finish and this 6avod the New Yorker from an adverse decy sion. as Barneau outpointed him in eight of the ten round6. In ihree rounds Cross had a slight advantage. At the end of the bout. Cross was bleeding from the mouth and was badly marked around his left eye and on the jaw, where Barrleau had landed heavy blows Cross at, the start tried to tnke ever, ev-er, thing Barrleau offered, while war. Ing for an opportunity to land s knockout. Twice in the first round Bnrrieau caught the New Yorker oil balance and sent him sprawling. Both times Cross came up feigning groggi-neaB groggi-neaB In the next three rounds Barrleau Bar-rleau time and again beat the New Yorker to the punch, while Cross occasionally oc-casionally lashed out with a vicious right swing thut neer landed In the sixth Barrleau was 6ent to his kneeB by a glancing blow on the head, but was up In an instant The last two rounds developed i great slugging match. Cross tried in vain to land a knockout Barrleau was too quiet and found the . v Yorkers jaw often enough to hold off the easterner, east-erner, .who took most oi the punish ment. Both men were strong at tho finish |