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Show BUD ANDERSON 1 MEETSDEFEAT I By H. M WALKER. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 1. Leach Gross made a trip-hammer start of his professional work for 1914, scoring a f clean-cut knockout victory over "Bud" 'k-Anderson 'k-Anderson in the seventh round of a L scheduled twenty-round bout In the H Vernon arena of the Pacific Athletic club this afternoon. Flopped Into a sitting posture on ihe east side of tho ring, his arrn$ hanging limp along his sides and his ' back along the lower rope, looking for all the world like a headless bih-ken, bih-ken, game little "Bud" met his finish. Three times in this round the "pride of Medford" went tumbling to the can-Fas can-Fas The first knockdown and "Bud" calmly sat in the middle of the ring and gazed up into the fog while Ret-eree Ret-eree George Blake made the count. The next found Anderson bo badly dazed that instead of taking advantage 1 of the count he hastily pulled him- fl self into a standing position. tfj While one of Anderson's seconds was squeezing out a sponge with the intention of sailing it Into the ring, Gross lashed out with his right, which landed squarely against Anderson's 1 chin. Like a wet cushion the Oregon youth dropped and with the crumbling of this hard-hitting, but unskilled, lad went eery vestige of his claim to top-notch top-notch prominence in the lightweight division. As matters stood, Anderson was well within reach of the welterweight mark. He weighed in a few ounces over 135 pounds at 1 o'clock, but Sam Wallach made no complaint. It was different when the time came for Cross to weigh in at 3 o'clock. Leach was the smallest fraction of a pound overweight and the Anderson party immediately set up a howl, a wrangle ensuing that took up thirty minutes. It was Anderson's immense strength and 'punch" against the cunning clev erness of the crafty Cross and Leach ! made every round a winner. At long range Cross pecked "Bud's" face at will. In the clinches he held An- , derson at his mercy. Even when "Bud" essayed to "rough it" he found Cross with a ready foil. i Long before the second round was L over It was patent that Cross was a sure winner. Leach boxed "Bud" all about the platform in the second and In the third scored a knockdown for j the nine count With victory sure. Cross tried to give the house a run for Its money by two exhibitions of shamming, the "act" being the best of Its kind ever staged here. In the sixth and early in the seventh Leach staggered about ,4 as though badly hurt and twice dropped drop-ped back across the ropes with his hands down. Having gone as far as he could trav-el trav-el alone. Leach delivered the three knockdowns, all right-hand punches, in the seventh, and called it a day's work. Anderson's perfect physical fitness Bhowed, when, after the decisive knockout, he was able to walk abou the ring within the minute. i oo |