The Washington times., 1906-04-21
LEWIS GAME WORK
WITH TOMMY FELTz
Made Creditable Draw With
Ex-Bantam Champ.
LOWE Is A BAD ACTOR
Did Not Fight His Best Until Warned
by HeTfoTd-Fast Losing His
Drawing Power.
LOWE is A BAD ACTOR
BY THOMAS S. RICE.


Danny Lewis. of Washington. got a
draw with Tommy Feltz. OF Brooklyn,
ex-bantam champion. in ten rounds be-
fore the Eureka Athletic Club in Balti-
more, and Tommy Lowe. of Washington.
got the decision over Harry Scroggs, Of
Baltimore. in ten rounds before the
same club.
All the credit OF the nights perform
ance goes to Lewis, although he did not
win. Lewis had been ailing with ma
laria for three weeks. and anybody who
has had the brand Of malaria they pro
duce IN the river counties Of Maryland
and Virginia knows IL makes a person
too tired 70 eat or cuss the Government,
much less fight ten rounds with husky
opponent Lewis had no organic defect.
but just the general rundown and tired
state which is characteristic OF malaria
In districts where you eat g handful OF
Quinine every time you think OF IT, and
have 70 have good memory II you want
10 keep alive.
Lewis Reached FeItz.
Lewis was better in his offense than
was expected. He reached Feltz's face a
number OF times and after the seventh
round landed some waIlops which made
the eX-champ take notice. His most ef-
fective blow was a right swing, which
was not as wild as IL usually is and he
had a better idea OF distance than he
has ever shown before. His weak point
Is his defense. He does not know what
TO do when hard pressed. and his knowl-
edge OF stalling or getting out OF a cor
ner is principally minus. In clinches
FeltZ Joyfuly hammered him around
the wind and kidneys. and the best our
townsmen could do was 10 hold on and
wish the roof would fall in
But this was not all One-sided story.
Danny got through the ex-champ's
guard TO the body in nearly every
3, A. q
20 meet Tommy coming in the Feltz
persons looked panied and felt IT, II
was these body smashes which took the
steam out or the Brooklyn boy and
made him back up just when he thought
he had his opponent on the run Lewis
, used his left principally as q jab to
/ the face. and although FeltZ IS one OF
the cleverest defensive boxers In the
game, he was frequently caught mapping
and overlooked that left in trying 10 get
away from the rights TO the body.
Valuable Lesson
Lewis got a black eye and had his
nose bleeding. but while he appeared
weak in the last round he was going
well and probably could have stood
I'VE more rounds we'll as Feltz
Lewis had long wanted TO fight FeltZ
for the experience. and Ristie Leonard
made the match for him for that
reason. The Washington lad said after
I the bout that he wouldn't have missed
( II for anything, and that Il was the
most valuable lesson he had had since
! beginning TO box
Lowe beat Scroggs, but deserves lit
/ tie or no credit for II. He Is bad
/ actor. and one more exhibition .-uch as
he furnished last night " IL end his
usefulness as a boxer in Baltimore or
/ Washington Al Herford declared that
I he Was through with him ard would
| give him no more engagements. He
/ originally had a reputation as a game
and hardy fighter. but IN all Of his
late bouts he has devoted more time
| 20 protecting himself than to scoring
some Of his exhibitions very tiresome-
Lowe Wouldn't Fight.
Herford announced IN the sixth and
| seventh rounds that he did not believe
/ Lowe was fighting his best. His judg-
ment proved TO be absolutely correct.
/ He went TO loves corner and told that
young man a few things The effect
was marvellous. In the eighth. ninth
and tenth rounds Lowe fought 100 per
cent faster and better, put more steam
in his blows and made an extremely in
teresting contest. His sudden change
was an open confession that he had
been deliberately holding off in the
/ other rounds and had not been fulfill
| ing his bargain or acting squarely with
| the spectators.
| Lowe has admitted after several OF
] his bouts that he did not do his best
{ because there was not a great deal OF
! money in the house. The house last
| night was not large and that was prob
| ably his reason for holding in. He has
] rather boaSted Of his cannineSS in TAX
| ing no chances for small receipts. and
! has not realized that because he acted
! so carefully and failed 20 do his share
/ he has lost his power as a drawing
/ card
No Longer a Drawing Card.
His would-be wise work in the un-
profitable bouts has hurt his reputation
so that it is not likely he will ever be
able to draw enough money in Balti-
more 10 make his share of the purse
worth going the limit fOr-according
to his peculiar notions of his duty to
| those who have been his friends and
4 have travelled 10 Baltimore many times
10 see him give mediocre performances