The evening world., 1908-02-21


rlght-handers squarely on the point of
the chin and hardly blinked, In return
he walloped Willie on head and body
so hard that in the middle OF the fight
Willie nearly wilted. If ne had not
been in good fighting trim he would
have taken the count.
TROM the instant the fight started
anv one could see that 1t was Tor
4 blood. The scrappers tore into
each other and whaled away regardless
of consequences. Willie was part.cu
lar.y anxious to finish Hitte in q couple
OF rounds. while the Albany boy needed
Willies scalp TO complete his collec-
tion.
After shooting his famous one-two
punch over half a dozen times Lewis
finally drove his right and then left
uppercut to Hitte's jaw. There was a
kick in one OF these punches for Hltte
suddenly sat down with n thud that
Jared the ring platform But he only
blinked once or twice, and then jumped
up again and tore into William, who
was dancing about IN anxious eagerness
70 finish the job. and knock off work
before the whistle blew.
The second round was a hummer in
Hitte's favor. Twice he drove Lewis to
the ropes with a rafting furry OF
blows that bewildered him. and made
sieve Of his defense.
In the middle of the third round Hitte
rushed Lewis to the ropes and drove
his right hand over in smashing
swing that landed-ker-c chug-on Willie's
chin. Lewis dropped as If he had been
hit with mallet After few seconds
he rose to his knees, very weak and
dizzy, and waited for the full count.
The referee was a deliberate young gem
tleman-so deliberate that it took him
just fifteen seconds by the stop wat h
20 count nine. But that wasn't Lewis
fault. He was ready to get up and was
only waiting to take all the rest al
lowed by the referee. No douot the eX-
ira six seconds helped him for he said
after the fight that he was almost out
ami just had sense enough left to listen
for the count. Lewis got up ani
blocked and backed away. He was
weak, and Hitte hurled his squat little
figure at him as If 20 bear him down
again by main strength and fury. How
ever, Willie weathered the storm until
the bell rang
Lewis was still dazel in the fourth.
He swung desperately in one long mix
up, but the knockdown in the previous
round had robbed him of his judgment
OF distance, and he missed blow after
blow. Hitte piled in after him con-
tn,nI tinuonsiy, Toward the end Of the
began jabong, which is his long suit.
"HE fifth was a hard round BY
this time Willie had Strengthened
L out the kinks in his brain convo-
lutions and realized that he couldn't
afford to make any hurried effort to
knock out the Albany armor- plate
champion. He boxed clevery, driving
his left in and following II az times
with a right that rumpled Hittes ear
and mussed his features Hitte got
home one punch in Willie's midriff and
made him cough thin crimson stream
that trickled over his chin The blow
must have hurt, but William had
Hitte's range and held him away with
straight lefts.
Up to this time (not considering the
referees fifteen second counu II was
Just about an even thing Hl,te stl,
plunged in the sixth landing two or
three heavy, smashing blows that pook
Lewis up from MS heels 20 his head.
But Willie began jsbbng sys,emat-
cally' He hits hard with a straight
left. and Hitte added to the force of
his blows by 0utt.ug iutO them like Il
goat. Fifteen or twenty stiff jabs
slowed the Albany boy up, and for the
hrst time he began 10 show signs OF
WEAKNESS, still ne actually Jumped off
the floor In his anxiety to reach his
shifty opponent, coming IN with a h ad-
long dive time and again Lewis had
enough advantage In speed to land