Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-15
THE PUCILISTS
Great Battle in New Haven Last Night Between the Two
 Lewis Boys.

| best exhibitions that local fight fol- lowers have ever witnessed, Willie Lewis, who for some time has been a very likely contender for the welter- weight championship, had q shade the better of his go with the cham pion, Harry Lewis of Philadelphia in their twelve round boxing exhibition at the Grand opera house last even ing before the Edgewood A. c. of this city. The bout was fast and excit- ing one from the sound of the initial gong and brought out some of the cleverest points of the manly art of self defense that have ever been seen In New Haven.
 The big bout was preceded by two very fast and clever draws in which Jeff Doherty, local boy, showed that he is to be considered a new conner giving Paddy Sullivan a hard go for his title In ten rounds, while Maurice LeMoyne of Webster, Mass, though somewhat outweighed by Abe the Newsboy was forced to do all the fighting.
 The last round showed that Willie was ready to put up the battle of his life. Jabbing right to jaw, swinging his left to Harry's body us ing right uppercut with good eff feet and covering up in great style | whenever his opponent came after him the New York boy kept the Phil adelphian away from the honors of the round
 The showing of Willie is all the more creditable when it is to be con sidered that his left wrist, which he recently injured while in training, began to hurt him shortly after the second round, and from that time on gave him considerable trouble.
 Tom Sharkey says Johnson will de- feat Burns in the finish battle for the heavyweight championship whicl will be decided the day after Christ mas in Australia. Sharkey says Burns while fairly good fighter is overrated and actually declares that with a few months of training he could beat him hinyself. Sharkoy says Johnson will win the fight if it is on the level because he is twenty five pounds heavier than Burns, is also five inches taller and is the cleverest big man in the world I hn l.. |. Burns can stand punishment deliver ed at long range and says Johnson will do most of the job with his | hard, straight left handlers.
 | 'I may be wrong in my ideas" continued Sharkey yesterday, but never could see how a little man, no matter how game or clever he might be, could beat a man bigger, heavier and more scientific. That is the dope l go by"in picking the winner of this mill. Jeffries beat me in twenty-five rounds solely because he was about thirty pounds heavier and several inches taller. He did not outclass me in science, but he had the beef behind his punches and also a longer reach. That is why Jeffries beat Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Ruhlin and others and is still the undefeated champion of the world.'
 Sam Fitzpatrick, Johnson's man. ager, in letter just received here, writes that the fight will be on the square and that Burns will be knocked out inside of twenty rounds. Fitzpatrick also says Burns knew Johnson could beat him when he de- manded and got a guarantee of $3O,- | 900.
 | Rather than lose a chance to de- | feat Burns" writes Johnson's man ager, ''we would have let him take the entire purse, win, lose or draw. Johnson will get into the ring ready to put up the fight of his life. More than 10000 persons will probably see the mill, as Austria is fighting crazy. There is big money here, and if Johnson wins he, will tour the country before coming back to America. Then he will be ready to meet all comers-kaufman, Ketchel, Langford, O'Brien or any other man who wants a crack at him.
 John L. Sullivan is only a molly coddIe.
 That is what his wife says at the home of her sister in CenterviIle, R. l. She declares she was never served with notice of his intended divorce or she would have fought it.
 "I do not see how a man can get divorce that way" said Mrs Sullivan. 'l never received any notice of it. The first l knew of it was when | saw it in the papers a couple of days ago, and l thought the suit had just been instituted.
 "I understand John is going to marry the widow of his former back CT, Charley Johnson. She lives in Brooklyn and is worth a couple of hundred thousand dollars.
 T do not see why John spoke of me the way he did. l never spoke i'll of him. He deserted me. John has done lots of talking and now he cant