The San Francisco call., 1910-12-31
Lew POWELL COMES
Home FOR A fight
Any of Them Look Good to
Me-" Says the Willing
Mixer
By WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY

Lew Powell. one of the most for
midable candidates for lightweight
championship honOrs. arrived last
night from New York and like the
rest Of them he was beside himself
with JOY at being home once again.
Powell was away for nearly four
months during which time he had four
engagements IN Gotham. He was a
sensation in three of them. In fact,
the San Francisco boy displayed so
much class that ali the topnotchers
sldestepped his advances and he had
10 come all the way back home in
search of action
Powell looks good, better in fact
lnan when he went away. He is the
same quiet demure chap. and he has
more 10 say about others than a bout
himself He is fun Of praise for owen
moran and ne does not even knock
Molgasr the champion, whom they
have all been slamming during the last
few months
Powell is ambitious. He thinks he
has reached the stage when he should
be entitled 10 q chance against one of
tue higher ups IN the lightweight di-
vision. Following out this idea the
auburn haired local lightweight is out
with challenge for either Moran or
Wolgast next month. His choice is
Woigast though away down deep in
hlSl heart he knows very well that the
lightweight champion viii not start.
II he can not land one of the heavy
hsh IN the lightweight pond. Powell
VIII be verl well satisfied TO get on
with one RoCrd 4 Hogan. frankie Burns
or in fact an. one who has a liking
for his game. Lewis aim is to keep
busy and he viii not turn down any
7 went against Jack Goodman in
New York last Friday night with but
said Powell. The weight was 135
pounds at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
az j weighed only l3l Goodman
barely made the weight. He is a big,
tough fellow, but lmore than held my
own NatE him. ] wanted TO give him
2 return match, but he would not ac-
cOmmodate me, so there was nothing
left for me bur 70 come home
II tried my best 10 get on with
Harlem Tommy Murphy. Leach Cross,
sammy Smith, Packey Mcfarland, or in
fact any Of them; but it was the same
old story each tlme-they al stalled
me. 7 like New York well enough, but
] must say there is no place like old
san Francisco.
According 10 the eastern gossip VOL
gast is suffering from q bad nervous
brea kdOWn. They tell me that he is in
hiding and that he won't come out till
he is strai ghtened out 7 understand
that his theatrical trip put the crusher
on his health. He is getting q panning
all along the line from everybody in
the east They al seem TO think that
the first live one who gets a crack at
Wolqast viii take the championship,
away from him. / only wish that
could get on with him..
If Powell does not secure a match
here within the next month or so he
VIII 20 10 Los Angeles to box for Tom
McCarey. The southern promoter wants
10 put Lew on with George Memsic or
some other good one in the Angel city
during the latter part Of next month.
AS Powell has beaten Memsic three
times such an engagement would be
soft for him.
While In New York Powell went
nd also had the mitts on with Johnny
Mario and Jack Goodman. Lew got
off to bad start in his first enf age
r0ent. which was with Mario, but after
that al the crackaJacks gave him e.
wide berth. He was too good to get a
--.a trl1