Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-13
willie" LEWIS WAS
REPEATEDLY FL0ORED
Harry Should Have Had the
Decision in the Paris
Scrap.

Harry Lewis and willie" Lewis, bitter
rivals In the ring, boxed recently at Paris
as everybody knows. and the referee de-
cided that 1t was draw. The particulars
of the bout have Just been received. Both
men were under the welterweight limit.
At the start willie led with left. but
1t flew past. Harry scored with two lefts.
followed by a left and right to the Jaw.
and willie was down for three seconds.
Coming SO early In the battle. this caused
a tremendous sensation. No sooner on his
feet than willie" was again sent TO the
boards from left and right to the Jaw.
This time willie" remained on his knees
five seconds, and got up very groggy. IL
now looked any odds that the affair would
not last long, but time came. ana
willie" came up refreshed for the second
round and dashed in a left With nght-
ming rapidity Harry sent In hard lett
and right. again shaking his Opponent men,
Not badly, however. for Willie sailed
in with a right to the jaw. followed oy
a left and his one-two punch N tniu.e "a
these did any damage. Harry ieinteu
with the left and smashed in the right
on the jaw, and he slipped. No sooner
up, another sensation was caused oy
Harry getting the left on the heaa ana
the rlRlI Oh IAo ClllI SCARAo
down for six seconds once more
Willie" was very grosgy, ana aaa,n ha I;ms
came opportunity for Willie"
1t now seemed any ODDS that the coin-
bat would soon be over, and this notion
was further strengthened in the third
round, when Harry outfought his rival
and had him in rare straits. wine
blows had no effect on Harry. so lar
there was but one man in it. In the fourth
round things took a slight turn. Although
willie left his corner none too strong
he managed to hold his own. The NTH
meeting saw willie still suffering
from the effects of his previous mauling,
to make an even break. The sixth, sew
enth and eighth rounds were all In Har-
rvs favor. "Willie's' blows lacked steam,
so that his opponent would calmly walk
UP to him and receive all that came his
way in an endeavor to dispose of Will
lie." Harrys ducking was distinctly pref
ty. and called forth loud applause
Made No Effort to Check.
1t now looked as II Harry was playing
with his rival. He showed contempt for
"Willie's'' blows, not even trying to stop
them. The ninth round was in favor of
Willie" He was gradually getting over
the shaking he had received in the earlier
rounds, and put in some good two-handed
work. AS usual, Harry crept up to
Willie" totally unguarded, but a hard
right uppercut made him more cautious;
The tenth was again slightly to "Willie's'
advantage. He was now boxing with
more confidence and frequently scored
with straight lefts. A hard right from
Willie" was we'll ducked by his adver-
sary. but second attempt landed on
Harry's head His reply to this was left
and right to the head. quickly followed by
right uppercut to the chin. willie"
finished up with left.
The eleventh meeting proved ominous
for Willie" Having got home left.
later a right on the ribs and left to the
nose. Harry dug his left to the mark.
Willie flicked with the right, but
hard left and right to the jaw had him
groggy again. Harry thereupon sent In
another double from which Willie was
knocked down for seven seconds. Harry
tried hard 10 finish his man, but Willie
caught his opponent with the right. and
yet once more the gong came to the res
cue.
Willie" He came up chirp for the
twelfth meeting. and although Harry
scored the faster he did not manage to
put willie" In difficulties This state OF
things continued for the thirteenth and
fourteenth rounds. The fifteenth was
after left and kept Harry entirely on the
defensive This was undoubtedly Will
les best effort. 1t gave him confidence.
too, for again in the next two rounds he
scored slightly the faster, and IN spite or
four hard lefts one after the other by
Harry, wiped off some Of the points piled
up by his opponent. Both men scrambled
a good deal In the eighteenth round.
Harry was now devoting much attention
to "WiIlie's'' stomach. while the latter
was content to risk nothing and pop in
an occasional left. In the nineteenth
Willie" now quite recovered and pos
sessed of more confidence. managed 10
more than hold his own. He was begin
ming to box better than at any time dur
ing the contest, except the above men
toned fifteenth round.
willie" Was Weak.
The twentieth meeting was slightly for
Harry. Nearly all his blows were direct
ed to the stomach, but none took serious
effect. Willie persevered with his
lefts to the face doing his best to tot
I'D points thereby. From this moment
to the twenty fourth round there was
nothing to choose between the contest
ants. Harry. as usual, walked clean into
punches In the hope OF landing an ef-
no reward "Wiliie's'' blows did not
seem to trouble Harry in the least, but
they counted in the score.
There was another surprise in store for
the twenty-fifth round. This opened with
a sharp exchange of blows to the body,
followed by a clinch. Harry still played
for the body and Willie ficked twice
with the left to the face. A straight left
dig to "Willies' stomach made the lat
ter careful. Harry now adopted his
weaying-in tactics in an attempt to draw
Willie ON. The latter fell into the
trap, and, catching a hard righs on the
chin once more, made the acquaintance
of the boards. Not for long. however.
for in two seconds he was on his feet
exchanging blows when the gong sounded
for the last time.
Willie had freshened up wonderfully
after the fourteenth round, and. until
the blow that took him off his feet In
the last round. was gradually boxing
with more assurance. In spite of that
In ay,is,