The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-26
LEWIS MAKES NAME
FOR SELF IN EUROPE
May Be Coming Champion.
While DriscoIl Now Wears
Featherweight Belt.
BY RICHARD DAHLaREN.
Special Cahlc 10 The Trihunc.

Special Cable To The Tribune.
LONDON. Feb. %. EngIishmen are
now convinced that Harry Lewis, the
American boy. can fight. Lewis defeated
Harris the army champion. and one OF
EnGland's best mddlewelght lighters, In
the fifth round Of a twenty round con-
test here. The American fghtersw was su
pcrior TO the Englishman throughout and
repeatedly knocked him down.
On March 10 Lewis VIII be pitted
against Jimmy Clsbby in London. II he
beats Clabby. Lewis win have TO tackle
tie Australian champion. Smith. VINO re-
Gently defeated Papke and Clabby-
Last Wednesdays contest between
Lewis and Blink McClosky. which took
place In Paris. points pretty strongly 10
the fact that Harry Lewis is almost In
vincible. Harris Is distinctly n boxer OF
the McClosky type-strong. rugged. tear
away, who carries good waIlop In both
hands and who does not in the least mind
taking punishment himself. provided he
can deal out some on his own account
Ono OF the local sporting authorities
shakes his head and utters this lamen-
tation:
THE fallacy OF giving away weight was
proved in marked manner when Johnny
Summers entered the lists with the Amer
lean. Harry Lewis. At tho scale. neither
man was supposed TO exceed l4s pounds.
When the men came TO blows in re-
markably fast fight Summers must have
been the lighter man by ten pounds AZ
ter the match the remark was made that
Summers fought the fight of his life In
another quarter | heard it asserted that
the contest was farce.
Having secured the $500 forfeit Sum-
mers knew that, so far as his reputation
was concerned. he had nothing to lose
In succumbing to perhaps the best man
in the world at his weight"
That trip TO Australia did Summers a
world Of good. One OF the lessons he
learned being to discontinue attempting
tc make the lightweight limit in contests.
He is big strong welterweigbt, and no
longer tries to reduce himself to suit
the wishes OF his opponent.
Driscoll Acknowledged Champion.
The first OF the Lonsdalc championship
has gone for good. and no unprejudiced
man can erudge Jim Driscoll his sue
cess. Certainly Jim's path 10 the pos
session of the handsome trophy has not
though the Cardiffian experienced a good
deal OF difficulty In disposlng of Spike
Robson. when the two met ut headquar-
ters last April: he had practically a walk
over on Monday last. while in his FIRST
victory the one gained against Seaman
Hayes, Jim might have been engaged In
an exhibition spar. so easily did he win.
Driscoll has long been considered not only
boxer at his weight. and. bearing In mind
the good form he has always shown at
home and his fine achievements In the
United States. one must admit that the
Lonsdale belt has gone into proper keep
ing,
Great things are expected from Robson,
but Spike. proved failure. AS a cham
pionship match the contest was below lev
cl. This. however was in no way the
fault .of tho winner. who simply toyed
with his opponent until the thing got SO
one sided as TO call for the intervention
OF the referee.