Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-29

slble for Lewis to lead with his left
to the face, and sometimes he would
put his right over on Donley's head.
Mickey, no doubt, would have been
quite willing to do some leading him
self, but Banty never gave him a
chance. He fought so fast and so
steady that it was marvellous how he
maintained his strength. yet in the
tenth round he was fighting just as
fast and seemed Just as fresh as
when he started. Donley was not
tired out by any means, but he was
a whipped boy, and he knew 1t.
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Donley felt that he was beaten, 1
am quite sure, by the trick he endeav-
ored to "pull' In the tenth round.
Up to this time the bout had been
beautifully clean, and this in the face
of almost vicious rivalry. But Mickey
finally showed his hand--showed that
he was beaten. When the boys came
into a clinch in neutral corner near
the close of the round Ben Douglas,
the referee. went between the boys
to separate them. Donley, instead Of
breaking cleanly, as had been his
rule throughout the other rounds,
held on to Lewis's left arm Sudden-
ly he let go of Banty's arm and lodged
around the referee and made a bold
attempt to land telling blow. Lewis,
though caught unawares, managed to
avoid Donley's attack, and just then
the bell changed for the last time.
This Donley trick was complete evil
dence that he was behind in the race.
He was the loser. Winners do not do
such things.
O.
When Donley came into the ring
he was literally covered with grease,
His body evidently had been rubbed
with oil for days and his face was
smeared with it. Lewis and Lewis's
seconds discovered the grease while
Referee Douglas was instructing the
boys how to box. Lewis called every
body's attention to it, and then in
sisted that the grease be wiped off
| Donley's face He didn't object to
the grease on the body, although it
| didn't belong there. The grease trick
didn't bother Banty any, apparently,
but, instead, 1t seemed to fire his
dander When he came back to his
| corner to await the clang OF the bell
he said:
'Donley is oiled like a creased
paper, but I don't care. Let him
| come. I'm ready for him.
When Donley's seconds put water
on him it ran off him like it does off
q ducks back. Little beads of
water, here and there, stood out
| where the grease was particularly
thick. This Is an old trick, and q
cheap trick, and / was surprised to
see Patsy Kline stand for 1t.
c.
The Donley crowd, 1t seems, was
full of tricks, and it makes me fee
all the more that am right in point
ing out the traits of one of Its mem.
bers. Right or wrong, winner OF
loser, it is always best to be fair with
the public, and this little motto might
be studied over to advantage by some
of the young men who follow the
fighters A few days ago the infor.
nation was given out that Donley
wasn't going to make the stipulated
weight called for in the articles Of
agreement. 1t was noised around ant
| appeared in print that Mickey woulC
go into the battle weighing about 12
pounds, instead Of 1875 pounds, al
agreed upon. Investigation ever
brought out the information that Don
ley would weigh in the neighborhoot
of 1923 pounds. When he weighed in
however, he tipped the scales at 1927
pounds. Lewis. who gave out hi
right weight beforehand, scaled 124t
hounds. 1t might have been all RICH
for Donley's hackers to try to foo
Lewis and his hackers, but the publ
should not be hoodwinked in such |
manner. Those who want to chea
might better do 1t quietly. 1t doesn'
get them anything, and 1t only make
them enemies. The false weight stor,
was given out, very likely. to throw
Lewis off the track and have hin
come into the ring overweight Il
which event. Donley would have takel
his forfeit. Lewis, however, was UP
and-up throughout the whole affail
He didn't fake his weight, he didn'
grease his body and he didn't try t
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