The evening world., 1914-04-16
Levinsky Can Beat Heavy.
weights, but the Way the Mid.
dleweights Trim Him Is Al.
most Funny.

eeri i e.. Yots rs f r,, r wsliS Co
YAvlNG been whipped by Jack
n DILLON. an over-fat middle
weight. Battling Lcvinsky In on
hta way UucN 10 New YORK To retrieve
hoD somewhat battered rcput,t,on by
beating "a heavyweight here. soldier
xearns is the victim. and Levinsky
has shown "A real talent for showing
up these slow footed heavy hitters.
Wheneved his stock takes a slump
hts ntmblc minded manager makes u
match with n nice big heavy one. and
lHvinsky goes back TO par.
Ievtn.ky IN n really clever boxer
aud courn gcous sort OF n lighting
man, especially when he's up against
q real Goliath. David with his sling
never had anything on Hat. But the
way the middlcweights trim him In
almost funny. Bob McAllister, Wein-
ert. Mona and Dillon have all beaten
levtnsky badly and apparently with
little trouble. Perhaps the Battling
ono II accustomed to shooting his
bolts nj too big a target.
Not having his manager along L.
Whisky sent out his own nlibi after
the Dillon night. A wire from Butte
last night Informed us: "I,attling Le-
vtnsky attributes his decisive defeat
by Dillon to the high altitude and tho
rare atmosphere here. which inter-
fered with his breathing. This caused
him great distress all through the
n9ht, and he says u made the steam
leak ont OF his blows
WHILE speaking Of I.cvinsky |
" must stop moment to chide
the press agent OF the very
excellent broadway a. q.
] wonder II press agents really ex-
rect newspaper writer's to fall for
the mass OF typewrittcn misinfor-
nation they send out. II so-well,
II An insurgent by nature. ] refuse
10 do u.
After describing the thrilling In
eefest In the coming Levinsky- X en- rms
oght. and the immense crowd that
viii 20 TO see II. and how Kearns
expects to win with a knockout. the
ntmbie press agent pounds his type
writer TO the following effect:
ISevinsky has Just returned from 4
successful tour Of the West, and viii
resume his training at Stratford
Conn.,"
Levlnsky's "successful tour Of the
Went" consisted Of taking a bad
batting from Bob Moha-a beating
mat forced l-evinsky to do sonnet ine
No seldom does. call off another rims
cneakement--and another almost al
cad a. the hands Of Dillon.
Writing under similar circum.
stances, the press agent OF the Ma.
ltoual Sporting Club OF London would
] suppose. inform us that Bombardie
Wells In thinking Of rene wing his sue
ceesful campaign against young NJ
Carpenter Of France.
THAT'S q funny story from Eng
land-the one about the anna
teur champion heavyweight
VITO paid Carpenter $500 to night hin
10 private and was knocked dow
I've times and neatly polished of Il
= minute and forty-three seconds
Carpenter will now probably claiu
the amateur heavyweight champion
ohip OF Europe ~ well al the profes
0lenal.
Just Why any one should be willinl
- pay $500 to he knocked down nv
times by Frenchman 10 a puzzle (,
~ u 10 even more pushing whe
IT, Information comes over the wir
thot the gentleman. who stands oil
ooot three inches In his socks. In de
sstsd c, hscaI ,Ssn he n :,aySd fsw sec
Aoesn't take much to delight som
tpsople. Probably. when II was a
oVsf. he was delighted" to fnd tina
~ Was still alive.
There II some question about tn
oUtent OF the feeling Of delight" tina
permeates England. now that Carpen
Ter has put away another Engiis
heavyweight, even though he was q
aWateur. But perhaps by this tim
Uhgiand u 30 accustomed to the but
~ Of Fate that another slam has n
0Do>t. One more pin doesn't max
0Odh difference to a pincushion.
could ] ask you for the rec.
Ords Of all the champions of the
vtag from Fog doUnr asks
Wo6esf correspondent.
YoS could, but thdfH be the
Swd Of II.