Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-30

were expected of Eddie Campi. the
Pacific coast bantam, but when 1t
came to the test among the leading
boys in his class he couldn't make
good. He fought pretty well and
his defeats were overlooked on the
coast because ne was a native son,
| presume Now this same Campi
comes East looking for fight. His
first bout was with Louis ana" at
Philadelphia and he was given the
worst Of the milling. Louisiana"
by the way, only recently gave Mr..
Aspirant for the Championship Kid
williams a high old lacing, SO
Campi's defeat wasn't entirely
unexpected. Campi is to per-
form over in New York tonight
and his opponent will be Young Fox,
q fast, but harmless. little English
"hitter" These boys have been en-
gagged to battle ten rounds at Billy
Gibson's Stadium A. C. and there is
likely TO be a desire to see how
Campi shapes up, as Gibson is going
/ to match him against Johnny Coulon
the champion, II he defeats Fox at all
/ decisively.
Kid Boonton will make his first
appearance next Monday night at
! Gus Troxler's since his defeat at the
/ hands of Banty Lewis at Bill
Browns some time ago. His opponent
VII be Young Pavese, who has been
issuing quite a number of chal-
lenges around here lately. Boonton,
| for his short experience, is good
boy, and he has displayed excellent
! judgment In taking his time rounding
into shape after making light weight
for Lewis. The Kid, by the way, put
up a much better fight aga nst Banty
than did Irish Mahon, who has been
in the game for years, and who was
supposed to be somebody. Boonton
got a good clicking" but no one can
say he didn't try to fight back-try
to win. with Mahon it was different.
Irish acted as if he was slightly
afraid of the cars at times, and
he made a very feeble effort to fight
back He is painfully slow. both in
Thought and act on, yet his punching
powers are likely to win for him at
any time. He holds back for an OPP
portunity, and when he lets go it /
hurts. AT times, though, against
Lewis his left leads were so lack
ing In effort that his courage was
questioned. His act ons after Lewis
had struck him a very low blow
were perhaps exaggerated, but that is
a part of the game, and he would
have been a wise fellow if he had !
gotten away with it. He would have
would have won the thirteen cents
that were bet on the outcome of the |
contest. 1t was the only way he
could have won outside of a knock
out, for Lewis had beaten him IN
every round.
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No one that I know of kept track
Of the number of blows struck, but |
Mahon must have landed ten blows
n the ten rounds at least. Two of |
his blows, though. were the hardest |
of the fight and either must have
won for him. BY his efforts in the
latter part of the ninth round and I
again in the tenth round Irish showed |
that ne had plenty of strength if he
only desired TO use il. AS the boys
have been rematched to fight at |
Browns on Tuesday, May 10. maybe
Mahon, by that time, will be able to |
work up some enthusiasm and do a |
little lighting on his own account. |
1t doesn't seem possible that he IS |
such poor fighter as he showed him
self to be Tuesday night. His
friends say he isn't, and they also
say he will give Lewis a beating the
next time" Irish, who spoke be-
forehand as if Banty was not a
worthy match for him at all, has
not made his appearance around his
old haunts since the night of the d s.
aster. In agreeing to fight Mahon
again Lewis shows he feels pretty
safe of his grounds, but Mahon's
friends are pointing out fights in
which Irish has made a poor show
ing. only to come back the next time
and make good with bells on.
G
All credit to Banty Lewis for win
ming and for giving the fans the best