Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29
By T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. March 2s.-Bat-
Ting Levinsky, the Philadelphia light
heavyweight. made his first appearance
in the middle west when he bumped
into Bob Moha, the 'caveman,' before
the South Side A. c. of Milwaukee, and
the verdict was against the man with
the Hebrew name. It developed after the
contest that Levinsky had gone into the
match with a very severe fever and stom-
ach trouble. and that probably accounts
for his poor showing, but nevertheless he
would have had his hands full, no matter
how good he was that night, as Moha put
up one of his really good battles. Bob
was fast as lightning, and took the lead
away from the speedy Levlnsky, al
though at times the latter showed flashes
of class. 1t seemed to the casual OBJ
server that the Battler had gone stale
from too much work in the ring, and that
is probably what the real trouble amount
ed to. He had the height and reach to
keep a man of Moha's build away from
him. but only once in while did he use
his long left to advantage and hold the
rushing Robert at arms length. On the
form Levinsky showed here it is hard to
understand how he could defeat some of
the men he has been against in the east,
and that is why l say that the boy has
no doubt been overworked and failed to
show his true worth. He will have to
show much better form to beat Gunboat
Smith.
Charlie White, the Chicago lightweight
had little trouble defeating Joe Azevedo,
the California 133-pounder, at Racine
Wis, this week. even though he used
only his left hand after the first round.
AZeyedo must have caught Ad WolgaSt
woefully out of condition to get a deci-
sion over him on the coast in ten rounds
or his form against White was away
off color The Chicago boy simply toyed
with him at times. In the first round
Charlie gave him severe lacing while
against the ropes, and it was during this
lambasting that White hurt his right
hand SO badly that he could not use it
the balance of the battle. He depended
entirely upon his left hand. and easily
jabbed the coast boy when and where he
pleased. winning hands down. Azevedo
did prove himself a glutton for punish
ment, and stood up under a rain of blows
that many other fighters would have
fallen from. He has lot to learn yet
about the boxing game, but there are
many lightweights whom he can defeat
and gain experience thereby. White, I'M
less his hand puts him out of commits
sion, should be in line now for a match
with Wolgast and Richie.
Georges Carpenter, the French cham
pion, lost the decision to Joe jeanette, the
colored heavyweight, in Paris, after a bat-
tie of fifteen rounds. but he did not lose
any of his prestige. The French boy
the remarkable part of it is that he was
able to put up such a splendid showing
against these odds He not only gave
away twenty pounds in weight to one OF
weights, but he also lacked the expert
ence of his adversary! Had the fight
gone twenty rounds or more the chances
are that jeanette would nave stopped
I,,f of he
fifteenth round both men were standing
toe to toe in the center of the ring and
exchanging blow for blow. 1t might really
be called victory 1or ths raLIon wy ~
the contest to his credit, when he put the
colored giant down in the hrst round WIN
a blow to the jaw For the lrst eishl
rounds, outside of the fifth and sixth, the
Frenchnan had all the best of the, fight
Ing Int he began to tire then. and from
that point jeanette had the pest OF .ns
battling, getting the decision al the emu
of the fifteen rounds. Carpenter is only
IN his twentieth year and not fully, de-
ve,oned. With additional weight and the
strength that goes with II ne s,.oui4 he
come great heaaams sIS - 'o have the
present time ne appears " ia
Science and gameness
E,aadv Welsh, the British light,
freuos ,.m nion' is still able to travel
welgn. sneed and hold his own against
tho TEST of them. Freddy IS tWeny-
eight years of age, and mas mas. p PEE l. hg gnet
ing number Of yea todar but as ne when rs 'q he
40 Dac,.ev Mcfarland in Milwaukee IN
m nsos pa he has been persistent ehal-
lene s of Willie Richie for the Light Ign
weight erown-that is the w tn
snr the same. His defeat of Joe Rivers
at Los Angeles only proves again that
he has Al the class RTsr to is tac noe
a b.s-been nv any means. ana his fight
some time ago with Ad wolgast showed
him to be as husky and clever as ever
SO that it makes Welsh's victory al!
the more brilliant. What the fans
would like to- see now is a contest OF
twenty rounds for the worlds title be-
tween Welsh and Ritchie. Both Aare