Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-18
Banty Lewis, the Clever Little Newark
Boxer, Easily Defeats Hid Boonton,
Of Orange, in Exciting Battle.

Banty Lewis, Of Newark, brought
home the toothsome bacon on a silver
platter in his ten-round bout with
Kid Boonton, of Orange, at Bill
Browns Gym. in New York, last
night Lewis, with experience and
cleverness in his favor. won prac
tically all the way and gave Boonton
u whaling the Kid win not forget for
while or get over in a hurry. 1t
was fast fight and a most inter
esting fight, Notwithstanding the fact
that Lewis stood out as superior at
almost every turn. The whole
much for the Kid and he played him
for all he was worth. He did just
about what he cared to at times and
lured Boonton to doing his bidding AT
other times. Lewis has q quick, eff
fective feint with his left hand and
drew the Kid out time and again into
making leads that were mile from
the mark. Again Lewis would feint
with his left and cross over his right
with telling effect and again he
would wait patiently until Boonton
would lead and then cross his right
straight to the face or to the jaw.
In the clinches, Lewis eXcelled in
every way, and Boonton soon found
out that Banty's Furnishing blows to
the body We're not doing him any
good. The Kid did a lot of holding,
but when he wasn't holding he was
getting a good sound clicking"
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Lewis may never be anything bet
ter than just good, hardy feather
weight, but he did enough clever
work last night to entitle him to
more consideration than he is get
ting in his class, For little fellow,
he is very strong, and he can hit
great crack with either hand, He
knows all the tricks of the game, and
he has a wise head on his shoulders,
His years of experience have not
been wasted. He can fight and he can
box, and he has learned a lot of in
side stuff that is sure to. BATTLE an
inexperienced opponent. 1t was
treat at times to see little Lewis hook
his left to the body with not an OBJ
struction in sight, and again hook
that same left to the head and there
meet no defense. \ straight left jab
was also in his stock, and he used
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now and then. He also showed great
strength in handling Boonton, and
he has wonderful power of endur
ance He was as fresh as a daisy
employed rare generalship. In one
round-the eighth-he became wild
and missed lot, but he came right
back in the ninth and was himself
again.
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Banty Lewis isn't entitled to all
the credit, for Kid Boonton his op-
ponent, though badly beaten, put up
game and satisfactory fight against
big odds. Only kid in years and a
kid in experience, Boonton was not
much of match for the clever little
general before him. lie was game,
though, and he was willing, and
thereby hangs the reason for his
the first round that he was up
against it, and yet he never gave an
inch of ground. and he never showed
signs OF discouragement. He fought
did his best to hold Lewis at bay
when the milling became too hot for
him. He took all the drubbing sent
his way without a murmur. and in
the last few rounds he fought des-
perately in order to turn the tide Of
battle. With less experienced boy
before him. Boonton might have been
able to win his way to victory, but
Lewis knows all about those little
| lato-hour rallies, and he was well
prepared for the Kids attacks.
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Perhaps Lewis is as good today as
he will ever be, but Boonton is sure
to improve as he goes along. He has
a whole lot of basic material to rec
ommend him. principally aggressive
ness and gameness. TO say that he
doesn't know the first thing about
boxing would not be doing the Kid
the least injustice. To say that he
has the markings" however, would
be only telling the truth. Boonton is
built on beautiful lines, as the horse
men would say, for lightweight, and
lie has a pretty good position already
His left hand might just as we'll be
left at home. and he leads continually
| with the right hand which is entirely