Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-01
Lewis is clever lad. but not a hard

Ad wolgast is getting as bad a.
battling Levinsky in booking matches.
The little hearcat from Michigan would
fight every other night II he could
rely upon his hands. He boxed Rocky
Kansas at Buffalo the other night and
ne has taken on matches with Dauber
Ieaeer at Oshkosh, Wis, for Monday,
and with Joe yelling at Duluth for
August 6. He also is negotiating for
besides having promised to take on one
or two lightweights in New York anu
Brooklyn this fall.
Kid Williams, the bantamweight
champion. was billed as lighting a
jimmy Taylor Of New York at BaIti-
more, the distance being fifteen rounds.
In the first place the contest was no.
at the bantamwcight limit Of 116
place Taylor has never been recog-
ni@ed as being legitimate challenger
for the title. Williams won on points
without any trouble and is entitled to
credit for the same. but it should not
be scheduled az a championship battle.
1t is only a little more than month
ago that Williams beat the same Tay-
Tor in ten-round bout at Baltimore.
The champion has not had a real title
match since he won the championship
from Johnny Coulon more than a year
ago. Why not arrange a title match
over the twenty-round route at New
Orleans or Denver, with either Billy
Bevan. who has a $1,000 backing in
st. Paul. who also has backing for
that amount. for a match at 116 pounds
ringside. No one will say that the
Kid is not a great little fighter. but
the fans would like to see more real
matches for the title. and at weight.
Pal Brown. the Hibbing (Minnesota)
lightweight who made such mo
showing against many 133-pounderS
around here the last two years and
who defeated some Of the best boys
in Australia, suffered severe injury
to his eyes when he was thrown from
his motor cycle several months ago.
more so than had been imagined at the
time. Recently Pal fought Joe Mandot
at Superior. Wis. and the latter had
all the better Of it, according to re-
ports. Friends of Brown could not
figure out why he made such poor
showing. He acted queerly after the
fight and did not seem to realize that
he had been boxing at all. Since then
it has been learned that his eyes were
bad. due to the injury to his head when
he fell from his motor cycle. and the
doctors at his home have advised him
to consult with specialists in Milwau-
kee or Chicago. 1t is no such trouble
as Joe Shugrue had with his eyes. but
the doctors say that Pal will have to
be treated for an injury to the optic
nerve. Whether it will interfere with
his boxing in the future is not known,
but he will not try to do any fighting
again until he has had thorough cx-
animation by competent specialists.
Despite the scrap in Europe, new
heavyweights are being developed in
England. I have just received letter
from Col. Dyer in which he speaks OF
n newcomer in the heavyweight ranks
named Tom GUNNER. This fellow
jumped into the limelight the other
night when he defeated Iron Hague.
said Mr.. Dyer. II cannot see that the
performance entitled him to the promi.
hence he is given in the press and
among the fans, but they seem to
think that he has the making of a
very good heavyweight. The battle
went the full twenty rounds and Gum
mer was declared the winner.
Hague nearly whipped him in the
first round. but he pulled himself to-
gether and made a splendid finish.
There is talk now of matching him
with Bombardier Wells. L do not
think this is good judgment, although
Wells Is not the hardest man in the
world to beat. / think the fellow
should have a couple of minor matches
first. I think much better match
for him would be with Victor Nc
Loughlin, another heavyweight who
has been boosted of late as a coming
world champion. Mclaughlin also was
in the states for time and fought
Jack Johnson six rounds at Van
eouver. B. G. 1 think match be,
"The boxing game in London has
been carried on through the summer,
although 1 did not think the promoters
would take a chance. The crowds have
been unusually large. Dick Burge has
club and the West London stadium has
been running under the management
of Mr.. Bettinson. There was a splendid
contest the other night at Liverpool
champion, and Johnny Hughes. The
latter has been one of the best ban
tamweights over here, but is evident
ly going back. He is no match for Lee.
when he found that he could not get
Lee on even terms in sparring. but in
doing so he left himself open and Lee
put him down in the fourth round.
Hughes tried to rough 1t in the fourth
round and was disqualified for alleged
fouling.
There are many boxing matches be-
ing arranged in different parts of tho
country. but there will be many Of
the high-class boys missing when the
went to the front will never return.
A great many boxers have been de-
veloped. however. and the chances are
that new crop will be in evidence.
struck a popular chord when he sent
several thousand cigarettes to the
soldier boys in France. The sporting
journals here are giving Big Jack
credit for this action and the boys at
the front refer to the German Howitzer
guns as Jack Johnsons.
Charley Ledoux, the French bantam
champion. has been wounded for about
the twentieth time. but guess it is
correct this time, as it is announced
in the French official list. Little
Ledoux has been fighting at the front
ever since the war started and on three
different occasions he has been report
ed as killed. This time, however. he IL
really wounded, but from what I can
learn. not seriously. He is a great
little fighter and IL you remember gave
Kid williams. the world champion. a
hard battle of sixteen rounds at Los
Angeles two years ago."
An alleged ball player giving the
name of Ed Breen and claiming to have
played with the University of Michi-
gan, is likely to land in durance vile IL
he doesn't mend his ways. 1T seems
that Breen wrote letters to several club
owners and signed the name of Eddie