Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-09
LEWIS is AMBITIOUS YOUTH
English Pug Wants 70 BE Light,
Welter and Middleweight
Champion.
is READY TO BATTLE I'm ALL

NEW YORK. April s-Ambition and
snerFy, judlfiouslY applied, begot Huc-
osss Ana success. ~ the same token,
begeia more ambition and more energy.
30 Il IL with TeasKld l.owis- ebristened
lean il be thsfij Gcfahon Mendeidff
Success. they sa9, often breeds discop.
tent Not fhat Ted Lewis Ia not content
with biz supply ~ worldly goods. but ~
him there " IN uprestfalned desire ~
achieve greater dee1s IN bic chosen pro-
feFslon N glove WELDING. concieely, TED
Eig LAWS wants 10 be- another Bob Fiiz-
simmons ttat II, BE wants ~ BE- tho
worlds Undifputad champion IN three
distinctly different divisions ~ one and
the same time a laUdable ambition,
that
A. flis precise moment Lo9is haH a
nYeied claim on the WelfarWeisbt cham.
pionshlp There are oBa M two men
who dispute Teds right 10 the fifif, and
u u u convince these dubious gnee TINT
Lewis has aefeed ~ b9g iaek Brifton
twenty rounds ~ New 0feaua N Tie
18th N fhia month, fbezt gfidHY nighD,
Tao pair have mingled no lesa than slx
times already iegst setting eeyefm
referee decisions anG few popular YER
diets over Bflh0Bs bBf Jazz WIS upcona
Ylnced and blended FOR another chance
Lewis pfomlses 10 knoek Bfitfop ogt tbig
time
me match with nritton vii be feMls'
first ~ several months Ted ifld hag IN
view = couple ~ igcfsGge matches with
paotsy Mcfarland and Wili'e Richie
~ dlsposinR N these two. Lewis feels
be Win have clarified be weliefweigtt
situation ~ such IN eTttni thai there
will BE- none 10 doubt hls WORD that be-
Il the worlds wolief9eigbt champion,
Ne admits w w. ibHf should settle I'll
disputes. according 10 bls ney n think
fbR Inwis bas beaten Richie onee, but
has nsyaf met paesey 10 me ring
wants wsieb's sr0wn.
Now FREDDY Welsh. who IL ihe light.
weight champion. n eonntfyman 81
Lewis. Hnt HAT matters little 70 TED
Rd. Ne wants that lightweight tifis,
In addition 70 ne weltefwslaht disdsm,
AMI he threatens 70 get Il. too. u Welsh
oniy viii consent 10 get Into the Hng
with him. Welsh may grant T6a's re-
ullest for tifular mitch w making n
weight imposition which he uae think
wiil Singer lewis Eut rcd ld hag
alsfaBieed 70 make my ponudase suit
able 10 welsh.
M INWis. be 4 known does not yfaTf
70 be he lightweight champion Tor long,
~ merely desires 10 hnId The TILE 3
brief period Tor tbo WEIGHT milking 81
thf division II diataatefm ~ him ~
you'd voluntarily Withdrew from tb'
i8poHnd class after stipulated time
and let the eonteuders determine fhe next
rghtful champion ~ . pgocess of elm
fDafi0n.
wife he u holding the lightweight and
weltefwniaht championships thus RIM
fewis' dream u fame sTedsKld would
unhesitatingiy take d crack at anyonf
Nno hse pretentions Oh ihe middleweigbi
championship. Lewis ~ certainly o fina
ancmgiy. Here BE- IL, 0 near lightweight
8rd quito willing 70 fiaiH ~ the middle.
eeiRbi class Ted.Kld. ~ Legitimate
lightweight. fought several iIspouudefg,
and The ease and grace With which ~
Fnnquiebnd them convinced him That
BE- would have less determined opposition
from middieWsiahie than he would from
ligfit and waitefweiahts
How NUeh Does lie weight
Ths foregoing, for the most paFt, may
appear Illogical, but every word Il q
fact. baafd on f@eis avn statements,
Nov here como3 the anticipated question
Just how much does Tod.Nid Lewis
welghTf
4 n not FOR the writer ~ annwnf. for
I.eNiK, and iiis efficient trainer and hand.
Ter Alec Goodman, alone knew the
secret u Ted Kid Lewis weight n may
seem peculiar. bHt even Jimmy Johnston.
Lewis manager. has M inkling 81 Teds
real weight Al Johnston does II 70
make matches for Fewis. who merely
tells James 10 sign him 10 with an,
lightweight. weiterWeight 81 middle.
Noieht IN tho business And the start
ling thing Is ihat Lewis always i At
velaht for any match with a lightweight
Or weiterwelTht
The elastic Sir Lewla ia al present
down south preparing for the nriffon
bout After Jack come raekey Mcrar.
land. Willie Richie and. maynaps
Freddy Welsh.
After that We'll u would occasion little
surprise AZ this end n we were 70 hear
thar on Labor cav. On ihsreabouts. Mike
Gibbons and Ted.Kid IaWla win nghl II
ont for the miadlewelaht championship
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