The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-24
LIGHTWEIGHT KING LEONARD IS
 TOO MUCH FOR LEWIS AT NEWARK
In Fast Eight Round Bout
 Leonard Outpoints Lewis
 Before An Immense Crowd. l

Benny Leonard, the lightweight champion. outpointed Ted Lewis, the welterweight king, in a fast eight round bout at Newark last night.
 More than 10000 persons, some of whom paid admissions and some of whom did not, were present. It was the largest crowd that ever witnessed a boxing bout in New Jersey.
 Some were there at their own ex- pense and others by going lover the top" and storming the park through 8 breach in the fences. Wilson ave- nue, which used to be known at Ham, burg place, was black with parked automobiles. So many came by auto mobile that many had to park their machines as far as half a mile from the park and walk the remaining dis tance.
 Trolley lines leading from Jersey City, the tubes and the heart of New ark were crowded to suffocation. At the park itself there was great confu- sion and. congestion. The grand stand was damned to suffocation and the diamond ,on which the ring was pitched, held several thousand spec tators, who fought and struggled for elbow room.
 For a long time it looked as if there would be no fight. During the first preliminary the mob broke down the fences and swarmed through the park, taking possession of the rlngslde boxes and other choice seats The ushers were totally unable to handle the situation. The Newark police re- serves were called, but it was half an hour before they could maintain or der The army of fans who got in through the fence not only comman- deered all seats in sight, but clogged the aisles and obstructed the view of the other spectators.
 John s. Smith, chairman of the Jer- sey State Boxing Commission, clam bered into the ring and with the aid of Announcer Joe Humphries made it plain that unless coupon holders were given the seats their coupons called for there would be no main bout
 This trouble" declared Commits - stoner Smith, lis due to the manage nent When we issued the license to the club it was with the understand ing that it would be able to handle its business efficiently. There is no ex- cuse for this outrage. The manage ment should have been prepared to handle this or any other crowd Now , want t,o say that I will not leave this ring, nor will Lewis and Leonard don the gloves until these aisles are cleared and every ticket holder gets the seat his coupon calls for"
 After a delay of half an hour in which police, ushers and club officials strove manfully to separate the sheep from the goats the semi-fnal bout was allowed to be staged.
 The opening contest was staged promptly at S:3O, the principals being Sailor Cunningham of the receiving ship and Willie Nelson of Arlington, N J. They are two husky light weights, both guiltless of boxing sci ence. With rare presence of mind the band ceased playing during the bout, realizing that the music and scrapping combined would be toe much for even hardened prize ring followers.
 They clinched and wrestled and : hugged all over the ring. At the close of the sixth round the bout was g draw, the gladiators being equally bad.
 The second six round bout brough e out a pair of bantams, Rabbit Lons z of Newark and Joe Woods of Mil waukee. Woods carried too man! : guns for Long and won handily. $ Charley Vino and Sammy Moffo two midgets, aged Il and 12 respec lively, from Bristol, Pa, gave a thre' minute exhibition, showing much clev erness.
 Eddie O'Keefe. the veteran Quake featherweight, came on for a six round bout with Freddy Reese, Leon ards sparring partner. Reese gav OKeefe a severe trouncing and floore, him in the fifth. Referee Slim Bren nan was kind enough to help O'Keef to his feet, thus saving him iron probable knockout.
 y Joe Yelling in a sailors uniform
 and Freddie Welsh in infantry gar
 were introduced.
 A cartoon of Leonard and Lewis, b
 Joe Yelling, was auctionei and Benn
 Leonard captured it Dor s175. Xxi
 Lewis bid $50.