The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-24
Veteran Writer Recalls Famous Battle Decided in Canada - Other Re1nin- iscences of Sports of Days Gone By.
RY THE VETERAN.


 BY THE VETERAN.
 ' T WILL be sixty-two years ago to- Il day that the third battle for the was fought at Long Point, in Canada with the game and hard-hitting John Morrissey pitted against John c. Heenan. Both were Irish-Amer and both commenced their fighting careers in Troy, N. Y.
 Morrissey began fighting as a lad when he was dockhand on q Troy steamboat and it wasn't long before he became recognized as the cham pion of the Hudson River boatmen, who spent most of their spare time boxing. His success induced him to enter the ring as q professional, and in 1853 he became second champion of America by whipping Yankee Su1- livan in a battle for the title and $2.- coo. In 1857 he was challenged b Heenan. The battle was staged on Canadian soil, and Morrissey was the victor in eleven rounds
 Morrissey then quit the ring. and Heenan challenged Tom Savers, the English champion, to fight for the worlds title. The fight which fol- lowed resulted in a draw when the police interfered. A little later Heen- an was defated by Tom King. who had succeeded Savers as English champion, but the Irish-American in sisted that he was drugged. After quitting the ring Morrissey became a | gambler and it is said that he won and lost a million dollars. Later in life he was elected to the United States Congress. Heenan quit the ring after his defeat by King but re- mained in the limelight until his death. America had few braver and better boxers than those two mighty Trojans, Morrissey and Heenan. N ID CARTER outpointed Kid Mo IA Coy in six rounds at PhiladeI- phia seventeen years ago today. Mo Coy was fat and in poor condition In the first round he displayed his usual cleverness, but in the second third and fourth rounds Carter tore into him and five times in the three chapters landed stiff blows that sent the Hoosier sprawling. Twice Mccoy was only saved from a knockout by the end of a round. In the fifth and sixth rounds Mccoy kept away from his opponent and had the best of it, but, although no decision was rem dered.
 Carter was clearly entitled to the shade. Carter was one of the stars of the middleweight division of that period, although he never held the title. In 1900 he defeated Joe Wal colt and Jack Bonner, but lost on a foul to Jack Root, and he had several other notable victories to his credit N7 LILLE LEWIS, the veteran New
 W York middleweight, who now makes his living as a trainer and manager, will celebrate his thirty 1lfth birthday tomorrow. He quit the ring about four years ago after a career that covered about fifteen years. He returned to the United States from Paris shortly after the outbreak of the war in 1914, and was matched with Al Mccoy. He showed none of his old-time form, and the imitation champion knocked him out in the fifth round. In February, 1915, Lewis went to Havana to meet Young Ahearn and he announced that the 1000 he was to get would be the last money he would earn in the ring.
 Lewis went to Paris in 1909 and the boxing enthusiasts there thought he was the greatest ever. He liked Paris so well that the decided to set tie down in the French capital, and invested all his available cash in 8 fine gymnasium. He was doing a land office business teaching boxing to Parisian bloods, when the war came along and put him out of busi- ness. Lewis was in his home at Chantilly when the Germans made their swoop toward Paris, and he got out in a hurry. He had some exciting experiences getting out of the coun- try. but he finally managed to return to the land of his birth.
 T OM SPRING defeated Bill Neat B in the eighth round at Andover, England. on this date in 1923 By this battle, one of the most exciting contests in English prize ring his- tory, Tom Spring became the cham pion. The aristocratic sports were . there by the hundreds. and the humber followers of the game who gathered on the turf numbered we'll up into the thouxands- Neat had an inch the advantage in height, stand ing half an inch over six feet, but both were about the same weight. They began by sparring cautiously, and Spring got in the first solid blow. Both men displayed much science in stopping and lodging punches.
 Tom had the margin fin the first round. to the great surprise of the country folk, for they had dubbed Spring The China Man. and "The tam, who paid a visit to New York enc and did fairly we'll, is scheduled n yrif