San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-08
MICKEY MUST
WATCH STEP
IN ENGLAND
Under System of Points,
He May Lose Title
to Lewis.
AND PROFITS MAYFADE
Between John Bull and
Uncle Sam, May Come
Out in Hole.
AND PROFITS MAYFADE
By ROBERT EDGREN.

Ted Lewis has been fighting with
very good success among the English
welters and middleweights, and has
even bowled over a few heavyweights.
Lewis made such an impression on
the English fight followers that they
thought he could go after heavy
weight championship honors.
Ted thought so himself, although
he might have known better after be-
ing whipped with ease by Nike
G'Dowd when Mike was almost out OF
the running himself and had lost his
championship title TO Johnny Wilson.
the cheesiest champion since Al Me
Coy's time.
Just TO lead up to challenging
Dempsey, Ted was matched with Car
pentier, the logic of this being that
after he had made the Frenchman
look like a joke. Dempsey could hard
1y dodge meeting. Carp" may have
been soft for Dempsey, but he can
whip all the Lewises that can be
piled into ring with him. Naturally.
he knocked Lewis for u goal with the
first punch he let go.
walker 10 Meet lin.
Lewis is now back in his own class.
and Mickey Walker is going over TO
England 10 give Lewis a chance at
the worlds welterweight champion
ship during Derby Week, the great
est sporting week of the year in Eng
land. Mickey ought 10 beat Lewis
handily, and will unless he runs up
against some novelty in the line of
counting points"
Willie Richie went to England and
lost the worlds lightweight title to
Freddy Welsh on single point. the
referee crcditing Welsh with IS l.
points and Richie with 81 1-2 points
The National Sporting Club rules
say:
The referee shall decide all con-
tests in favor OF the contestant who
obtains the greatest number of marks.
Marks shall be awarded for attack.
direct clean hits, defense. guarding,
shipping. ducking or getting away
In the Ritchie-Welsh contest the
referee added up the marks" credited
TO the fighters. in the nineteenth
round, as marked down round by
round on the back Of his program, and
found that each man had 81 IL
points. In the twentieth round Welsh
was credited with five coints and
Richie with four, which gave the
worlds championship to the English
boxer. From all accounts of the fight,
Welsh did most of the scoring by
slipping. ducking or getting away"
He must have run like a rabbit in that
last round.
Then There's the Taxes.
Mickey ought TO understand all
about this sytsem of point scoring be-
fore he goes TO England with that
title. Lewis never has been strong for
skipping, ducking or getting away"
but if there are points" in it-and
a worlds championship may prac-
tice up and rival even Freddy Welsh
as an artful dodger.
There's another thing Mickey ought
to look IN before going 10 England
to fight. He is TO get $4,000 as his
end OF the purse. Mickey should stip-
ulate on that amount being posted TO
his order in America. payable in full
after the event. and not subject to
English taxes. III Mickey has TO pay
Johnny Bulls devastating income tax.
and then Uncle Sam jimmes his bank
roll for tax and surtax on the whole
$4,000 he was supposed TO get.
Mickey won't have enough left to buy
toothpicks both ways on his trp
abroad. Worse-he may wind IN
owing tax money instead of getting
anything for the fight. And if Lewis
out-slips, out-ducks and out-runs him
in "getting away" thus scoring
winning number of "marks.' English
style. where will Mickey head in?
1t used 10 be that American box
ers could have a lot OF fun taking
a short trip over to England and
"cleaning up lot Of English boxers
for miscellaneous set Of titles and
flock Of small purses. and bring back
their winnings. But as things are
now, what's the use?
Copyright, 1923. bv the Bell Syndi-
cate, Inc.)