The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
LEWIS PROVES
NO THREAT TO
BROWN BOMBER
BY BOB ADDIE

BALTIMORE, Md, May 6.-All
those people who have been men.
tioning John Henry Lewis in the
same breath with Joe Louis had
better save hall their oxygen.
John Henry today has revealed
that Cd he isn't in the same
league with Joe, and CD he can't
draw enough people to pay for
the electricity used in the ring
lights.
The first part of this was proved
at the Fifth Regiment Armory
here last night when the light
heavyweight champion batted out
fungoeS against one Dominic Gee
ceralli. of Italy, and couldn't put
him in cold storage although he
won every round form the
Italian. The second part of
our little theorem is borne out
by the gate receipts. A total of
1,704 paid admissions were scat
tered about the big arena for a
gross gate of $2,328.68. After the
State, Federal and relief taxes
were deducted, the promoters had
a net of $1,569.17.
DOWN THREE TIMES
OF this sum, Cecceralli today
collected his purse of $50O.00-the
sum which he was guaranteed
and Lewis took IS per cent of the
gross.
John Henry had the shorter,
bald-headed Italian down three
times, once in the first and twice
in the seventh rounds, but he
couldn't keep the game Ceccer-
ALI down for the count. Dom
inic had little to offer except
his ability to take punishment. He
was half a head shorter than
Lewis and carried his 178 pounds
in chunky package while Lewis
distributed his ITO mostly above
the waist. He has the power of
a heavyweight but he can't punch.
It appeared John Henry was
going to catch an early train when
he smashed a vicious right hook
to Cecceralli's head near the end
of the first round. The Italian
took two and bounced right back.
The next three rounds saw Lewis
trying to bring down Dominic
with left hook to the body and
that short right chop.
Cecceralli for the most part re-
sembled wild bull and Lewis
the torero. John Henry looked like
a guy trying to spear a frank
furter with spoon, because every
time he'd stab Dominic with a.
left and set him up for a finisher,
the Italian would move like a guy
ducking a bill collector.
Cecceralli interrupted the tar
get practice in the fifth and much
to everybody's surprise, landed
one of his wandering left hooks
on John Henry'S royal pusS and
had Lewis bleeding at the bell.
In the sixth, which was Dom
mics best round, he parlayed a
couple of rights with some hard
leftS and his blows Skittered strip
of adhesive plaster clean off the
champions right eye.
RIGHT TO CHIN
John Henry came back strongly
in the seventh and floored Dom
inic with a single right to the
button. The Italian staggered all
over the ring but Lewis control
was off and he couldn't apply the
final paralyzer. Again Dominic
went down near the end of the
round from a right hand which
dumped him on one ear but he
came back fighting and actually
sent the champion back on his
heels.
That was Dominic's last stand
and the remaining rounds started
off in waltz time and speeded up
to swing time just at the bell.
Lewis fought only in spurts and
Cecceralli was content to go the
distance.
In the other bouts, Honey Boy
Jones knocked out Joe Barr in
2:30 of the third; Mario Caroselli,
Cecceralli'S Stablemate owl o
looked like the best fighter on the
cardD, outpointed Frank Donofrio
in six; Bobby Millsap defeated
Rowe in six; Jimmy
Generate knocked out Johnny
in 2::48 of the second,
and K. o. Kelly won four-round
decision from Young Kid Norfolk.