Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1915 — PUGILISM [ARTICLE]

PUGILISM

Ted Lewis, touted as the welterweight champion of Europe and Australia, shaded “Young” Jack O’Brien in a fast bout at Philadelphia. * * * Sid Mercer may get entire charge of boxing in New York, which will be sad news to certain parties who subsist upon putting things over. * * * “Kid” Williams, bantamweight champion of the world, gave Johnny Daly a severe trouncing in a ten round bout, at the Pioneer Athletic club in New York. * * * Newark, N. J., is hunting already for the 1916 national boxing championships, to celebrate the two hundred and twenty-fifth birthday of the Jersey metropolis.