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Show LEWIS LOOKS LIKE A COMER TO THE PANS NEW YORK, Aug 14. Willie Lewis's defeat, of Sailor Burke in the sixth round of what was to have been a ten-round boxing contest places him in the role nf a contender for the welterweight wel-terweight championship nnd will result, re-sult, it is believed in a lieht botwecn him and - Billy Papke in the near future. fu-ture. Papke has been scheduled to fight the winner of this contest. The defeat of Burke was a surprise to many sporting men, as it was figured fig-ured that t he had the best chauco to win, carrying at least ten pounds more woight. Lewis Js rccont trip abroad, whero ho whippod all tho fighters pitted against him in Paris, scorns to Iiuvo done him good, as the fight last night showed ho lost much of his old wudness and liad accumulated much science. His condition also has greatly great-ly improved, nnd his friends believe he will have a good show to defeate even Kctchcl. Figuring that he can whip Pnpkc, his backers arc already mentioning men-tioning Kotchel us his next opponent. |