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Show HAVANA'S FIRST TRY NOT GRAND SUCCESS Havana Is ma king b. strenuous bid tr become tha boxing center of tho world. But Havan a went h bou t It th 6 wron , way, and the pent-up enthusiasm of thn na tives la likely to run out before th little isle guts a chance to establish Itself It-self as the pugilistic Mecca.. For their opening bout down thre trtn Islanders put on "Young" Abeam and j Willie Lewis Abeam, a cautious bixT. ! and Lewis, who i-aw bis best days man? , years figo. Little ilio" the Havana promoter know that Abearn and Lewis v,vro under tbfi same management, nnd that o "fak" was.beini? perpetrated. Thi& makes tho second "frame-up" Lewis has ontuged in within the short time of a. vear. Several months ago Dan Morgan, k-livr k-livr some publicity for hie self -proclaimed champion. A! McCoy, grot Dan McK"t-rick's McK"t-rick's consent to let poor Willie Lewis tnr.kle the "champion." Tt was an unadulterated un-adulterated "f et-np," nd Lewie era -clouslv took the count In the ttxth round. Hut Willie is wining to he Implicit in these matches as Ions hr be in compensated com-pensated for acting bis p.--rt, and pecu pki will go to see him perform hie act. |