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Show FORMER WELTERWEIGHT CHAMP REGAINS TITLE WHEN HE BEATS LEWIS JACK BRITTON. S s x x .i! . ' " ' .... ' . . .:t . :5S - I-1 . V CANTON", Ohio, March 17. Jack Brit-tnn, Brit-tnn, at -ears of acre, won back the world's welterweight championship here tonight by knocking out Ted Lewis, the I " ; Knglishman, in the ninth round of what ' was to have been a twelve-frame battle. 1 Lewis carried the championship since he defeated Britton on points almost two years ago at Dayton, Ohio. That I -ewis was a defeated man be-'came be-'came apparent early in the mill and only pluck and stamina saved him in the sixth, hi this round he went down three times i for the count of nine, but Britton was; ! nut there at that time with the punch. I i He nev he had the champion and took his time. Lewis went down early in the ninth, but came back at the count of nine. Then a short right chop to the jaw put him down to stay. He was not unconscious, un-conscious, but could go no further. The end came after two minutes of battling in the ninth. Within half a n hour after the fight. Britton received a bonus of $1000 for knocking Lewis out. This was offered him by Mike MrKinney, the Irishman who promoted the ba ttle, for regaining the title on St. Patrick's day. McKinney gets Britton's next fight here. |