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Show LEWIS DEFEATED BYJ5AHEAU Ten-round Go at Ely Won by Canadian Welterweight Lewis Game to Core. Ely, Nev July 5 Frank Barrieau beat Perry Lewis all the way in their ten-round go here yesterday afternoon. It was evident from the sound of the gong that the Canadian welterweight was the Denver boy's master at the game. After sparring for a second in tho first round, Barrieau, with perfect ease, sent his straight left to Lewis's face and landed a terrific right on the jaw. Then for two rounds he did just as he pleased. He opened up an ugly gash over Lewis's right eye in the second sec-ond round and seemed then to havo the Denver boy at his mercy Tn the third, fourth and fifth rounds Barrieau was clearly laying of. Lewis seemed entirely out of steam and Barrieau simply walked around the ring, occasionally sending in a light tap, with an air of confidence confi-dence that would not be mistaken In the sixth round he again opened up the cut in Lewis's eye, from which his second had temporarily stopped he flow of blood. Barrieau used his right.but Lewis seemed to have learned to keep out of the way and it did not land quite so often as in the first two rounds It connected often enough, however, to have considerable effect, and several sev-eral right uppercuts from Barrieau were bringing the fight to a close. Barrieau evidently thought -he could end the fight when he pleased, but he waited just a trifle too long. In the tenth round he went after his man and showered stinging lefts in tho face, with right swings and vicious uppercuts almost at will. Lewis was game to the core, and stood the punishment like a man. Ho was distressed throughout the tenth round, but managed to save himself from a knockout Referee Parley Smoot held up the glove of Barrieau and nil agreed that the fight was an easy one for the Canadian. Barrieau weighed 148 pounds, while Lewis tipped the beam at 147 Kid Irish of Salt Lake and Eddie Johnson of Ely both challenged the winner of the fight, and Barrieau has decided de-cided to remain in Ely for a while, with the intention of arranging a match for Labor day. The preliminary between Harry Beecher and Pete Vasslliou, two local boys, attracted as much attention as the main bout. Vasslliou is known as the Greek demon, and as such he measured up against one of the cleverest clever-est young boxers that hns so far been seen in a ring in this section. 'He had about thirteen pounds the best of Beecher, but the lighter boy had it all over the Greek in knowledge of the bame He just boxed Vasslliou Vassl-liou right off his feet, hitting him at will. Referee Meagkher called the bout a draw, but the audience voted practically to a unit that Beecher won every round. |