"KID" LEWIS BANKRUPT.
GAMBLING AND INVESTMENTS. ETJIXO, SWEETIE!" EXPENSIVE. LONDON, July 0. "Kid" Lewis, the former welterweight champion of the world, waa examined in bankruptcy. His estimated liabilities are £3200, and his assetß £?0.1 apart from £900 for which he is suing ; the Premierland Boxing organisation, in which he lost £500. Lewis said he had had extensive losses at gambling on cards and horse-' racing, and dropped £800 in running a | publichouse, and £2500 in the revue, j "Hullo, Sweetie." He added that he received only his expenses for defeat-1 ing Johnny Brown on July 3, but was' quite satisfied to be able to re-establish his reputation.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 169, 18 July 1924, Page 5
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