The Washington times., 1909-04-02
Washington Boxer Credited
With One of Best Bat
ties of Career.
FIGHTER
GAME TO LIMIT
Capital Lightweight Has Speed,
But Is Unable to Land a
Knockout Punch.

Fight fans Of Washington declare this
morning that Tommy Lowe, the Wash
ingtOn lightweight, put up one of the
best tights of his career in Baltimore
last evening, and although he hammered
MS opponent, Lou Sheppard, of New
York, all over the ring, ne Was unable
through lack OF punch to put him away
within the fiftecn-round limit. Referee
O'ConnOr's decision in favor OF the
local scrapper met with the popular ap-
proval of those who packed the theateT
Aggressiveness is a faculty which
Lowe is acquiring and seldom has it
been more evident than in his fight last
evening. Sheppard Is an unknown guam
tity 10 Southern fight fans, but came
heralded as a fast game boy. He failed
TO make an impression with his speed,
but showed to ths satisfaction of all
present that he is rery much to the
fore in samen6ss.
For fifteen rgands he withstOod
Srueiing punisiIn- seldom seen in
Baltimore prize rii1ss. At the conclusion
of the final sessiiC', re was all but out,
and there is little doubt that had the
bout progressed another round the
Washingtonian would have sent acress
the sleep waliop. Only once, in the
thirteenth round. did the Gotham mitt-
man show to advantage. HIS recuper-
alton from the gan OF the previous
rounds was fully appreciated by the
Monumental fans. Ia that session the
night was even, but lowe came back in
the next two rounds, and at the final
oell had his man staggering in a hofe-
less condition
1t was loves banner fight. The New
Yorker began hOstilitieS by opening the
tender spot over Loves eve and for q
lr.F rn
lnStonian at a distance. a left upper
cut ana jolt proved the entire roper
toire Of the Gotham scrapper, and IL
took Lowe but trvO rounds TO get wise
TO the situation After that he waded
in, and the outcome of the battle was
never left IN doubt. A straight left lab
TO the face seldom failed TO land. the
blow, linked with an overland riglt
Wallop, nearly sending the New FOrke-
TO the floor IN the fifth session. His
SameneSs stood in his stead. and Whel
the bell sounded for the sixth he came
up smiling
a little incident which tended to liven
festivities occurred during the progress
OF the first preliminary. Two paper
weights, Irish and YiddiSh, were the at
traction, the former crFsS-eyed 10 that
extent that his line Of vision was most
indirect and incidentally most confusing
TO his timid opponent. The Yiddisher,
mistakinE his opponents attitude for
lnattention, sailed in and started what
-iI'''~n - 'I q ANi,Sl4tLoli u the NFdH7-
Nelson affair several years ago. UnfOr-
tunately the period was shOrt-lfved
The referee thoughtlcssly attempted to
break the men from a Clinch and the af-
fair Immediately assumed the nature OF
a battle royal, the crOss-eyed Irish lad
pegSlng away at the physiOgnomy of the
ofncial with his opponent Centering at
tention or almost anything within the
ring With the aid OF several able
bodied members of the Baltimore police
IoSce the youngsters were finally sep
arated. reDrimanded, and sent TO their
dressing rooms.
II tho Semiwindup Jim Janey and
Flckannlnny' two dusky Washington
glovemen were the participants After
Stalling through the major portion OF
the ten rounds Pickanniny landed a wal
lop hushed on the Jaw, which brought
the sponge from Janey's corner