The Washington herald., 1914-12-20

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Club, TO be staged on the afternoon of
New Years Day, will be a fifteen-rOund
battle between Knockout Brown, New
York's famous sOuthpaw slugger and
Tommy Lowe, washington's veteran
lght-weight, who never has shown more
speed than. he is now showing.
Tommy Lowe and his manager, jerry
; Mccarthy, conferred yesterday with the
club management and agreed upon the
terms offered for the bout. Lowe has
been doing light training for several
= days, and plans TO be in perfect condi-
ton for tbis battle of his life II he
wins he will probably be on to New
York TO make something OF his victory
Brown has been appearing at almost all
the New York clubs for the past three
months. winning every bout and a win
over the sOuthpaw hitter will mean mucn
to Lowe.
Brown is an awkward hitter" said
Tommy Lowe last night. in explaining
how ne would hight the New Yorker
'FH have to get a couple of left-handcd
boxers 10 work out with me. You Know
you have 10 box differently against a
southpaw from what you do with a right
handler. However. I'm going TO enter the
ring in perfect shape. Brown will weigh
Q bit more than I will, but III be right
and thar counts in my favor
training Win Ray
Lowe has been boxing with Buddy Ray
every DAY, and says he is showing all the
sped ne needs to make a good contest
with Knockout Brown.
Brown is on his way TO the TOP
writes Dan Morgan. manager Of KRock-
out Brown. If he ever showed as well
as ne does now when he met Joe Rivers
h. would be- the lightweight champion,
Instead oc Freddie Welsh
But he is on his way. Brown should
have been the winner of that bout with
Rivers He was careless and hadn't
trained properly This is showr ny his
quick defeat at the hands Of BuG An Ter
son a short while after that. Until that
time he had never been pUt aNay
- He has got over his foolishness. and
- his long rcst in the Adrondacks aas
placed him once more in the running for
the title. He is now meeting all comers
on the road to the title.
VIII Challenge Welsh.
III Brown puts Lowe away he will chaI-
IenEe Freddie Walsh. lie knows that
Lowe, veteran that he is. is one Of tho
fastesF Iight-weiEhts in the country. Fur
thermorc. | am told that Lowe has a good
punch now. In that casa Brown may
have to travel some to win, but he'll win
take il from me.
z. But even n the battle goes to a dtdw
the fans Of Washington will be conpented
dor they will have seen the best show
aEvc~ given them"
= Brown is, in the first place a left
banded boyer He advances with his
right hand extended. In addition. he is
or the rushing type. always crowding his
man, driving him around the ring with a
shower of lefts and rights. Brown is not
q light hitter. either. his long record
and his nickname shows II he can land
that Ieft-hand swing or uppercut on the
right spot it is a quick win for the blond
LAD from the Bronx
Opposed to Knockout Browns rushing
tactics Lowe will exert ali his ringcraft.
gained only by years Of hard work facing
all types of boxers. loves quick. dart
ing left-hand jabs are his stock in trade.
However. in the last few weeks he has
developed quite a punch. and it is his pet
belief that he will be able to drop Brown
if he manages to land a good heavy right
across TO the point Of the jaw.
Good PreIiminHries.
The semi-finaI is going to be
grudge affair between Buddy Ray and
Battling Terry. two scrappy light
weights. This battle will go eight
rounds. if it goes the limit. Terry be-
leves he can stop Ray and the Wash
inEton boy is just as sure of his own
ability. Terry is just out OF the navy
and knows not defeat.
Il know / can beat Ray" said Terry
last night, even If he is 4 hard boy to
beat When he gets some of my wal
lOps. he'll know that something real
hit him"
''Washington fans haven't seen me
ina long time" is the way Buddy Ray
talks about his coming battle with
Battling Terry. Il have improved a
whole lot since then. Besides, in all
my siN fights at Ardmore | have never
yet been beaten. I'm going out this