The Washington times., 1915-01-27
ELIMINATION BOUTS
FOR ARDM0RE CLUB
To Find Strongest Opponent for
Lowe, Many Good Light.
weights Will Be Shown.

A series Of elimination bouts between
lightweight chalengers Of Tommy
Lowe. conqueror of Knockout Brown,
Of New York. to find the most likely
opponent for q battle with Washing
tons veteran Is being planned by the
Ardmore Club. 1t Is expected the first
Of these flfteen-round battles will be
staged at the next show. Tommy
Lowe has expressed himself as satisfied.
Go and get the best" says Lowe.
III he weighs in at 1873 pounds I'll take
him on. no matter what his name IL or
what his reputation"
Among the best lightweights who
have expressed desires to tackle Lowe
al Ardmore are frankie Nelson and
Andy Cortez. from Al McMurray's
brooklyn- stable; Young Joe Thomas. Of
Sanf9rnla Tommy Langdon. of Phila-
delphia; frankie Whitney. Of Cedar
Rapids Iowa, and Special Delivery
Hirsh. Of Buffalo. N. Y. Nelson fought
Lowe ffteen-round draw at the old
Ardmore Club. and thinks he can do
better. II given another chance. Cortez
was beaten by Lowe. though many fans
seeing the battle insisted that the
sturdy Hoboken boy should have re-
ceiyed a draw. The others have yet to
make their appearance in the Capital.
Young Joe Thomas, fresh from the
training camps Of Ad Wolgast. Luther
McCarty. and Joe Rivers. seems to have
a record emitting him to a chance at
Ardmore. He has met such tough GUS
toners as Johnny Dundee and Patsy
Cline. Making a good showing against
those two stars of the ring. Thomas
viii probably look good to Ardmore
Tommy lansdon is a veteran OF the
| ring. He has met some OF the best
lightweights In the country--Matty
Baldwin. Jem Driscoll. the English
rnf nd -
| others
| Frankie Whitney claims a newspaper
decision over Charlie White and VIC
| tories over frankie Russell, Kid
Graves. and Dick Redmond.
Hirsch has fought many Of the best
lightweights to he found and might
make great battle with Lowe.
| However rather than pick the wrong
man for a bout with Lowe. the Ard
! more management has decided to have
all challengers meet In elimination
bouts. II is possible that the frst con-
, test Will be between frankie Nelson
and either Young Joe Thomas or Tom
my Langdon. A decision Will be made
| in da or so.
Without making final selections. it Is
possible that the elimination bouts will
run something like this:
Frankie Nelson vs. Young Joe Thomas
or Tommy Langdon.
Andy CorteZ VIZ. Langdon or Thomas
Winner OF first two bouts against
| each other.
Winner Of third bout against Hirsch
II Fourth bout winner against Lowe.
Al McMurray. manager Of Iron Man
Joe Srger. denies frankie Whitney.
statement that he defeated Sieger. Nc
Murray. a veteran manager, says the,
never met.
Battling Terry Jones is in line for an
| other semi-final at Ardmore. and ma,
be seen in the near future. Jones Is
soldier attached to Walter Reed Hos
l'pital and always In excellent condi
tion. His good work against Budd,
Ray on New Year Day earned hin
many friends.
Though the date is yet to be settled
II Is probable that the Ardmore clul
will stage the next show on the nigh
OF February s. with the fourth exhi
hition on the night of Washington
Birthday. February e.