The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
Quaker City Battler, Who
Meets Lowe, Is Famed
as a Wallpaper.
OTHER FISTIC COMMENT
BY JOHN A. DUGAN.

Tommy Lowe, the local veteran light
weight. who battles Willie Houck. of
Philadelphia in the main attraction at
the Maryland Athletic and Social Club
on Tuesday night. July 2s, will be COM
PEELED to hustle all the time to land the
verdict over the walloping Quaker from
''Slumber Town"
Houck is hard-hitting two-hand fight
or and does not depend on any straight
punch for knockout. He has ranked
among the topnotch light-weights of the
Quaker City for three years. and his ex-
perience in the roped arena dates back
over five years. Houck fights along the
style of Knockout" Brown, but he diff
fers in punches. because he can put over
the dreamland wallop with either hand
His opponents are kept constantly on
their guards as even his short jolts have
sent many good battlers to the canvas
Lowe realizes that in meeting the Phil
adelphia lad he will be pitted against the
best boy that has shown here to date.
and he is leaving no stone unturned to
get in shape for this battle. A victory
over Houck will mean a great deal to
the local veteran. and he has settled
down to condition himself for the long
route.
loves performances here have always
been creditable and the followers Of the
sport at the Maryland Club are always
anxious to see him booked
Knockout" Bremen. the Buffalo wal
loper. is anxious to get another crack at
Young Herman Miller of Baltimore.
Miller made poor showing at the Ard
more Club with the whirlwind Buffalo
middle-weisht. but in a recent bout at
York. Pa. the Baltimore boy was given
draw. with the veteran. Now Bren-
men desires TO settle this score, and Is
willing to battle Joe Barrett's middle
weight before any club that Miller will
name.
Buddy Ray. chief sparring partner for
the local veteran lightweight Tommy
Lowe. is looking for a bout with some
local fighter weighing 100 pounds. RAY
has been issuing all kinds of defis at
kid" Greek. the local feather-weisht
champion. but so far he has not been
able to land a match
Ray has not shown in the local ring
since he lost an eight-rourd decision to
battling Terry Jones In this battle
Ray was under weight and went into
the ring in poor shape. He is back at
work training hard and stands willing to
battle any one his weight the local pro-
motors can produce.
Friends of Kid Marshall and locaL
followers of the game here are glad
to hear that the former District ban
tam weight champion is ma king strides
toward the top of the ladder in his
battles around Manhattan. Marshall
handed the followers of the sport in
Manhattan a knock out wallop when IL
was learned that he was the first of
the pugilistic knights to have
woman manager Miss Lozette Hoag
of Albany. y. Y. a sister of the ban
tamweight. is handling his affairs,
and reports from Gotham claim that
she is some manager.
AL McMurray. the veteran manager
who is handling the reins for frankie
Nelson, the Hoboken lightweight:
Andy Cortez. the New York light
weight. and Johnny Howard, the mid
dle-weight of Brooklyn. is issuing all
kinds of defis in this direction. Nc
Murray wants to arrange a battle for
Cortez. and desires that Lowe be the
opponent. If the promoters of the
Maryland club do not think well
enough of Cortez. he is willing to book
Nelson with the local lightweight
Howard is anxious to get match
with Knockout Bremen, of Buffalo,
and McMurray claims he will push the
Buffalo boys to the limit to obtain
the same
Ford Munger, who made his home In
Baltimore for several years and par
ticipated in numerous battles in the
local rings. has been cutting quite a
swab In squared circles in Michigan,
and according to reports from Kala-
mazoo is to meet Freddie Gilmore, the
Chicago whirlwind. Munger has Gre
ated such a sensation around Kala-
mazoo that the scribes there are re-
ferring to the battle as one for the
welter-weight championship Since
leaving the East Munger has met some
of the hest welters in the West, and
in almost every instance has been
successful in getting the decision. He
recently defeated Kid Alberts the New