The Washington herald., 1917-01-02
CORTEz and LOVE in
SLOW, DRAW BATTLE
Brooklyn Mauler and Southern Light
weight Are Disappointments
in Matinee Show.
BY JOHN A. DUGAN.

A disappointment on ''the happy New
Year" greeted some 500 local fstic fans
who tourneyed to the Maryland Athletic
and Social Club yesterday afternoon to
witness the matinee show held in the
arena In the Ardmore woods. Tommy"
Lowe, the Southern lightweight cham
pion, and Andy Cortez. of Brooklyn. were
carded In the main set-to over q fifteen
round route. !, These gladiators of the
roped arena went these fifteen rounds and
fulfilled their contract, but proved a bis
disappointment to the fans present. SO
at the end of the milling Referee o'Con-
nor raised both boys hands calling 1t
draw
The decision rendered by Referee
O'Connor justified the occasion, as both
| boys were on their feet at the end of the
round and very little damage had been
| done to either. Cortez in the closing
rounds seemed willing and anxious. but
Lowe insisted on clinching. while 1t was
vice-versa in the early milling.
When the athletes squared of for the
opening round Tommy Lowe looked
like the veteran dancing master of olo,
but when the battlers toed the mark for
the second section. loves old-time speed
semed 70. leave him and Cortez fired right
and left punches at him almost at will.
The fumors and reports that had drifteu
TO this city before Cortez's arrival were
shown in the second and gave the fstic
fans plenty of hopes of witnessing some
real milling. but Lowe came back strong
In the next session and these fond hopes
went skyward.
Cortez appeared to be somewhat
dazed. as his Judge of distance until
the eighth round was bad, and Lowe
proceeded to pile up a comfortable
lead. In the eighth Andy came out of
his corner like bolt of lightning and
1 q In AaI IL
but by clever bit of holding and COW
ering Tommy managed to cover up and
stall through this session.
Lowe did not show any. speed OF
form until the twelfth. when he sailed
into Cortez and gave him a good lac
ing. In the next two sessions things
were about even, with first one battIer
and then the other forcing the milling,
but in the final round the Brooklyn
mauler did some real slugging and
had the local lightweight on the run
when the bell sounded.
In but six rounds of the entire If
teen were the fans given some real
mixing, while in the other nine the
battlers were inclined to hold and stall
from bell to bell. After showing a
flash Of his true form in the eighth,
Cortez came out in the ninth and
started a chase for Lowe. After miss
ing with a few rights and lefts he
opened up with a real burst OF speed.
but the local dancing master sidestep-
ped and Cortez fell to the floor with
out being touched. In the twelfth
Lowe was carrying the fight to Cortez.
and the Brooklyn mauler cut loose and
again Lowe did his famous Charlie
Chapman" and Andy went sailing into
the ropes without being hit.
The judge of distance of Cortez was
the poorest that he has exhibited in
the local ring. while Lowe hurt his
own chances of landing the verdict by
big margin by insisting on holding
throughout the milling.
Only two bouts of the four scheduled
were staged, as Young Grinder, who
the Young Thomas fight, refused to
meet the feather-weight battler and
the bout was called OF, while Jimmy
Conroy. who was to have battled
Young Scotty, was not allowed to ap-
pear because of y weight question.
Even with the disappointment in both
the main bout and the preliminaries, the
local fstic fans are compelled to dofr
/ their hats to the real comeback of Pasty
Donovan. frankie Mann, the well-known
boxing instructor, pitted his star fly
weight battler against Young Scotty in a
scheduled four-round battle, but the
milling never got this far, as the Navy
Yard veteran was forced to quit Just
before the bell in the second session
In the first round Donovan took a good
lacing at the hands of the little veteran
but when the gong sounded for their
return Pasty seemed to have a new lease
on life and waded in an evened up the
battle in short time. Just as the signal
was given for the seconds of the battlers
to get ready. Scotty pulled away and
granted Donovan the decision. The come
back of this fly-weight youngster marks
him one of the real battlers of this city.
and his willingness for mixing 1t made
quite a hit with the fans, at the ring
side.
In the curtain-raiser Johnny Cunning
han scored another one-round victory,
this time Otto Brown falling by the way
side. Brown injured his arm in the first
round and was forced to quit. Matters
were about even up to the time Brown
stopped.
The battle royal was a lively affair for
two rounds. but IN the third session
Cyclone King had driven his three oppo-
nents out of the ring and was declared
the winner.