The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-06-18
'DOUCHERTY GIVEN
DRAW WITH BOWEN
IN BERWYN ARENA
Mickey Drops Local Boy
In Sd Round of Sport
land Heights Feature.
By RAY HELGEsKN.

Battling the last two rounds in
torrent of rain. Young Bowen. Of
Washington and Mickey Dougherty.
Of Philadelphia. fought - a ten
round draw In the feature bout Of
the Sportland Heights Arenas first
open air show yesterday at Ber-
wyn. Nd.
Bowen took the lead in the first
two rounds. Both boys had weighed
In at las pounds. Bowen. however.
was hard as nails while the Quaker
City fighter appeared soft and out
Of condition. So. when the WASH
inGton life guard started roughinG
things In the early going. few
thought that Dougherty would be
able to weather the storm.
Right swings, mixed now and
then with a short left jab. gave
Bowen the edge in each of the first
two rounds. Dougherty couldn't
seem TO get started. He was shak-
ing Bowen's punches off until the
latter part Of the second round when
a wild swing caught him just above
the right eye and opened an old
cut.
Mickey ssrprises In Third.
Then came the third and with Il
a surprise package for Bowen and
the few paying customers VINO
braved the inevitable rainstorm to
take a look at the new arenas first
card.
Bowen came from his corner all
set to finish Mickey. He caught
the Philadelphia over the heart
and sent him to the ropes. The fans
were getting ready to catch the
first car home when Mickey. the
flabby, out-of- "set-up.
rebounded off the plush covered
ropes and caught Bowen with a pair
Of heart crushers which brought
the only knockdown of the setto
The first landed on Bowen's right
eye and opened a cash an inch long
the second landed just over the
heart and sent Bowen to the can
vas in his own corner. Bowen
wasn't badly hurt but he took a
nine-count and got up with consid-
erably more respect for his oppon-
emit than he had previously shown.
From then on IL was about an
even fight. In the fourth and fifth
they mixed with honors about even
Referee Craige was forced to vir'
tually throw them out of clinches
Bowen being the offending party In
most instances.
The sixth and seventh. too. were
about even. But the eighth was
plainly Bowen's. Realizing that
his man. despite his evident lack OF
condition. was far from a setup
Bowen tore into the Quaker bsttler
with the hope of putting him away
before the storm broke. But by
this time both boys were tired
Bowen's swings were wild and
when they landed they lacked the
steam of the earlier rounds.
storm Break. in Ninth.
Mickey's direction was quite as
bad as Bowen's. But the Quaker
battler was taking things easy
content to rest on his showing in
the third round. which virtually
assured him of a draw providing
he managed to stay the limit. He
merely covered up and saved his
strength with the ease and grace of
one born to the habit.
The storm broke between the
eighth and the ninth rounds. The
spectators made a grand rush for
the exits and the dressing rooms
But the fighters went through the
remaining two rounds in a half
hearted manner. Bowen swinging
wildly, hoping one of his rights
would land, and Dougherty cover
ing up, every once In a while
sticking his left in Bowen's face
just to let the Washington boy
know he was still in the ring.
The judges, Bryan Morse and
John o'Reilly called IL a draw
which satisfied the spectators.
Danny Duarte, washington's pop
ular little sailor lightweight. stop
ped Billy Lowrey. OF Richmond. in
the third round Of what was sched-
uled to be a ten-round AFFAIR.
Purely from a smuggling stand
point this bout was the best of the
day. Lowrey weighed in at l3S
and Danny at l3S.
Duarte started out with his
usual speed and seemed to take
the Richmond battIer of his feet
from the gong. After the first
minute or two IL was merely a
question OF how long Lowrey would
last. Duarte was shooting in left
swings to the pit of the stomach
at will and there wasn't a chance
but that the Richmond fighter
would take an early introduction
to the nice new canvas.
Drops Billy in second.
The first was easily Duarte's. In
the second Danny's drives at the
stomach brought the Richmond
fighters guard down and the sailor
started shooting rights TO the
mouth and head. Toward the end
OF this round Lowrey was grogsy
Just as the bell rang a right swing
caught him flush over the heart and
dropped him. He was lifted to his
corner to be prepared for what was
sure to come in the third.
Duarte rushed to Lowrey's cor
ner for the third. He opened with
series OF blows to the body,
swinging rights and left at will
into the hapless Virgin'an. Low
rev made a last game stand in the
middle of the ring but a right hook
caught him just under the hear,
ard that was all.
Ii was Duarte's fight all the vay.
The little sailor carried too much
Of a punch for the Richmond how
who couldn't protect himself from
his opponents murderous left
swings. This bout was also sched.
lied TO go ten rounds.
Johnny Ahelrn had an easy time
with Sailor Lewis. OF Baltimore An
the other ten-rounder OF the three.
star card. Lewis was game enough,
But that's all. He couldn't hit. H,
couldn't cover and IL was merely q
matter Of minutes before he would
go under.
1t wasn't any particular punch