Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-25
Dropped for swine" in
F.. First Round by Gene
{ Tunney, Tommy Flares
/ LATER and Finishes in
{ Great Rally Before %, 900
IN POUNDS LIGHTER
pv LOUIS II. JAFFE

:, handicap for Tommy Loughran'
y. ,,,r middlewcght. and the South
1y%, rhI.dclphia nineteen. .year-o'd today
,,o,s ale Tint he stepped out of his class
,s',D y, ,oot,np Gene Tunney, former light
,m.,rrweipht ~ champion Of America. the
nea.. " Winning in eight rounds at the
m.:rt nm,;,,,os boll mark last night. Tunney's
Ih,nhn Iinh, was announced as 113 and
Sonsbron ton pounds less.
LVrsonked down and almost out. being
NIv ,ho fEor for the count of nine a
on .,'o -" and forty seconds after the
nnino nl,ui, hcll sounded. Loughrnn gamclv
ront through the contest and finished
w. such n rally in the last three minutes
y ,bot III be had the $4,000 fans up on their
too, "' roofing hard for the local entry,
"tr Tunney was entirely too strong for
,ouchran. He crowded Tommy most
n rho time. roughing him 'on the ropes
and several times Referee 'iilly'
Rorap had 10 caution the New Yorker
for unnecessary jostling.
~ THAT first round Loughran's
] ,cmarknb'c rCcuperatire porers
,orrd him trom' bcing put to sleep.
4 terrific ri1ht. .hander. flush on the
rbiu, droppcd Tommy rih a bang to
lis knees. The youth tried to get
vn NJ - count of three. just about
not 10 his feet near the ropes. ami
Teu rcnt dorm again, staying there
until mine.
Il1IIEN he rcgaincd his equilibrium
w Loughran was shaky: but he made
Tunncv miss another right handler. fell
into rlnrh and. by reason of his de-
iorsiye work. rs III as holding tactics
r Patrick succeeded in lasting out the
rather stormy canto.
Tunney Staggered
Having entc"cd the ring with q dam
aged lower Lip. Tunnev' mouth started
10 show blood with the very first iab
| landed by LOughran, and when he came
was bleeding. Throughout that period
Iouehsan was careful. most of the time
on the defensive. and he took no
| chances
The third round was entirely differ
ent. As soon as they reached the cen.
ter of the ring l.oughran side stepped
hetty right cross by Tunney and, with
the latter going Dy. Tommy clipped him
behind the ear with n star board sock.
| The blow shook up Gene, md I.ough-
ran was on him, driving both hands to
the head.
Loughrnn showed n lot of speed and
ceverness. making Tunncy miss often.
while he uncorked a flock Of left labs
that earned him this round. so that
at the finish of tho three minutes Il was
two to one in Gene favor.
Iunney came out for the fourth
shooting ri ght after right Mt Tom chin.
he landed one or two. but Loughran
succeeded in keeping himself out of the
Zone of most of the New Workers. hefty
waIlopS. Then Gene switched and began
leading with his left. following with a
right, IN ono two fashion. Again
Thomas was able to keep his foe missins.
IOlGHRAN fared after about a
- minut" nnd a half of the fourth
and he finished Stronglv and In a
brilliant ra'lv. He jabbcd Tuuncy
suMy and ot'cu. also driring hnyd
rights 10 the body. and at the finish
Tommy wHa crtitlcd to So so spIt
for the pcriod.
DCRlN'' tn" interval between the
- fourth and fifth rounds. "Philadel-
phin Jack O'Brien. in his heyday a
leading mtddlowcight. suddenly made
ms appearance in Loughran's corner.
he encouraged the Philadelphian with
advice. to keep stepping. to fcint and
70 make Tunncy miss.
Falls After Miss
=, That's oSnctIy what Loughran did at
the start of the fifth. In his anxiety
70 get over his vicious right, Tunney
missed Tom $ chin by inches as the lat
Yer sldeSt"pred and Gene fell fiat on
~, rS face. almost through the ropes.
mere were some spectators who
laoNght Loughran had knocked down
'ene' but no punch was landed.
lunhey was the aggrcSsor through
out that fifth and kept Loushran op
Me defensive. SO that while little dam
see was done. the Gotham glovCman's
torclns tactics entitled him to shade
Ior the round.
4, LOuGhran boxed well at the start of
ue sixth. He stepped around nicely
a aRu seemed refreshed. \ right cross
uipPea IN" Philad"lphian on the chin
shn s ms knees sngged n bit. then step
pns ll' lunnay hooked Il left to the
cIul ana seemed to weaken Tom. The
,oT ,vS' OF IN" period found Loughran
.Sr .SS.her ta'iSucd and he appeared to be
'"aEy my as Il" strobe to his corner.
ihe opening of the seventh found
tnougnran leaving his corner still a bit
,n'L; .teH' lie backed away, with Tunney
,rSihlns ana crowding the downtowner,
IHA1s MS utmost to get over right
son. an'yr, T After Gene had piled up
S %a!t lead for the round, Loughran sud-
,snni n'i STOOD his ground, seemed to have
tMsa1ned LOT Of his lost strength and
n ,Wrcea IUnn"y back with d series of
'uACneS t" head and body.
I'"l hcorc the bell changed, end
mG the round. hard Louohran
''"' shook up Tu.ucv
N'rN cam" the eighth. with Tunney
'u' III front, four rounds in his