Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-22
L0UGHRAN EASILY
TR0UNCES CLARKE
Southwark Sensation Smothers
Allentown MiddIeweight, Win
ming by Wide Margin
LOSER IS ON DEFENSIVE
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE

Jackie CLARKE, of Allentown
= today is the latest victim added tc
Tommy 1.oughran's list since the Soutl
ihilade phian's impressive and sensa
tional climb up the pugilistic ladder the
last few months. Thomas did everything
but knock out his upstate opponent
socking him around and winning every
one of the eight scheduled rounds by a
margin.
Had it not been for the defensive tac.
tics - his continual backing away,
clnching and covering up, Clarke M
doubt would have decorated the canvas
from the blizzard of blows bombarded
of his head and body by Loughran. Had
jackie been travelling on a straight line
he probably would have covered the dis.
tance to his home In Allentown before
the finish Of the final frame.
Starting off slowly, as usual, Loueh .
ran did not open up until the fourth
round, although he showed sufficient
stun in the previous sessions to STAY out
in front. Tommy smothered Clarke with
hock of fists in that fourth and Jackie
evidently thought he was stopping blows
from mar a dozen opponents. He acted
as II he were in there against six
Loughrans from the.way he attempted 70
ward of the 1rishman's attack. Clarke
was In quandary or something like
that, all right. ''"e
A Nifty Lacing
From then on until the finish. and
especially In the seventh and eighth.
Loughran administered a nifty iacine
to Clarke, doing it nicely and skillfully.
clarke didn't have a Chinaman's
chance at any old time, being kept so
6usy trying to keep out of range of
Il. Patrick's fire that Jack had little
time to uncork any blows himself
Loughran hasn't been hit yet.
Tommy chased Clarke so much be
either became disgusted or tired in two
of the rounds. He stopped still in his
tracks and beckoned, smilingly, for
Jackie to do some leading. But Clarke
wasn't in that frame of mind-Iast
night. "''
Loughran still lacks n punch. Had
the nineteen year-o sensation the
well-known wnllop he surely would
have stopped Clarke. However, Tom.
my's blow Is increasing in power and
he is absorbing confidence even faster
He looks like cinch to become a con.
tender for title soon, considering tho
fact that he has licked Jimmy Darcy,
McTigue and then Clarke in a row
Tom weighed in at 1856 and Clarke
was four pounds lighter.
Green Earns Draw
1t looked as II Willie Green. Of Ron.
sington. was going to have a set nm
when Benny Berris. a younpster from |
Chicago, was substituted for Tony ~"
poni. who came in over weight. Rut i,
wasn't SO. After Green went off into |
the lead in the first two rounds. Bcrris
flashed a lot Of punches, and by tho
time the sixth round was over he took
the lead away from Willie. However
Willie came back with a spurt. and M
the finish of the eight rounds was on.
titled to draw. Green, WEIGHING Io5 |
pounds. was handicapped BY Seven
pounds.
Archie Walker. of New York. amman.
ing in his fifth professional match was
a winner over Patsy Broderick. SCORING
two knOckdOwns in the second rouni
Weights: Walker. 1875; Broderick. I3S
Joe Mandell, 1914, was too clever
for Lew Mcfarland. 1873, and the for.
mer finished out in front, while JOHNNY
Shcarn, 127, was Il victor over Unrrv
Grant, 127. a knockdown for A conn,
Of nine went u long way in deciding tbc
Shcarn- Grant match. This was n Sweet .
scrap, both youngsters showing promis.
ing form.