Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-12
.UPSETS RESULT IN
MATCHESAT arena
Loughran, Freedman and WAL
lace Are Defeated Before
Crowd Of 1000
B0GASH'S HOOK COUNTS
BY LOUIS II, JAFFE

nOPE in local boxing circles was
~ knocked into cooked hat, or
something like that, at the Arena last
night. Three of the favorites-boxars
who stood out as almost surc-shot VIM
ners--went down to defeat before a
crowd estimated at 1000.
Tommy Loughran was outfought,
Sailor Freedman found his superior in
Pete Latzo in the art Of sock, and the
biggest upset was Joe Collcttis victory
against Patsy Wallace.
In the Loughran. Bogash contest 1t
was a case of hook being entirely too
! fast for straight left. Time and again
Lou uncorked scmi-circlc clout with
his southpaw. getting under Toms iab
! at the same time. and from the fourth
| round on Loughran was shaken up
several times.
No Knockdowns
At no time did either boxer appear
| to b" on the verge of a Knockout, al
though Bogash drove I,oughran into the
ropes once in the seventh round with a
loft that carried knockdown powers.
The hemp saved Tommy from being
dropped.
As usual, Louahran was on the de-
fcnsivc in tho first round. Bogash
| 'orCed the milling md the end Of the
! initial canto found the visitor from
bridgeport, Conn, in the lead.
Loughran opened his speed throttle
! in the second and by con inually beat
ing Bogash to the punch Tommy earned
that session. lie was in and out. jab-
bing and right crossing nicely, making
Bogash miss at the same time. Incl
dcntally. this was the only period car
ried by the Philadelphian.
| rchn ,lirI ,rnS rypD md wng Tho
sixth. while each of the other rounds
! belonged 70 Bogash. Loughran tlared
! several times and it appeared as If h"
/ would Put on one Of his well known
rallies. but on each occasion his flashes
did not last long.
l.oughrnn had an advantag" in height
and reach. still he was the lich,cr.
coming in at 1874 pounds. Will" the
beam Quivcrcd when BogaSh stepped on
the scales with tho indicator fixed at
l60.
Freedman on Form
With an advantas" Of seven pounds,
J,atzo hrrezed out into the lead against
Freedman after the second round. and
from then on the up-Statcr never was
headed. The first round was even,
while Freedman took the second. After
that. however. il was ali Iatzo.
Frecdman's Judgment of distance was
WAY of. IIe missed az often as half II
dozen punches in a row. freedman
tried hard. but Latzo never failed to
accept the issue and he outpunched the
In the final ranto Freedman put
everything lie had into his punches. as
h" evidently felt that III" only way h"
could win would be via the knockout
route. bu, Lnt2o flashed with him aud
both finished up n great rally.
II looked as II Wallace. in his sur
prising defeat, held his llO-pound op-
poucnt. coletti. a southraw. too
rheaply. and while Patsy was trying TO
stow away the Perth Amboy lad. Joe
went along winning on points
Brown Extended
The first round was even and the
next two wcrc Won by Wallace. There
after, however. Colletti. although he
did lot of backstorping. was able 10
pile up a flock OF points while Wallace
was making an effort to connect with u
Singl" wallop.
Johnny Brown, tho classy English
fen,herwricht, was given his hardest
bout of his Philadelphia engagements.
but he smotherrd Lew Mcfarland with
punches in III" last two rounds and wOr
haudiy. Mcfarland fought rushing
battle and for the first six rounds hclc
the Britishcr even.
In tn" opening contest an injureC
right hand Handicapped Sam Blackistor
somewhat and Patsy Bosash, brothe
of Lou. succeeded In winning in ci-h
rounds from tn" former amateur cham,
p!On.