Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-14
SAILOR FREEDMAN
BATTERS L0UGHl|N
Referee halts One Sided Bout
in Fourth to Save Beth.
Iehem Boxer
FITz WINS BEST BATTLE
By LOUIS n, JAFFE

CA1LOR FREEDMAN put the
~ Knockout in X. o. 1oughlln. thus
making successful we,tcrweight debut
in Philadelphia at the Olympia last
night. Frank O'Bricn stopped the bout
IN the fourth round at time when
Ioughin was badly beaten md battered.
sleep.
| I.ouelin was bleeding from mouth
and nose. eye and ear. and. all In NIL.
he would hive made good model for
| the Battle Of vePtlun. Tottering around
the ring with Freedman, ripping In ter I.
rife left and tiQht hand punches ia
head and body. O'Brien stepped in after
two minutes and forty nine seconds Of
~" fourth frame md gave thr crowd
the good might" signal.
IT was Freelman's bout from tho
onening gong. Ioughlin did not have n
chance. and he was virtually cu, to
Knockout. or rather Knockcdcut.
Loughln tried hard 10 get over n right =.
handler. h" was entirely too slow. aud
Freedman had no trouble eluding the
wild smashes OF the South Bethlehem
fistman.
freedman dropped I.oughlin in the
very first round. but the latter was
not hurt and he jumped to his feet in
a tlffy. Thereafter It was only n
matter Of how long Loushlin could
stand up before the goff Of the sailor.
and mono Of the fans was disappointed
when O'Brien hailed the uneven con-
t"st. II was too much like n massacre.
AS early as the second round ring
side fans yelled stop IT,"
Reno Slows lip
The semi-tinal was n New Jersey
! battle with Joe Reno trying 70 bring
victory to Trenton. all of which he
, failed to do because Willie Herman
came through with a rally in the las,
| few rounds and went back to Paterson
with the spoils.
Reno went of into an early lead He
showed lots of speed and clever boxing.
hut lacked the punch. Joe carried the
! first round. The second was even. Then
| the Trenton lad showed to advantage in
he third aud fourth.
However. Paterson got into the run
! ming in the fifth. and from then until
/ the final tinkle Of the gong it was Her.
mans bout.
Til" Reno Herman contest rrnly was
a clever exhibition. but it seemed some
what slow nf,er the rip and tear slug
fest put on by two well-known rock EN-
and sock en- citizens Of this city. who
answer to the names Of Whitley Fitz-
gerald and Danny Rodgers.
Several weeks ago Rodgers handed
Whitley severe trimming. hut last,
night 1t was different. Fi,z displayed
vicious body attack and drove lot
! Of hefty wallops 10 Joscphs mid.
section. The Whitley boy was tho win. &.
Ecr at the finish.
Rodgers stood up we'll under tho lam.
bastins and h" fought back nard. trying
III, utmost until the last ditch to turn
the tide of defeat. but Fitz had on his
winning gloves ana he brec.ed through
with plenty TO spare.
Blah! Blah!
Allentown Dundee, substituting for
Willie Harmon. and Mike Schultz were
about even UP In their very good cxhi d.
bition Of how not TO box. II was a
displCasing match and the contestants
were handed the oft mentioned razz.
or rs they say in England. the nj :
legged boxers werc 'hnndcd the Bird
Nobody seemed to care who was the
winner, the fans having voted that thcy
werc in the ring exactly eight rounds
too long.
Toushcy Murray and George S!ldon>
entertained ench Other--and the crowi
for eight rounds, which were rathe,
rough for tho boxers and Interesting 20,
the fans. with Siddons showing ,c
advantage by shade.