Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-01
'LOUGHRAN LAUDED
AFTER D0WNEY WIN
Greatest Heavyweight Pros
pect," Says scotty Monteith.
Victor by Big Margin
PUTS BRYAN DOWN IN 5TH
BY LOUIS II. JAFTE

CITES the most likely looking
IL heavyweight ever have seen
and, boy, I've had a squint at lot oi
them in my time. There's no doubt tina,
Loughran will be up. around the 1856.
pound mark before the end of the year.
BY that time he ought to develop some
sort of wallop, and then all of the biz
fellows will have to watch out, the
only. exception, probably, being Demp.
sey."
It was Scotty Monteith, one Of the
leading boxing trainers in America, wn,
eulogized Tommy Loughran of South
philadelphia. thusly, following tho nine.
teen year-old lads clean-cut and de
cisive victory over Bryan Downey, the
man who was supposed to have knocked
out Champion Johnny Wilson three dif.
ferent and distinct times in their bout
Mt Cleveland last July.
Loughran has been coming uivnp
steadily since he stepped into the lime.
glare as n stellar scrapper at the Ice
Palace, and last nights win in the
West Philadelphia arena before .
crowd of about 5000 fans was his mos,
impressive yet. Not that the bout wat
the most interesting Tommy has en-.
gagged in but. on the other hand. be.
cause the pride Of st. Monica's T.. T.
came through with real big surprise.
Upset the Dope
or course, there are lot of "I- told
you So guys around today, but UP until
belltime last night there were many
who voiced their disapproval of thf
bout. ''It's a bad match for Tommy
Downey is too tough and aggressive TO,
him. appeared to be the general opin
lon of those who figured Manager Jot
Smith had pulled boncr.
But right from the beginning Tomm,
showed himself off as Bryan's master
And another thing, Downey didn't turr
out to be such an aggressive battle,
after oil. In fact had it not been fol
the leading Of the Philadelphia lad, Their
would have been no contest whatever [,
talk about. Several times Loughrar
became so disgusted because Of Dow,
ney's backing-away tactics that h,
stopped fiat footed and beckoned th,
Onion to advance Instead of retreat
The first round was even, as was IN,
third, but In every one Of the other ses
sions Downey was completely out
classed. Bryan landed with but tbre
solid punches throughout the entire en-
counter. two of the blows coming whil
TN In T. clineh lin "a and ths other being ief
While Tommy scored often and will
some steam behind his punches. most q
which were straight lefts, he also dis
played lot Of cleverncss, time an,
again making Downey miss widely an,
look foolish. 1t was not until Nh
fourth round that Loughran realI,
opened up and in that session he shooi
UP tho Clevelandcr with a right eros
flush on the chin.
Scores Touchdown
In the fifth round n one two uunc,
dropped Downcy, although BRYAN Ven
down while being off balance nevertbn
less it was a knockdown. In this nerio
Loughran opened up wide and he bat
tered Bryan around the ring for fair.
Until the final clang Of the bcl
Loughrnn stayed way out in front mn
at tho finish Tommy stepped briskly ou
Of the ring unscathed. while Downev'
.. left eye was in mourning and his fac
was somewhat swollen. I.oughran wo
accorded tremendous burst Of apnlaus
as he lnbored his way down the aisle +
, his dressing room.
Downey came in at 100. three pound
: less than Loughran.
, For the sixth time Battling Leonard
,, 1l9, and Battling Mack. i2O, slam
banged ut each other with the forme
returning winner; still everybod
there admitted that they could put It O
once more. 1t was a corker in ever
round.
Young Mickey, 1877, met a game IN
in Young Lew Baker, 1856, who took a
the match at the eleventh hour. Mickc
was the winner. Jim Holland. I'M
didn't know it, but he scored a two
round knockout over Jack Herman
1851. when Referee Joe Griffo stopne
the bout. Solly Scamon, 12Sh. shove
quite little class in outpointing IN
rough and ready Joey Ritchie, 12Sh.