New Britain herald., 1923-01-31
IGREB RETAINS TITLE
 IN GARDEN BOUT
Light Heavyweight Champion
 Gains Award Over Loushran

New York, Jan. sl-iiarry Greh ol
 Pittsburgh, retained his American
 light heavyweight championship titls
 against Tommy Laughran, Philadel-
 phia contender. last night in Madison
 Square Garden, After fifteen rounds oi
 boxing. which fluetnifled from the satisfactory to the mediocre as the
 bout progressed. Judges Tommoy
 Shortell and George Burden and
 Referee Billy tKid) Mcfarland rendered their decision in favor of Greb.
 The decision dia not meet with the approval Of the crowd. There was q demonstration of disaprrovni from the small gathering. which had paid sl9.09d.ab in net receipts to witness the scrap. But in the opinion of the majority Of ring critics this disap- proving ontburst was nnwarranted. Greb easily won ten Of the fifteen rounds by margin which gave the champion commanding lend on points at the final bell.
 Undoubtedly n late rally of Lough- ran swayed majority Of the fans who favored the Philadeiphian from the start. Loughran fought with his last ounce Of strength in the closing rounds and won the honors for this part of the bout. This and tho fact that the crowd was hostile to Greb throughout was responsible for ihe outburst of disapproval when the de- cision was. announced. As is typical of him. Greb was not particular in his choice of the methods he employed to score the victory.
 The champion, as usual. was tire less machine in action. well oiled and regulated for the forty-ive minutes Of tactics as he battled his way to vic- tory and drew the censure of the crowd repeatedly as he held with one hand and hit with the other and used his head, shoulders and elbows in the clipches.
 Greb Makes Strong Rally
 It was Grebs perpetual-motion style which won him the battle, this and manifest timidity on the part of when initiative and reck- essness would have brought greater results to the Quaker City lad. Out pointed in the first three rounds be- cause his rival was better boxer and ! cleaner and more accurate hitter ireb. tearing and slashing without et-up, carried of the succeeding ten rounds in manner which left no room for doubt. He was after Lough- ran relentlessly with an incessant two- listed attack that, while wild and in- accurate, nevertheless was enough to accumulate points for the champion. was in full retreat from the ourth to the fourteenth, save for the 'pasmodic rallies which the Philadel- ,hian made as Greb tore in wide open.
 Tn the fourteenth and fifteenth | ounds Loughran discarded his | imidity and exchanged blows with the | champion in spirited rallies. The ,reatest action Of the bout was con- aimed in the two closing rounds and | he crowd yelled its approval Lough- an met Greb's rushes with powerful tights and lefts to the body, and at he close quarters pumped his right o the body with discouraging effect | n Greb. The champion continued orcing the fighting to the final bell, ut was ineffective and outpointed in he last two rounds.
 Loughran survived his most pre- arious situation in the tenth round n this session the Quaker City lad ,as manifestIy weak and in distress as ireb piled him with stinging fire to he face and body. A right to the ribs,
 full arm swing utich carried the eight of Greb's body back of it, al-