Evening star., 1928-06-02
CHAMP EXTENDED
BY EX-M|NE BOY
Light Heavy Title Holder Is
Given SIashing Battle
by Pete Latzo.

NEW YORK, June lp).-Tommy
Loughran. youthful Adonis from Pnila-
delphia, who rules the i75-pound
branch Of the fistic kingdom. perched
a bit unsteadiIy on his throne tGdayl
happy that title battles in this State
must be carried on through Is rounds.
For 10 rounds last night $4,000 OF
his subjects sat almost in awe IN the
darkness of Ebbet's Field, home Of the
Brooklyn ball club, while under the
glaring canopy Of light that marked his
throneroom in the center Of the dia-
mond Pete LatzO. Scranton ex-rnirle
boy, showed how champion may be
dethroned.
For 10 rounds pudgy Pete, who once
was recognized as king in the 147-pourd
class, cuffed the champion with right
and left hand swings that came out OF
most unexpected places and landed, not
infrequently, on the chin and ribs Of
the puzzled titlehoIder. Many of them
didn't land at all. And in between
times Tommy pounded the miners fea-
lures with his straight left and sizzling
right uppercut. At the end Of 10
rounds four seemed TO have gone Latzo's
way, three had been won by the tItle-
holder and three we're even.
Loughran Finishes Strong.
About that time, with his subjects
calling hoarsely for rally and the
biggest fistic upset Of the season tren-
bling in the balance, Loughran became
the champion again. He bounced away
from the ropes, where LatZo had pun
ished him severely, fought his fight in
the center Of the ring and saved the
title for Philadelphia with surge that
carried the last five rounds.
at q fN fy, ~0 k4nf% At
ringtime, gave up his title chance stub
bornly, but the strength he had wasted
in wild lunges and excessive swinging
through the early rounds could no
longer put LOughran 10 the ropes.
Throughout the last five rounds Tommy
battered Petes head with jolting upper
cuts almost at win and raised patch
Of bright red above the challenger's left
kidney with overland rights. The clos
ing rally gave him eight rounds 10
Latzo's four, with three even.
Tommy came out of the arena with
split lips, a damaged left eye and
cash in his chin to prove the closeness
Of Latzo's assault on the title. It was
the third time Loughran has been called
upon to defend the crown since he won
it In New York last Winter from Nike
McTigue after the aged Celt had been
awarded the banner tossed aside by
Jack Delaney on graduation TO the
heavyweight ranks.
Has Two Future Dates.
The champion viii fight both Of the
other challengers he defeated once more
before the Summer is over. He has e
date with Jimmy Slattery Of Buffalo, at
the Polo Grounds, June 81, and
match with Leo Lomski after that IS
out Of the way.
Latzo, who ate his way into the light
heavyweight class without even pause
among the middleweignts after losing
the 147-pound crown to Joe Dundee
last year, appeared to be carrying much
excessive weight about his body. He
weighed 168 pounds, but showed no
lack Of aggressiveneSs. Loughran scaled
in a. 1732s.
The match, postponed from last We'd
nesday night, when rain halted the
program, was originally scheduled to
mark the first Of Loughran's three title
defenses within a period Of three weeks.
The New York State Athletic Conmis-
sion changed all that yesterday, how
ever, by settling the squabble between
Promoters Humbert j. Fugazy and Tex
Rickard for the champions service
with a realloeation Of dates.