The Washington times., 1929-03-29
L0UGHRAN|
TOO SMART
FORN||CK
By GENE HOFFMAN

CHICAGO, March o.
Caesar was ambitious and
Brutus "cut him down.
Napoleon was going great un-
til his ambition for higher
= titles led him into a match
with Wellington.
Just how these eminent gentle,
men felt, may be learned first hand
today from Mickey Walker, well.
named "toy". bulldog, and his field
marshal, Jack Kearns, although
is a well-known fact that neither
= Caesar nor Bonaparte received
$780, 600 in any kind Of money to
appease them for muffing their
greatest "shot."
Walker, present middleweight
champion and former Welterweight.
title holder. aspiring to the light
heavyweight :. crown of, Tommy
Loushran, was put back in ms
place" last night by the Philadel-
phia champion, in a way that
indicated Walker will be no serious
: threat to the light-heavy division
as long as it is dominated by a i
man as clever as Loughran.
Tommy retained his title by
* decision at the end Of 10 rounds.
He was favored by both judges,
which made Referee DaVey
!, MiIIer's vote unnecessary for
. verdict.
Despite the dissenting opinions of
several ringside experts, most OF
: them from out of town, the verdict |
, was a popular one.
: - The bout was the main event on
the opening card of Paddy Har.
mons mammoth west side stadium. |
= The structure, when final touches
! have been applied, will seat $4,000
and will have cost approximately
I 100000 to build. Upwards Of 10000
! fans turned out for last nights
J opening.
!: Both the new stadium and the
/ huge crowd were we'll initiated
Z when fire broke out in scaffolding
4 close to the roof. Firemen quietly
Y conquered the blaze and the first
!; inkling the large crowd had OF
: the incident was when water began
/ streaming down on main floor Gus
{ toners. There was a furry Of
: excitement as they vacated seats,
: but nothing approaching a panic,
such as occurred in the old
coliseum last Monday night.
= The main event between
LOughran and the ambitious
middleweight who would take
his crown, was disappointing to
: many who expected knock
down and drag-Out affair.
1t was anything but that-not.
: because Walker didn't try hard
enough-but because Loughran,
! with a valuable title at stake, was
: naturally On the defensive and salts
fled to pile up points while skill
fully warding off the wild rusheS
: Of the slugger
Tommy was at no time in real
distress. The same may be said of
Walker, but Loughran kept jabbinS
that left in Mickey's face and time
after time he crossed over a hard
right to the head. Tommy is no
man killer, but as a master boxer
J and ring strategist he has few If
any equals. Mickey made himself
ridiculous the few times he tried
to box with the chaml ion.
Walker landed few solid blows,
) but for everyone that broke through
! Tommy's guard, dozen others went
ludicrousIy wild. 1t must be said
for Walker that he kept everla,'t-
inglv at it, but to deprive a man
of a valuable title, simply because
he extended himself only enough to
protect it, while his opponent rushed
around furiously and bit COM
: tcally, would BE "a rgreat injustice
The challenger's best rounds
were in the aIlddlG of the fight,
IL from the fourth to the sixth in
elusive. Tommy shaded him in
r. the first three. but from. the
IeaShed his lightning and failed, !
it was LOughran by a mile.
The champions best round was
the eighth when he connected with
!! his right cross at will. If Tommy
had a real punch, Walker would
have gone out in this stanza.
j =, AS the rounds wore on, Loughran
( improved and appeared to freshen,
/ while Mickey\was growing more
! weary with each funny, missing
! blow.
J Walker seemed to realize that
! after he gave Tommy the works
-: in the fifth round and the champion
I, outgeneraled him, all hope for his
: third worlds title had gone glim.
/. 1nering. Tommy was in some dis
! tress in this thrilling fifth, round,
J but he cleverly STAYED off that
. 1nuch-heralded finish act" that
1 Walker is famous for.
T. Tommy had Walker in about the
| same spot in the eighth. but the
/. champion didn't have the power in
| his right arm to execute the coup
! de grace"
1t was Walkers first defeat in a
+! Chicago ring. His luck" IN winning
and holding titles here had led many
J to believe that he couldn't lose. Some
(, bets were made just before gong
(. time at 2 to l on Walker. For the
most part even money prevailed.
j & LOughran's weight. was an
I > NOunced as 1874, nearly two
/ pounds under the limit. IT is be- 1
+ lieved he was weakened to some
I. extent In getting down. Walker
J; scaled 165.
{ Tuffy Griffiths, of Sioux City and
! Chicago. and Leo Lomski, the Aber-