The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-28
talking
1T OVER
WITH JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK March 2o.-tomtny
~ Ioughran, the Philadelphia
raleface, defends his title as light
heavyweight champion against
Mickey Walker of RuInson, N, j.,
,out in Chicago tonight in a fight
that can do him very little good,
win. lose or what have you.
If Loughran WINS he must pay
Walker something like $4,000. II
he loses he must pay $4,000 or
Whereabouts. It seems that Lough-
ran was cajoled into signing an
extraordinary agreement by which
he takeS charge of the pay-oft, not
only of his opponent, but, in part
of the semi fnalists, MesSrs. Lom-
ski and Griffith.
II Is hardly necessary to add
that Jack Kearn's fine Peruvian
hand was instrumental in arrang-
ing the details of the unusual
document, being the managerial
sponsor of the New Jersey gladi-
ator. The surprise is that KearnS
did not succeed in forcing the
champion to pay the ushers and
the doormen.
OBVIOUSLY TT IS TO LOUGHRAN'S
FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO LOSE THE
FIGHT AND WITH IT THE CHAMPION
SHIP. SINCE A VICTORY WOULD COST
HIM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN &c.,
600 AND $4,000. WHICH IS AT A ROUGH
GUESS ABOUT $4,000 IN ROUND, OBJ
LONG AND SQUARE NUMBERS.
4 II
THIS peculiar situation places
Il Loughran in what the boys call
tight spot. Should Loughran
happen to lose or blow the duke, as
I believe, it is technically known, a
great number Of people, familiar
with the eccentricities of the pro-
fessional gladiators, will be disposed
to believe the worst in spite of the
excellent record for athletic NOR
ality the young man has built up
in eleven years Of jigging and jab-
bling.
Because of this i should like to
see LOughran win the fight. There
Is no good reason of course to fig
ure that LOu"hran ought to win
this fight. 1t seems to me that he
has been showing unmistakable
symptoms of crumbling for more
than a year. Rated off his own
form it world be no surprise if he
were beaten.
THE LAST GOOD FIGHT LOUGHRAN
MADE WAS AGAINST LEO LOMSKI
WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE CANVAS
THREADS TWICE AND WENT ON TO
WIN WHAT WAS PROBABLY THE
GREATEST PERFORMANCE HE EVER
FIGURED IN. IN THAT ONE HE SHOWED
EINE COURAGE. FINE PACE AND FINE
Kill. PLUS A STAMINA FEW KNEW
q POSSESSED.
hUT since then he has done
I'D nothing to distinguish him.
Pete Latzo and Joe Sekyra gave
1sn a lot of trouble, and in two
starts against Armand Emanuel,
the soulful-eyed barrister of the
Pacific coast knocked out in a
couple of punches by Walker he
just did manage to win. Indeed, IN
his last start against the western
er. who hits no harder than hum
ming bird, he was dropped for
count.
Age cuts deeply into boxers
speed. 1t slows up his footworK
and reduces the elasticity of his
armwork. Loughran has always
carried his guard low. In his
earlier years this was no handl-
can. He was always able to get
his arms up quickly to block a
counter. IT takes him second
or so longer to bring them up
now. To fast puncher this
means much.
WALKER IS A FAST PUNCHER. AT
LEAST HE USED TO BE. NOBODY
SEEMS TO KNOW JUST HOW FAST OR
HOW GOOD HE IS TO-DAY. HIS BEST
RECENT FIGHT WAS AGAINST EMAN-
uEL. AND HE WAS CUT TO PATTERN
FOR HIM.
a S the middleweight champion
IN he has done little to set him
apart. Like his opponent tonight
he is in the veteran class. His one
superiority seems to rest in his SUI
perior punching ability. For four
or FIVE rounds he is concentrated
fury. After that he is mere gam
BILE, If he wins he will have to win
early. for the young man has lived
we'll if not wisely.
In this uninteresting, but not
unimportant, respect Loughran
has all the hest of it. He has
done very little road work in the
cabarets and his sparring part
.ners have all worn headguards
and eight-ounce gloves.