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acdefc S3 Loaghr art's Wealth of Ring Experience His Chief Asset in Camera Mill THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, SUNDAY. MORNING. FEBRUARY 4. 1931 PENN DOWNS YALE Tommy Loughran, Riddle of the Ring By Chas. Bell BEFORE 9000 FANS AND TIES FOR LEAD En.

30 jtlTNER ST. FIGHTER, RING'S MIRACLE MAN, EARNS BIGGEST TILT irJJs' dl si 't VrrVH Thomas Patrick Loughran, 31-year-old Veteran of Boxing, Began in Dempsey-lVillard Days, IV on Light Heavy Title and Resigned It to Continued rum irst Tag time and again he was spilled pmn-fully to the floor. the trick. The elongated Pennsyl-wtnlHii was ri'iwn. but Hefcree Dave Toltey, lnstend of tolling the ring decimals, culled the conventional 1 5 4 at The.

-4S I el- "AVLm LIKE A KArV V-Hfo V25tll nl 1 STONES AT 5 ar.4 After nine minutes of the second I nrmble foul amtd-t, a thunder ol half had passed In this way. Don- protects from the spectators, mrvt nell was brought to the hard wood 0f whom seen DeAngelis somewhat harder than before as the piinrh nn.shiii and thoutht that agile Nikkei deposited another itm, former should then and there basket Into the bucket, and this' eiccleri time the Quaker leader was unable Encomiums of thereto spring to his feet, He had to he! tmP peeled DeAngelis' mufl and Fight Big Fellows pillicn Old til imp Knlllt uir uiuim'U' HrishtiM-ns score in the ensuing By JOHN WEBSTER ALL the heavyweights whom you can recall back In the ODempsey-WUlard days, the only one still engaged In the manly rt of modified murder Is Tommy Loughran, from Rltner at. in South Philadelphia. Sometime before the '2(V, Thomas Patrick Loughran launched pugilistic career, which was to continue on and on through the while his contemporaries, the snap deserting their legs and kidney, that was. Tanseer ills Brrach Wes Tanseer, a player but seldom heard of In Penn accounts, was nominated to replace Don-nell and loud groans arose from the Quaker stands as visions of a Nikkei uprising occurred.

But Tim-seer, loo, rushed Into the breach He stuck to Nikkei like a poms plaster and nary a counter could the eagle-eye gain while blond Wesley was wtchlng htm. Hut ODonnell found the strain of bench-sitting even harder to bear than actual combat, and afler some minutes of rest Conch I.nn years. frnm niinrh! fell hn lh, side-phiy. That foul was the only one made hv Hrtshngon all nichl. but his additional three field goals g.ne him a seven point total, and placed himself second to Centre Bob Freeman, who had three field goals and two fouls.

In the Penn scoring column. As can well lie Imagined. If the spectators were in a constant frenzy throughout tlie first period, thev begun red that emotion by their stale in the com hiding canto. Fully four minutes elapsed before either rule could get going iigiiin, thiiuch DtAngells in this tune muffed a foul. Hut finally Kcllctt.

fouled bv RccMt scored, and Penn was only a point behind Two of Ihe games most dramatic Incidents followed. Fust HashiiRcn was awarded a foul. Make it! and the score wns tied -mull and Yale still led! HnHingcn took careful aim and muffed. Freeman I lea Count Then Freeman drew a foul. Carefully he too toed the charity line, aimed -and made It.

The score then was 12-12. and a moment latr, hen Freeman ana In parted th strands with a foul, the Quakers consented to his re-entering the game. He did and tubbed one I lira ZCLXniX I 7 V) -'I-AYM of the field goals that broimht Print from behind, only to sustain that cheek contusion in a rough-and- -ffl It la hard to say how far Into the future the downtown Irish-ffttill be making himself most objectionable to the heavyweights o( the time. loughran himself aays that he will toss Jabs and parry hay-Bikfrs for at least four more years. In all likelihood, he will, too, kr.ii.se rival 'fighting men and ringside critics have found It Impossible to read him out of the party Loughran Near His Goal No follower of Queensberry fortune can say definitely Just when will retire.

Sometimes the matter is taken out of his hands when he forgets to duck or encounters some other unforeseen mishap. In the case of Loughran, however, It would seem to require an Act of Congress or perhaps, a giant's awing by a big boy named earners. To a loyal Loughran rooter, It might be said, that one pos-libllity Is as remote as the other. Turn the pages In prize ring history from the days of Roman Udiators down to the trim young men, champions of 1934, and rone of them will tell a more gripping tale than the fantastic story of Tommy Loughran, the 31-year-old challenger for Primo Carnern's world's heavyweight championship, who began his career upon the cobblestones of South Philadelphia. tumble scramble Just as the gun barked I fa end Yet.

thniiRh O'Donnrll and Tan- see, too, were heroes In the strife as Indeed was every member of the I TrVSN THRMff MONTHS AFTfert. I Red and Blue ensemble there can be no overlooking the stellar prow ess of the forement toned Earl nf Nikkei. Nik to be familiar was for all the close guarding the Individual high point maker with a Started In 1919 9 fi i lh ton. fl 'am I Stat, CIus no: -iva an. newt 11 10 dock Out be.

the from anra. 1 of urj had that. of am. ken dis- leeij 1 la wlp lea IN ana PV. f.lfc IE Fifteen vears In a rough-and-tnuch profession a trade In which the rank and file Is washed up liter the briefest of flings a Cham-Dion who once resigned that title to net tnother.

That's Loughran. And even today he la preparing for the birct-st goal In his life a chance it the heavyweight championship. It was back In 1919 when a strap-ning Irish lad. his blue eyes sparkling with excitement, climbed into the ring in a small Philadelphia club for his first venture Into the chin-lilting industry. He may have probably no single victory gave the veteran the Joy that he gained from his derisive victory over Sharkey In the Philllei rark last fall.

He won decisively from the then recently unhorsed champion In that mill and added insult io Injury when he floored the sailor along the route. He had another surprise In store for the fistic sharpshooters in his most recent bout when he whipped the towering Ray Inipclllttiere. a six-foot seven-inch giant, by the decision route in New York. With the exception of two bad rounds, one in which he sustained a badlv cut lip. the Ritner st.

riddle won practically BROTHERS SCORE FBED PERRY TRIPS SALLE QUINTET quartet of field gnnls and A pair of fouls for 10 notrhers. there be some (ear of rreriits not being rendered where credit's due, it should further be pointed out In Nikkei's favor, na well as to that of his guards, that for all the roughness of their rivalry none gnve way to actual fisticuffs. That Is saying no little, either, for not only was O'Donnell grouiiy and even down and out on two ocraslona, but Nikkei, too, waa for a time shaken loose of his senses lnte In the second half, when his head came Into sharp contact with the steel basket-supporters outside the tone of action. Far different wns the case of Ken-neth Hashagen. Penn's highest titl-lv maker, and Jimmy DeAnuells.

Vale football player, who Whs the only player elected from last night's melee via personal fouls. It wits no secret among the Penn athletic In-telligciiMR Hint bnd blood existed between the twain as a result of their previous clash at New Haven this year. The passers themselves made no secret of It. They were rough on each other right, from thf start. Steve llamas and his brother, Mike, were among those present, and the tactics they saw Hashagen and DeAngelis use should certainly have provided them with a few pointers for the ex-Penn Stater's onrushing bout with Max Schineling here.

I fought at an earner aaie, out me word tomes don't show It, if he He won that fight and won lithe hard way. In the book one finds the prosaic AUSTRALIAN RIVAL ST. Maier. I.e-vlnsky Jack Gross Max Schaaf (to settle another old score! TufTy Griffiths Vittorio Campolo Grots (again) Risko (this was a habit with Tom) But nn streak runs on forever and it was Levinsky whose roundhouse punches smashed Loughran and his winning streak. Levinsky pounded the veteran and taaie carter two i- i ii iii were in front.

But they could not stav there long. Nikkei counted a field goal and then quickly thnt bucket on which O'Donnell was the first time hurt, to bring figures to 10-13. The Hashngen-De Angelis fistic dispute followed, and Penn was within a field goal, lfl-14. Wilson, a Phlladel-phian, bucketed another Ynle foul, though before Hashagen, wheeling from pivot, tossed In the next Penn score to make matters look pretty possible at 17-18. But Saner.

De Angclfs' substitute, got a foul and it field goal and then NikkPl spun two fouls -and Ynle apparently was nhend to stav for good, what with a 22-17 advantage. But then, with less than Iwo minutes to no, rnme thnt aensatlnnnl climax. MncDonnld. on a pivot pass from Kellelt, started it with a field goal, then O'Donnell copecl the long shot thnt left Penn only a point behind, 22-21. Tlie re-t Is somewhat hnzy In the minds of the nooo spectators, all more than a little delirious over it all.

Freeman, standing at a rlskv angle and far away, cooly measured his distance and shot. The ball went thrniiRh and Penn had won. Hashagen Scores nn Pass But the Quakers didn't know that. Just to mnke sure of the Issue, Hashagen scored on a pass from Freeman and Kellett converted a foul by Reese into another point before that antlelimatieal ending which found the Jubilant Penn rooters bearing tlie tortured O'Donnell off the floor. "We won I We won!" the fallen Penn leader wns murmuring as they carted him off.

And, Indeed, he and his mates had 20-22. Their next test Is at Ithaca next Snturday, when they will defend their present high standing acalnst the assaults of the but once-de-fented Cornell team. Yale's next contest will be at Dartmouth next Saturday, too. And the Ells are then hoping to start another streak, for last night's was their first reverse in eight starts. Lxplorers Allow I lawns tamos." from that humble beginning as I pnammary kid, Loughran began ha climb up the harsh trail of rcsui.

He won again and again, ftmionillv the Celtic youth whom English Davis Cup Star Downs Crawford in Two Straight Sets Only Two Field Goals in 27-15 Win they began to call the Phllly Phan ny nimseii. In itself the victory was necliglble. but its significance became apparent when the Madison Square Oardon officials decided that Thomas Patrick Loughran ranked highly enough as a giant-killer to rate a champion ship shot with Primo Camera In Miami on Washington's Birthday. Finally, they made the match and Loughran's dream of a shot at the world's heavyweight championship became a reality some 15 years afur he first began to outwit and outgallop the fellows with whom he By DOR A IE B'g Brothers mermen retained their Joint hold on first place In the Interstate Swim League last night by defeating the visiting Turngemeinde team, 36-27, In the victors' pool. One Middle Atlantic record for short pools 120 yards i was set in the 100-yard breast stroke by Ed Gilbert of the home club.

Gilbert won the event in 1 minute, 8 2-inth seconds, lowering the mark held by Everett Weeks of Penn by 3-10th seconds. The "Biggies" won four flrsta of the seven contested. The Penn Athletic Club mermen are In a tom. Most, but alwavs ne came oacit to Hart another string of triumphs. The Explorers of La Salle ven The youngster had joined forces lured into the nest of the St.

Joseph's Hawks at 17th and Stiles bounced him to decision defeat at the Garden. The worst, however, was to When Thomas Patrick answered the bell with Hamas, the Penn Stater. Hamas punched out one of the season's biggest upsets when he stopped the Philadel-phian, a topheavy favorite, in two heats. Even Louahran's best friends st. last night for the first time Joe Smith, another down-temer, himself a former fighter.

Ssitb agreed to look after business Bitters for the young Loughran. tthouRh matters of business were ADELAIDE. South Australia, Feb. 3 (A. P.t Frederick J.

Perry. English Davis Cup star and United States singles tennis champion, kept up his run of victories over Jack Crawford today, beating the Australian atar in a two-set match, 6-4. 6-2. Perry won the final of the Aus their history of Intercollegiate com petition and walked off with the bargained in leather. Past Battles Loughran's A net He smiths care, an nanas sonn airnpri thnt trip furft npvpr did Players Trade Blows But actual fists did not begin to fly until midway In the second semester.

Then, suddenly aa the two struggled for the ball near the Yale basket, Ha.shngen brought his game by a 27-15 score. nerk-and-neck running for first The men of Coach Len Tan.seer place with the 8. Vanpolt st. crew In the ultimate test Loughran will be aided materially by countless tralian championship from Craw led throughout the greater part of stratagems he has learned In for Lou Mais' "Biggies" have 5 wins and one drfeot while the Pennacs are credited with four triumphs ford at Sydney, January 27. Today's'was the fifth meeting be gotten combats.

Because he will be spotting the gargantuan Camera the wild, exciting game and final ly built up a lead that the Crlm son five could not threaten. Tween the world's two ranking and one loss. 1 chunks of weight and a bundle of Howard McAdoo. Turners' rising vounn swimmer, surprised In the amateur players and the fourth vie tory for Perry. Crawford defeated Perry Decern The action was fast and furious elbow up Into Rharp contact with DeAngelis' chin.

This was, in a manner of speaking, the straw that broke the camel's back or the spark that touched off the explosion. DeAngelis let go a one-two. The vehement right hand haymaker mls.srd but the short left to Hns-hagen'a midsection had already done 200-vard free stvle bv beating a throughout, regardless of the wore, and two of the opposing plnyers al bulk, it may appear on the surface as one of those David and Goliath atrugglrs. It Is no certainty that Primo will come first, however, for the veteran has the wiles and the ber 2 in an Australian-English series which Australia won, nine to rlassv field Including Dave Rowan Big Brothers ace and West Catholic Hleh captain. most took the count on different occasions.

The first came when Iilard hr llrothera little Jimmy Murphy, bock-court three, Spence Sets Mark in College Swim skill acquired In strife with such crafty fellows as the late Harry Greb, the late Young 8trlbllng JefT Smith, McTigue and Mr-key (M h. Kellv and fclklnal. lime 1 ri'itinle -j i 4t lard tree nil br Karttiern. 1 lie of the visitors, dribbled in to the basket. He was fouled In the I K.i iii Mmi ii.Tt, r'm Mi hee.

Ill a Hrolliera. 'lima, i iiiinini-a. in wouldn't tell him what they were afraid would happen when he refused to call it a day. Again he proved them wrong, however. He last deoislon to Hamas by a sJcimpv nose in the first bout fought in Philadelphia's Convention Hall, but later in the year he defeated the Nittany Lion In a ball park headllner.

The man's gameness was evident In his next buttle, a losing one he waged against Stan Poreda. In an early round Loughran Iniured an ankie painfully and. bereft of his speed, was a mark for the Pole's pummellng fists. He went on to the last bell, however, with never a whimper. The Big Chance Arrive They nominated Levinsky to finish the downtowner's career and Loughran won off by himself.

He shellacked the ponderous Walter Cobb and taught the Basque slugger, Izzy Gastanaga. something about the finer points of the game. In an upset. Loutrhran ran second to the baker-boy, Risko, but the forward march was resumed when he decisloned Hamas. And then came the sparkling score over Sharkey.

Loughran's easy breeze triumph vvaiKer. Loughran will be unabashed aeritllde. mm mm imiurd haik atr.ite Hon fe lriip. j. reh Hie and totally unawed.

He learned KH- tllll SBH Ii i Waller Inleri'iilleatale rniiril In I H't Hroilipr. aei-'ind. I.retti Inrnera: Itilrd. likmaae. Ilia Hmlliere.

'lime. 1 minute business." When he answered the bell, Loughran always "levelled" ind they became known as square-Ihooters. That reputation, I might add, hw tone down through the Jean, None ever has questioned the honesty of a fight in which the Irishman has been a principal. And they have stuck tiffther, In good times and bad, have Loughran and Little Je Smith. in spite of the Indications of atent punching ability which his trst knockout suggested', Loughran never has become a too hard-hit-tw.

Often rumors have wafted to the breezes from hta battle Jjmps whispering that a new "Loughran knockout punch" has developed. To date, It never been in evidence. Was a Grand Champion To a smart, headv offensive, Juicing feet and a darting Jab, Mughrari added a fighter's heart Ml the proverbial luck of the Irish; became a wraith of the ring and lought his way into prominence than four years from the time TO stamped his feet Into the ran dust. Another five years and downtowner was a chamDlon parly the value of self-confidence, perhaps from the big battle of his fledgling days when he fought the 3i jar-l trie aula Ann PF nowarn Turil-r, ae, Koan. Mia Hrothera: tliird, Mia Brtliera.

Time. supercilious Tunney. The young 2 inilinlra I'l HI onda 1MI lard hreaat airoa- won nt downtowner picked himself off the Plr ne potw-n Mi hoe. Mia Broiltera and Werner. Tlirnera.

'lime, decks and fought on to the last bell, minute. Iltl eer.ino. mew beaten, but profiting Immeasurably from his brush with the man who WEST PHILH. in Weems Makes Field Goal That Gives Cadets Thrilling 19 to 18 Victory AHantie reoord, eliort pool I ii vard free atrle on Klkina, Klf aroih-ra aerond. hartliern, Itirnere: third.

was to whip Dempsey. act of shooting, and could not regain his balnnce. He suffered a badly cut eye. but afler first aid treatment by Coach Billy Ferguson, resumed Action. The Hawk player on the casualty list was the speedy guard.

Charlie Morris, who twisted his knee In a fast scrimmage and was forced out of the game. Clem Meehan, veteran forward of the victors, was the leading point-producer of the evening, tossing in four field goals and a single foul try. He was closely followed by Charley Moslcant, husky La Salle pivot man, whose three field goals and two fouls gave him an eight-point total. Morris, star guard for the Hawks, scored St. Joseph's two field goals and also netted three straight fouls for his seven points Charley pinyed a good game for St.

Joseph's and was not relieved until he was hurt Through the next five years the trainer, nrnera rime, e. hi amonoa hoard rtiilna IVnii he Sheridan, Tur. nera. 74 t- aeiond I'ehle. Tnrn-re, Tl ft, I He etenl tonlirhl aa lite itiiivoia eMim mm- team tied I IH to Hl-nie risked at I I'l hutlered hv S'i the nnark eel for Hie erent Arlliur nf '-rt I.

eal rn. In IPVI Tlie 1 1 ari iii.ler awim waa II nted for Ihe L'-iiieid fi- ai.le iii I a nt-ei hr nt rwtlli rim' h-a lo aire Spenet. antmnnna nla le.i rear In eolleaiata meeia, a ri at Hie re. ord Hut vera Aral In averr arent etrepl Ihe relar wtinn V. I handlli aaalnat a makeehlft Itntaera 'inaitel.

In e-aler tolo umlcal full-. ulna the pi'el ant-aera defeated tlie We.t Hid V. M. V. A.

of lork lit lo In INIEoNITIOnFlIOP HOLDS JUBILEE FETE Ritner st. boxer fought Greb. Jeff Smith and McTigue on many oc Suggestions Brought Up at Chicago Meeting Fail to Muster Support Continued From Flrat Page third. Tomanrlla. Bla Hrothera.

70.4 casions. He souared off with the Delaneys. Jack and the late Jimmy. He became well acquainted with SCHOOL FIVE over Impelllttlerre was marred only Strlbling. whom he fought three WENONAH.

N. Feb. 3 The Wenonnh Military Academy in the greatest battie of the vear scored a nale heaving of the ball and there times; Tony Marullo often was in the opposite corner, and there were by a badly cut lip ann: tne rei-eree's persistent attempts to stop the fight. The crafty Irisher saw that the "Imp" never again opened rore should be abolished DEFEATS SOUTHERN Ad Stone. Yale Okun and others.

Then he trimmed the or On nothing, however, was opinion I "ZU" so general as to warrant writing of the wound and the New York boxing commissioners told the arbiter to behave himself. That victory was ample proof, if noon. The final count was 19 to 1. It wns the seventh straight victory for Wenonnh. DOYLFSTOWN, Feb.

3- it of all thfl light heavyweights-" was in '27. rand champion was the Phllly ntom, a fighting titleholder in less than three months affirming his title from "Methu- It into the statement, or to direct the coaches advisory committee, headed by Lou Little, of Columbia who Is also chairman of the coaches' special committee, so to Inform NEW YORK. Feb. 3 fA. The International Baseball League Irvlng Cohn, former Northeast High with less than two minutes re- miiiiilng, and tlie cadefs trailing by cage star, was the outstanding per evidence were needed, that the Piill-adelphlan is the foremast Riant-killer of the present day.

He was given the shot at the Italian mountain-man who rules the heavies. celebrated Its golden Jubilee tonight as representatives of all eight clubs, former In National Farm School's victory today over Coach Traut- newspapermen from the various Some aav the Garden folk mere cities and many big league digni had defended It successfully Mint the best men In his division -Jimmy Slattery and Leo Lomskl. Ui September of the year 1929. he Smith decided to resign the Wn. They might have bargained "'la inrriA nnxnkn.

u.t wcin's Southern High courtmcn from Philadelphia, 37 to 26. Cohn accounted for 20 of the winning ly chose Loughran as the pugilistic sacrifice in the process of build taries-gathered for the 50ih anniversary dinner a point, captain Tom Weems calmly stood In the centre of 'he court and dropped In the goal that meant victory for his team. One of the evidences of a grupl-Ing game was the fact that at the end of the first three periods the score was knotted at 4-4. 11-11 at the end of the half, and lti-all when hostilities erased nt the conclusion of the third session. ing up a million-dollar gate lor a chid man.

Georges Carpentier. Finally they no longer could deny the Philadelphia boxing master his rhnnre at the light heavyweight championship. He was matched with McTigue at the Garden in New York. He outpointed the ancient Celt In IS rounds and came home a champion. Gladly he risked his crown whenever a challenger turned up.

He fought and defeated Slattery, Lorn-ski, Pete Latjso (twice). Walker, Ar-mand Kmnntiel and finally Jamei J. Braddock. Between title defenses he spent his time In taking run-of-the-mill heavies into camp. Some of them were Joe Sekyra, Jack Gross, Big Boy Peterson, Joe an old fn fn1 lf Vrni the football rules committee at its meetings in Atlanta.

Feb. 9 and 10. Members of the committee who met with Little todny were: Wil-llnm A. Alexander, Oeorgia Tech; William H. Cowell, New Hampshire; Herbert Crisler.

Princeton; Oll-mour Dobie, Cornell; Tuss Mc-LaiiKhry, Brown; Rlchnrd Hanley. Northwestern; Ossie Solem, Iowa; Herb McCrarken, Lafayette; Percy Ivcey, Denver University; Joc'c The league was orRanlzerl in 1HH4 in the final minutes of play. Play was fairly close during the first half. Salle led off with a goal by Joe Meehnn but the Hnwks went ahpad on three: foul shots by Kane, Morris and Lawlor. Morris' field goal put the Crimson team ahead, 5-2.

But this was the only time that they were in the van. Moslcant pivoted for a pretty basket and Clem Meehan followed this up with another goal from under the cords. The same lad came through shortly afterward to net a field goal and make good on a foul to bring the tally to 9-5. Fouls on both sides made the score 11-9 in favor of La Salle at the half. A scoring sortie by the visitors Itoop the reattretnt fAn nf nrtlrtn tlnt I Carnera-Baer fight next summer.

They are reviving the old tale about and finished Its With consecutive point, Including eight field baskets and four fouls. Farm School bulldogs annexed 14 baskets to eight season last summer. It has gone npionship in the ring it has dona Kut thD.i AiA-'t Tniinh. the end of Loughrnn career being no farther removed than his com for Southern. ing bout.

tt'KST. I'M 1 1-A. through many changes in thnt time, but It. never has suspended operations and remains the oldest minor league in the country. A 0 a They say the mighty Camera will Conch SHmuel's proteges played well drilled five-man defense.

crush the comparatively small Irish 1 4 3 l. 0 abdicated his throne and told we world ne would battle the giants the cauliflower patches, ehlf" cauKht UP with the of the light heavies, how-th, but after resigning Cw He forgot to duck a iif i i a Kititorir. I i.n.or. 2 I allaHar. I 1 3 i tn.

a 4 1 Miiii-r. a a. II II lliina, More than 200 guests were pres man lust like that. Camera may against which Domsky, forward, and Dime, centre, were the only Sutherland, Pittsburgh; Noble Kiz-er, Purdue; F.Impr Lnvden, Notr? do all they say he will. He may visiting courtmen who could centre ent, but they came to celebrate the event.

Not to condirt any serious business. Most of the evenina was Dame, Mai Sfevens, Yale; Bernie Blermnn. Minnesota: Eddie Casev pound his challenger Into a bloody pulp knock him nut in a the Farm School nets more than nurv-h i. re.ni given over to an elaOorate program MA 4 7 Tinm of peri-nla- 8chaaf, then a young Boston sailor, II. (Till' -i H- ort-r- All luunu ui Lao.

LnuHtiiHii Htm his host of loyal followers won't believe he can do It until he with whom he was to have many of entertainment Warren C. Giles, president nf the Rochester club, whs toastmaster. and among those who Lit? irk Bnarkev. the white-eved whom that Ol' Davil Sea sent uVr, to win some years nin.L. world's heavyweight cham- aramanc encounters.

Good Days and Bad and Arthur Sampson, Harvard; Adam Wnlsh, unemployed: Jim Crowley, Fordham; Chick Meehan. Manhattan; Harry Stuklreher. Vlllanova; Joe McKenney. Boston College, and the preparatory school representatives, Jim Marks, Klski; Milton Bonder, Expter; John Barn-pdo, Savannah, Clifton K. Adams, Elgin, 111., and C.

A. Muhl, St. Louts. Lomskl came closest to dethroning the champion. Twice In the first round of their Garden engagement Lohbk.

a reverse for chlSl mlKht have been the up the score. In the initial nine m.nutes of the final half, Moslcant. Murphy and Clem Meehan deposited enough fouls and field goals to give La Salle a 20-lKlcad. St. Joseph's became alarmed at this turn of events and their teamwork went to pieces.

Long show from past the middle of the floor and overhand tosses from all angles was their form of attack for the rest of the game and the Explorers coasted through on their early lead The victors were far ahead In the matter of field goals, netting ten to Farm School started off with a whirlwind offensive In the opening quarter which ended 11 to 2. and the half closed at 21 to 9. With the bulldogs leading Southern took a spurt in the last half, outsoortng the bulldogs, 17 to If). With two minutes to play, Southern cut down Farm School's lead, 34 to 24. wham Captain Mersky centered a field basket and a foul shot.

Mush Plevinskys foul and two-pointer In the closing minute and Dime's field basket completed the scoring. he felled the Phllly Phantom with whistling left hooks. Once Loughran bounded up without a count. ft. lon at hod he beaten ho.iU'teJ'y saorman.

Undaunted. tinuM that knockout, he con- does. And don't forget, the craft and guile gained In long years of campaigning will be In Loughran's corner that night. In comparison with the slow-moving, klimpish Latin, he'll be the wraith of the long ago. Fifteen rounds Is, I'll admit, a long way for a 31-year-old fighter to go with 270-pound world champion but It may be all too short for Prima to solve the riddle of Ritner at.

again the Aberdeen Assassin let fly er campaigning. Defeats First M. E. Passers Beat St. Michael's Sea Gulls Blank St.

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8f. Mrlw.lii. Hunter AmWrHiit I eft I.lTinc-l.iU l''ilihn I'-fonse I in t'-intri filrsihriHik Kltlit win. Kontfr l.ffl wie Himrfn. rii r.itlin.

TfHit-r, M.Kt'inoo. Ktim. Kmn Win, liarr. K.I-wnrrl. Hovitt M- k'n.

r-tv N'-Iiod. X'nrtnn. McAlnin. Tlmnni. h.rklHtil ru f.ulU 1 I 0-J rAHM PHIt.A It their opponents' 2.

St. Joseph's, how Flrnt ulnid a a-l't re tori-St Mlrhael'B. the newomer in fltr- t.er'lmn town hnrth Fliki'ih'il1 l.earie 1 am Pleiinr lleval. responded to tonsts were John A. Heydler, president of the National League; William O.

Bramham, of Durham. N. president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Lea cues: Leslie O'Connor, secretary of Baseball Commissioner K. M. Landls and-Charles H.

Knapp of Baltimore, the International League president. Knapp was presented with a bronze plaque comemorating the event by Oeorge Weiss, president of the Newark Bears. William J. Manly, of New York, league secretary, and Bill Carpenter, who has been an International League umpire for 23 years and now is umpire In chief, received gold watches. Three former presidents of the league attended.

They were Charles White, of New York, president In 1891 and 1B82: John K. Farrell, the 1918 president, now secretary of the National Association, and David Fultz of New York, president in 1919 and 1920. tT. S. HOCKEY TEAM TRIUMPHS MII.AV, Hair Pel, ia I nlt- ever, led in tallying from the 15-foot mark with 11 successful tosses out of 14 tried.

La Salle had 7 out of 13. the Lerniantotrti l. A At a-na tied end 'of the rirat half rnre 1 Olener f. 1 1 lioirieikr f. 4 20 rihne.

A 1 1 fioaenbora a. 0 0 lUenn. rieft-o M'Ciffret a T.Merak.r. a ff Trlol. a LeMtt.

his left hand and Loughran dropped for nine. Up struggled the dazed tltleholder, his wits wandering, but ring generalship saved him through the rounds until his head cleared. Yes, he was great champion. After resigning his title and suffering the stunning defeat at Sharkey's hands, Loughran rebounded to beat Pierre Charles in Florida and to trounce the aging Jack Renault at the Arena. Then came two heart-breaking setbacks in fights with the ring Viking, Schaaf.

The first waa tough enough because the Irishman won torvthinff hut the decision. His LA SAMJE ST. JOrSt'HH In the aanond Tioaa Pre.hvierlan defeated Mr, Airy rrelbiterht" to 'J Fitter M. Hi 31 1' HAM. 2 4 1 .1 1 1 0 one nnn 1 1 10 2d ft 37 26 4 1 Halpln 12 4 (o.t.lln.

f. Meehan. Meehan. h' 1' li PI O-orne f. a ut ht, numerous than before, fcim thJi h.iken confidence carried A Inn Rh heavy going.

HrrVrL streak promUed to top Patrick back io the um '2st to "Id rival, the inched "fflsh vnlty. and was defeat a crushlng knockout SrtrinZ youni! trtP to the post. Jhran Deals In Surprises Vahcatlon and trip inglv Philadelphlan sur- hart those; fellows to finish his hano the 8Port8 of triumphs. Now he enrni' 8 bfut' but lnvar- n. f.

a MrWharl Totala Tntali .14 7 i 2 a one oss 0 9 2 nun ii oss noo 1 a 7 S'-nra hr periods 1 I 2 4 2 4 hinder, Homier, ondon. a. Harlow, a. Molaoanl, 2 Lawlor, Praler. 0 0 Morrow, Murphy, a 1 11 ertj, Mi-Andrewa.

a. 1 2 Kane. a. Mahr. a 1 1 Mi ral.

a. barren, a 0 Morrla, a MEHION TBttTMFHS Th t'ppr Marlon High Hfhnnl wrtntllnf teitm chulk-rl up It ilxOi vii-tnrr In levcn mart frrmn ulifn It handed th Gnrg S' hrKil rilpl-r tii'tr flrof ()-feat by to bfe ienre It L'ppor MTtnn. 10. Ypnunil rlupt Curat. rppr Merlon, rt-r-nH Koai fi-r- H.

h(Kt. with a minuti ,04 H-cnii jHlvnnrfifM. IBM- Mnwnr. fpper V-rlon, (Wfnti.il Walton. lnml.

with a 1 minute 34 time iH vault, Be. 11. pnum! cln.a lnillli. S''hoo, defeated I itpt'P Mrnon. nltlt a 1 minute aei-mid 'Ivnutnae ptititid I pper SlerluB.

Niiilonil farm S. Smith Chlla Pith 3 Referee Harrv JlarfooL fl Krffee. 1 2 2 'I Inirtie. e. 1 13 11 rmh 2 K.

Smith, r. 4. rite a 1 2 I Mi Su-k Tin'-' tt tt ininiiti. Heteff fl IU 1 Mfii ftoiK-ll him', rxriv'ei Si'tTinu. rlr- urn- Tntala.

,1 2S Totala. second local battle with the Boston AIHV I'll KM lioilA PIIKS Tntala 10 7 -SI Totata, VII IS Hiore at halfilme. I.a Sulle II Ht. epl, a II Ttme nf halr. Hot arena.

Itarfoot and TRADE SCHOOL PASSERS WIN ATLANTIC! CITV. r'eh .1. -Allan ii. C. and Miller, Keorat KriKMii.

drew in 7 niln- heavy was tougner Decause mc mi-mcr seafarer slaughtered Loughran for one of his most decisive defeats down in the old Sesqul TAST PARK WINKER F.aat Park trotm-ed ltethlohem. 17, lat niaht In the IPna I'hiirrli ltakethtlll inn" aafne. on toe furoi'T a Poor tlaaf park Id the Imir lima lead It to (I K.AS'I PA UK ItKIHI.KIIKM ii r. i. v.

Stewart, f. ...2 I l.andaf. I llarile, 3 la Hli-wart. I 'i K' 1.1 Hroniler. 6 2 0 4 Korln e.

1 t. ,.1 0 i fortit n. a .0 4 4 Jene-n, I .1 0 1 I. ed ma'e hoi kev oim lli fi'illetl Ilalr iV" a II Stliinni, f. 2 I man, f.

I 2 4 llnhoia. r. 1 'holl, a 1 1 1 Vte.l. Koeltler. I Ward, kirMmtrlek araoli.

a Pratt? a llirv 14." ppiind -Deatttt'ttie, riiper Merlon, plti'ied laldualnder. tieoraa Kihonl. In fl mlnuti-a, pound flaaa-- White. I'pper Merlon. defeated Ttetirev.

Oeorae S. hool. with a 4 pi ft tl t-rvtii 1 1-piiMt'ti'f 1. fii'tiiimn, trtppltm; tl'lril I't-rnfl uu fviiB ih'. riHL'tini.

Wnit. ninth-luif, KA-STN. I' K-li. '1 -TNt H'h MimoI air I hnk't-ill from th r.nlflV nii'i1 In II I'l MM tt ptnAol tut imt Mh scorer poUUK an eihltilt on irtme ninieri loniMii' nlnnetlon ultli the world a amateur iliani- 7 ia 0 1 1 ii i 4 1 ii 0 3 (i I I 12 34 grounds, Hi I'rede Imnl ai ored lie "it ll atralalit lotiirr Innlaht when II defeated New aer olleire of onimeroe In a thrtlllna 'nn- tfi interest when he plonnhlpa. In reanlnr hainnlonatnit matohee.

held at the tommiinitr rioter nati, mtmuea 1n ae. rind lint' a'hjilltaae. fu nt latpr ante llnnrarv l.njlnn't. -il: ton one-ed Oifpianv. 12 1.

Switzerland awainned Reiamm. 6, and rant a defeated gu- anora heina 201l Ioh tvllnnti.n Beld pound aa Htinror i.enrva fnnnr Some thought ne wouio rr-tire, but he didn't. -Again he came back with a long siring of victories. He lci Dick Da- 1.1 2 Tntala .1 I IT men with whom tte'eatetl Hamilton. I'pper Mermn, wltn a Tniala IS IS If Totals JUferna Dutkla, with 2" aeeond" tilaf tua lama or Uia Iiada Hctiooloutat.

Bel area. Hankloi, CllUjht naoia, 1 ilnuta alcana una aartnuaa. iubsftcjutntly,.

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