Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-08 | Page 12 | Loughran Will Take Vacation before Fighting

Loughran Will Take Vacation Before Fighting Tommy Admits Being Groggy Until Fifth Round NEW YORK J Jan n. n 7 AP Tom AP-Tom- Tom Tommy my Loughran's light heavyweight crown more mora firmly lodged than ever everon everon everon on his curly black thatch despite Leo Lomski's valiant valant efforts to dislodge dislodge dis dis- dis lodge It In fifteen rounds of furious furious furi furl ous battling decided today to take a vacation before cleaning up the remainder of his division The Philadelphia titleholder who was knocked down twice by Lomski's Lomski's Lom- Lom skis ski's ponderous right hand In the first round of their title fray at atI Madison Square Garden last night intends to sail about January 15 fola for fol fora I a few m months months' visit to South Amer Amer- ica He has not yet decided wh what t countries he will wm visit NO EXPLANATION Tommy could not explain the knockdowns he suffered th the first i since Gene Tunney put him bins on the tho floor In a match at Philadelphia five years ago Im sorry Tommy said Id like to remember but I I cant I recall going down for the first time but everything went blank from then on until the middle of the fifth round My brain cleared suddenly then but I still thought we were fIghting the first round until my seconds told me the fight was one- one third over title defense against Lomski was his second In less than thana a month In December Tommy de defeated defeated defeated de- de Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo In fifteen rounds at the Garde GardenS Garden