Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-23 | Page 7 | Clowning Tactics of Former Middleweight Loses Battle

Clowning Tactics of former Middleweight Loses Battle Batte Lomski Is Awarded Seven of Ten Rounds of I Hectic Battle WRIGLEY J. J FIELD Los Angeles I Tan Jan 2 21 AP The clowning slapping slapping slap slap- ping and missing of Tiger Flowers former middleweight ring champion lost him h his s with Leo Lomski I of f Aberdeen Wash Vash here toda today Lomski missed almost as many blOws as the deacon tiger but buthe buthe he scored with the referee by landIng landing land land- Ing almost two to one Although left eye was practically closed when tile the final gong rang th the negro fighter showed the results re- re suits of heavier p punishment lIe He was bleeding freely at tile the nose and mo th RingsIde critics gave tile the en n scrapper seven rounds I awarded Flowers one and called the fifth and sixth even There were no knockdowns S al-S though stumbled to his knees in the third while delivering a right swing to Flowes' Flowes jaw Both started to bleed in this round Flowers at the m and Lomski at the nose What appeared to be the stiffest blow of the entire fight landed In the pit of the Tigers Tiger's ers er's stomach toward the finish of the ninth round Tile The Aberdeen boy followed with a couple of stiff ones ones ones' onesto to the head and another to tile the belt leavIng leaving leav- leav Ing the Tiger pretty much tired at atthe atthe the gong The tenth round was a vicious setto Lomski led most of tile the way in this frame and pounded Flowers repeatedly in the face Lomski appeared appeared ap- ap to be going g at top speed while the former champion apparently apparently was very weary from the effects effects ef- ef ol of hard Pounding Some ringside experts experts' figured that the TIgers TIger's blocking combined with Lomski's missing s saved ved the negro tighter fighter from a knockout knockout- Bob Lawson negro whose bathrobe bathrobe bath bath- robe announced lIe he was from m Alabam Ala Ala- barn bam hammered Marvin all allover technical over ni the knockout ring and b by finally the 11 y referees referee's yon e a award In the fourth round 1 Tile The fight was scheduled for ten rounds The Thern weights were announced pounds