Leo Loses

Thomas Loughran, known as the Philadelphia Phantom, climbed through the ropes at Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, and surveyed the punchable carcass of Leo Lomski, Aberdeen (Wash.) Demon. The Demon stared back; unawed to find himself in the immediate presence of the light heavyweight champion. He stared intently at the champion's chin and when they stepped to the centre of the ring, beginning the fight, took a sock at it. The champion went flat for the third time in his ring career. He tottered to his feet after eight seconds. Sock. Again champion Loughran went flat. He rose on the ninth second; hiding his head in his hands. Lomski couldn't find it; lost the world's championship when it seemed securely his.

Loughran kept his head hidden in his hands throughout the fight. Lomski attacked the belly, reddened it roughly. Each time he charged to the attack he thrust himself on the sword jabs of the champion's left. Sock; sock; sock. Swiftly, devastatingly Loughran struck him in the face. Sock. He cut Lomski's eye; blood smeared his face for the last half of the fight. Unerring, elusive, vividly courageous after the stunning first round, Loughran easily retained his world's championship on points.