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Removing ${\mathrm{H}}_1$ puts the negative charge on carbon :

Removing ${\mathrm{H}}_2$ puts the negative charge on oxygen :

Carbon and oxygen are in the same period, so compare electronegativity : oxygen stabilises the negative charge far better than carbon does. The alkoxide is the more stable conjugate base, so the O-H proton ${\mathrm{H}}_2$ is more acidic.