Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-02

ready been made. The sale will he
conducted at the Brady hotel In
Tulsa and the Frisco drug store In
Sapulpa. There will undoubtedly be
heavy demand for the choice seats
tomorrow and the next day. Mail
orders will be taken care of promptly.
Carpenters were working yesterday
on the new bleachers that are being
erected to the north of the main
grandstand at Association park. They
will be completed within the next
three days The entire park has
been remodeled in preparation Tor
the opening of the baseball season,
and there will be accommodations
for five thousand people at the eN-
hibition game neNt Friday atternc on
between the Detroit Tigers and the
Tulsa Producers. There Will be me
same number of seats of course, FOR
the big boxing show Friday night. IT
will bc one of the Iretticst and most
complete open air arenas to be found
anywhere.
Ty cobb. who Is TO play here with
the Tigers, is an ardent boxing fan
He has consented 10 act as oltlclai
timekeeper - the Morris-Smit bout
Practically every otter member OF the
Tigers has made scat reservation at
the ringsidc.
\ Noted Referee.
Otto Floto, who is to he the referee,
will arrive here next Thursday night
Floto has attended every big ring
contest in the past twenty years IN a'i
parts of the world. and has refereed
many of them. Although he Is
warm friend Of Morris he is abso-
lutely impartial. and 1t was at the
suggestion of GunbCat smiths man
aper that F'loto was secured as the
third man in this memorable contest.
The BOYS who are to take part IN
the prCliminaries arc nara AT WORK.
and two of the best bouts ever seen
here are assured. Louis Pappas OF
Kansas City will meet the Mexican
/ Kid of Tulsa in the first teh-rouhn
| event. The ton-round semi Windup
will be of main-event caliber. treuule
/ Hamann. Tulsa. a premier feather
weight. who is now in Morris camp
will have a tough bout on his hands
when he meets jay Mayes. the okla
homa city boy. who is being handled
! by Sammy Sampson, manager oi
/ Nate jackson.
| The interest in the bout is intense
/ all over this and surrounding states
| and II is being played up in the news
papers bigger than any other rlns
engagement ever held in Oklahoma.
| Ma iOr Gordon w. lIIle 'I"Ni.'
| PilD has reserved a block of ringslde
seats and will come down from ms
! buffalo ranch near Pawnee with be-
! tween fifty and hundred fans IN
cludinp a number of Usage fuii,
| blocds. These Indians. the wealthies'
tribe in the world. will be attired IN
their blankets. feathers and beads ana
will pdd to the picturesque seen,
around the ring. Railroad men viii
be here by the hundreds to boost FOL
! Morris, who formerly was an engineer
on the Frisco. They will arrive her.
on q special train from Denison ana
Sapulpa and intermediate points. car,
rying in state the bell from CarFs oio
engine. Thie bell will be used ny
gong.
More than q hundred newspaper
men have made reservations. ana tnt
press bench will extend entirely
around the ring.
No less than eight special trains
, will be run to Tulsa from many direc.
tions. Many of tE,m will be timec
so as to get the passengers mere II
time TO witness both the oase pai
game in the afternoon and the bou
at night. The boxing show VIII p'
run off promptly so as to accommo
cate the thousands who Will nave !.
catch trains for home between J.
O'Clock and morning.