The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-26
BOUT GOES
TO TATE IN
3RD ROUND

\ Texas Tate, of Chickas IA, won last
night over Jimmie Barry, of Spring.
n field, ILL.,. in ten round bout at the
Chickasha Athletic associations club
X room, scoring a knockout in the last
\ half of the third round.
Tate and Barry weighed at rfngside,
4 204 pounds each, and each man was
in as nearly perfect condition as possi-
A Bile for men to be in. When Barry
stepped through the ropes he was
greeted by admirers with applause
and encouraging remarks which he re-
ceiyed with graciousness. Tate,
Chickasha's favorite son, was greeted
with an ovation as he climbed into the
ring and walked to his corner.
Round one passed without event
worthy of note, each contestant spar
ring and doing the cakewalk in an eff
fort to feel out his opponent. There
was no mixing in this round, but
some good, clean and skilled boxing
was done by each battler. Gong clang-
ed on a draw.
| Round two was opened by Barry
who met the big man from Texas we'll
in the center OF the ring. Both men
spared industriously in this round,
Barry taking the offensive and leading
repeatedly for Tate's jaw Tate, re-
naming on the defensive, blocked
each lead of the nlinoian and lead
i Barry about the ring, doing both neat
footwork and skilled defense Honors
even.
Round three was opened by Barry
who landed heavily on Tate's jaw with
a blow which was calculated to set the
big mans head back in his shoulders
by several inches. Quick as lightning,
however, Tate answered with an up
percut to Barry's right jaw, sending
Barry to the violets for the count of
eight
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we'll although slightly groggy. Barry
came back strong but could not land
the glove on either the map or the
food emporium Of Tate Tate feinted
with his left and landed a right cross
to Barry's nose. closing his left out
look, following with a right swing and
left to Barry's chin, knocking the
opponent to the mat and rolling him
over. Barry was game and tried to
rise before the count. only to roll over
and listen to the chirping of the birds
as the end was called.
Referee. Sampson, of Alex.
Preliminaries before the big event
were interesting features of the even
ing.
The second preliminary was a five |
round bout between Hobson Buie, a |
Chickasha high school boy and Tim
Dodge of Rush Springs. Without
clinches, Buie and Dodge fought the
five rounds in fast and furious order, |
Buie winning the decision on points
The ball was started, however, by
two local kids who mixed things up
for five minutes in the most approved
styles
The closing prelim was between
Dewey Luster another Chickasha
high school boy. and Frank Ford, of
Rush Springs. Five rounds '~as
fought by these athletes with final
scoring for Luster on points.
About seven hundred people, half
of whom were ladies', witnessed last
nights battle All who were present
concurred that the fight was a good
and a clean one and that Tate's clean
manner of living was greatly respon-
i sible for his seemingly easy victory
over his opponent Tate neither
drinks nor chews. is a regular church
attendant and is a faddist for regular
hours, according to statements made
by his manager.