Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-07
ARE LEADING
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Kansas City and Fort Worth
Boys Have Defeated All
Contenders.
Al vENN TO PROMOTE GO
To BE Feature of Southwest
crn Waterworks Con-
vention Here.
Al vENN TO PROMOTE GO
lnr1-AnHY DAILEYN

nv LARRY pAlLEhD
The boxing lid. so long clamp'n,
~, I'm TuIsa, is to be tilted Apr,
o. ,,bcn Bobhy waugh, crack For'
yynr,h hoy. and Harvey Thorpe. the
r,,5o OF Kansas city, go tltteeh
,,as at Convention hall. This Weii
,ra announcement last night "'
Ns,,n we'll known promos'SS, w.,u,h
cree. who win prone"
Thorpe Ip,,r nout ls TO he IN enter
The dhf feature OF the Southwest
--tfd Naterworks convention. NGnn
was told TO get two boxers OF recoS-
nizod ability. and In securing the
Kansas city and Fort Worth puss
he has followed instructions TO the
letter
Rohhv Waugh was born in Fort
worth in 1893 and has since made
that city his home After acting
as preliminary hoy In several oou'S
there. he made his debut as "reRu-
lar" I'm 1910: winning his first fight
bv a Knockout In three ROUNDS. k'u
Shoaf being his opponent Iheie-
after Bobby has continued In IN"
game meeting with few revers4I'
and boxing the best boys ~ inc
southwest. while never n cham
pion, Waugh has always been con-
sidercd one Of the hardest UEhV
weights to win decision from.
Wnugh's Record.
Waugh boasts knockout OF
stanley Yoakum In two rouhuS'
decision over Danny Goodman III
twenty rounds; a 7-round draw WIN
Charlie white. 20-round dec'Si""
over Rattlng Nelson. ana ~
round victory over otto NaUace' III
addition to many knockoulS ana uI
cisions over other good boys. Naush
Is well known To Tulsa fiEht tah-
dom. having fought several times III
this city. Sailor KIRK, Harry
walsh and Billy wagner were All
defeated by waugh here.
Harvey Thorpe was born one yea,
s,tor than Waugh, but II was not
until 1918 that no made his ring
debut. Thorpe's rise to promlnehoe
In the sport world was meteoIie'
soon after his start, he was meet
ing the best boys in the west Inc
only keockoht ever suffered by tne
"Flving putchman" was at ,the
hands OF Kenny Leonard, now the
worlds champion lightweight. ~
TOOK benny tWtlNs i'uHuH ~ -
minister the sleep punch TO the kaw
city lad. rhorpes gnmeness and
stamina won the respect OF all fol
lowers Of the manly art who saw
the bout. H
A l0-round draw with Joe Rivers
then at his best. another 10-round
draw, this with Charlie White, the
wonderful Chicago boy; decisions
over Otto Wallace, Arlos Tanning, |
and l2-round no-decision tilt with |
Ever Hammer. leading wlhdy city |
lightweight are bright spots on !
Tborpes record.
should Be Good Bout.
Thorpe German American. and |
Waugh, lrish-American. have been |
considered two ot the southwest's |
best lightweiEhts They met al
Joplin last winter, and for fifteen /
rounds the bugs we're treated Ia the
best scrap Of the year. Neither boy
showed superiority over the other. !
Since that time they have been hurl- |
ing defiances at each other and dnr-
ing the other in the ring Tulsa
fans should sec good bout when
thev meet here, April 26
Promoter Ncnn saws that I'm ad
dition to the l5-round main event
good preliminaries and fast semi
windup will be staged. lie declared
that the lid In to be pried Off with
tho best possible offered TO the box
Ing fans of the city.