Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-06
Tanning and belmont Will
Share Limelight With Full
ton and Texas Tate.
PAL MOORE TO MEET WOLFE
Interesting Contests Involving
Champions Expected to Be
Matched Soon.
By Bud Fisher

| Boxing's spotlight turns to the
southwest this week. First - attract
the calcium will be the lightweight
battle before the Tulsa a. c. next
Wednesday afternoo oil between Arlos
Tanning and Gene belmont. The next
night Fred Fulton and Texas Tate viii
get together again, this time at loplin
before Jimmie Bronson's club.
In addition to these two fights.
Tulans viii watch with interest the
15-round contest Tuesday night at
Baltimore between Young Pal Moore
and Kid Wolfe. Moore made himself
popular with Tulsa fans last Tuesday
afte~sss by trimming Earl Pury yaaI.
Intereating Bewt- ia Prospect
With the dawn Of the new year fol-
lowers Of pugilism are beginning 10
, speculate upon future developments In
the sport and TO appraise prospective
matches that will involve the headlin-
ers in the various divisions or pugt-
lism.
While the respective champions
lrave no important engagements
scheduled, there 10 considerable talk
OF early matches that viii nveavs
EenNy Leonard and Jack Britton
Pete Herman and Johnny Ertle, and
NTed Lewis and either Joe Eagan or
Bryan Downey
The proposed contest between Leon
ard and Bfitton is under consideration
by promoters at Denver, Col, and II
present negotiations are successful
then this pair will meet about Janu-
AIRY 20, over the 20-rouAd route. This
ought to decisively settle the question
Of physical supremacy between them.
When Leonard and Britton fought
at New York city last fall the light
weight champion gave Britton neat
heating and the opinion was univer-
sal that II tho contest had been few
rounds longer Leonard would have
stretched his welterweight adversary
out for the count.
bantam rangie Brcwipg.
Attempts To bring about. II twenty
round contest between Pete Herman
and Johnny Ertle are still under way.
but H. this bout is arranged II VIII
have to bo' staged somewhere else
than New Orleans. According to re-
ports from the Crescent city followers
cf the ring game thero are mighty
Bour on Herman because OF the eN-
cuses he has put up to escape milf
tary service. The southerners feel
that nerman's action IL personal
reflection upon them all. and for that
reason they are extremely blttor in
their criticism of the bantam cham
pion. II IL probable now that Her
man and Ertlc will meet either al
Minneapolis, Milwaukee or in Balti-
more. during the present month.
Future activities of Welterweight
Champion Ted Lewis hinge upon the
outcome OF the contest between Bryan
Downey and Joe ragnn. which is -
be staged at Milwaukee on January
0, The tltleholder may meet the
victor at the Cream City, or N this
fails then tho match is likely 20 be
staged somewhere In Ohio.
The month Of January will be fea-
tured by the appearance Of Fred Ful-
ton In three important contests After
his match with Tate no Is scheduled
TO meet Billy Mhske at 81. Paul
MINI, january Is. and eleven dhys
later he will take on Frank Moran
in a twenty round affair at New
Orleans
Fulton Is tho victim OF considerable
unpleasant comment as the result or
his recent affair with Texas" BIZ
Tate. an unknown heavyweight The
Gopher surely Is having hard timc
keeping In the good graces OF the
fans Whenever no pubs mp one really
credstabfe Ngnt he usually follows
With a bout that either ends In n foul
or that has some suspicious taint at
tached to It.