The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-12
LEADING BOXERS
IN TITLE FIGHTS
Champions to BE Forced to
Defend Crowns at
Specified Weights.
9ICKARD IS MATCH MAKER
All Of Leading Scroppers to
BE Contestants for
Various Titles.

NEW YORK. Oct % ln'or.n0
INTO buklnr n "a prc'puuoHH RIv l..
-rccuy organized iuir Hn'.'
snorfIrr rIuu 81 S,,, lurt .HHr
,Irrd Ay A-.r.smru u' wealth 'Hi
-epu'uf.Uu. hope, to gain enough
control over the sport Io ln.''" "
nationwide Improvement in rNn.ot
lions and uTIo ruEtt"w' w Ilh
almost unlimited backing the ."rn
behind the Wo.tWput n,r rnHIF "a"
spend Upward ut tlou0,ooo 600 'o-
5rlauizt 'ny pusIW" md put hnN'hg
on % fuulVv wherein recognition can
D, had from even IUo most l"I1l"nH
Announcement bias been mad" OF
. COSTLY Wrurturc which .g 60 house
no club here. tHldUg that VII
mean an expenditure ot SaOV,HOO bee
furo Il ls completed. nt FifN fifih
street ana sixth avenue Every boxer
1f pg1mnchco iu his country viii Ne
sHked ip enter "a HuriNF ot elimination
houta ll which the winner ~ ne
Ali.nInatuns will hr pittcd against the
recognized champion ~ his division
Assurance that the preliminary WI
lead up t. bout with mo iliichoidur
viii be hold out to performers who
appenr for the opening attraction.
Indications point Ia the premier
OF the cllb being htld February 2
next year on that night Jimmy
wilde, the british fyWclEht has
agreed 10 Incrt any American
bentnmwesght selected by the club.
Ho further has agreed 10 make lO3
pounds rlngsidc. provided Joe Lynch,
Pal Moore Peter Herman sr other
American contestants will weigh Ia
at ii0 pounds ringside, the bantam
limit recognized by the new club.
This Ii 10 be the headlincr that WIZ
Introduce the club 10 followers OF
boxing.
Following the inaugural with
Wilde Aa the neadliuer tnrro are 10
be contests OF national Importance
every Tuesday night thereafter, Tea
turing the contenders In all oiasHes'
With Tex Rlckard ne Jmatchmakcr
for tho club, II In thought there viii
be no difficulty interesting the best
boxers In the undertaking. one week
after Widle displays his ring GINNING
there are 10 ba elimination contests
for mlddlcweiRhts IN which such per
formers AZ Mike Gibbons, jeff Smlh.
jimmy clabbxp c. Virgins, George
TX. o." Brown viii be thrown to
gether In pairs. On the came night
there will be somifinal matches be-
tween heavyweiKbts who will be on
the card with Wilde In the opening.
Tho dispute among tho welter'
weights Involving Ted Lewis, Jack
Malone. Bryan Downey, Danny
Ryan and Soldier Fairfield is TO be
brought 90 n head February II. Aud
on same night those nflddlewoigh
who succeeded the week before Will
be pitted against each other, Lights
weights who think they deserve Zoe
ognition as title oontenders, such ns
Dundee, Mitchell, white, yelling
Fitzximmons. Callehnn and Britt. VIII
have charce to prove their claim
February -, And on that same night
the last remaining middleweighta IN
the elimination viii come together
the winner TO meet Mike O'powd.
Slated an the first championship
night for the club will be March z,
when the middleweight title Rrhlr
with ODowd meeting the winner OF
the early bouts will be staged with A
contest Involving Jack Britton and
the man who emerged triumphant In
the welterwelEht combats on that
night too there is to be near-title
affair between the winnera OF the
heavyweight novice tournament, the
winner of which II promised go
with Frank Goddard, the British
heavyweight. who recently was
hammered into submission by Joe
Beckett.
For the next three weeks the little
fellows Of the ring are expected 10
furnish the fircworkS and then on
March 80 Kenny Leonard. king OF
hghtweights, viii be asked 20 get rid
or the man who came through tho
tournament
Jack Dempsey IL expected to make
hie :irst appearance In 'hia country
IN thrrinE as champion ot tho world
ht the irte' national Sporting club.
Dust who his opponent viii I'D
does no, fnAtfcr now. but tho fact
tina: ToN Rickard has been named
matchmakcr assures patronH OF this
club the best talent available
Georges Carpenter. Joe Beckett aud
even Fred Fulton are mentioned Rs
possible contestants OF Dempsey.
$500