The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-13
.LOADMAN UNABLE
!, TO MATCH SPEED
Local Boy Gets Seven Out Of
Is Rounds; Only One to
Rival.
GEORGE LOSES TO MAGlRL
Bartlesville Boy Hands Coast
Middleweight Hard Lac
ing in Ten.

stock In trade. Earl Purycar. Tulsa
bantamwclght jAbbed and slashed
himself 10 victory over DICK Load.
man Of Lockport In IS rounds OF
furious milling at tho Tulsa Sporting
club fast night, Tumultuous applause
( attested the popularity OF Referee
& Cochrnno's decision
A resume ot the score card shows
8 that Puryear had the first second.
( ihlrd sixth eighth, tenth and ~.
Z teenth The fourth. MN. seventh
ninth, eleventh twelfth ana thlr-
4 teenth were even fondman had one
7 round. the fourteenth.
{ In the absence Of anything that
7 even rosembled knockdown, the
i battle resolved itself into oTe OF
! points Using his superior weight
Z Tor all II was worth iSoadmhn kept
x boring In and forced the fighting
4 throughout This aggressive ness.
Z however. was offset by puryonr, who
did most of the leading The decl.
sion therefore hinged on the ques-
lion OF who landed the greater mum.
her OF clean blows. That was whore
ruryear carried Off the laurels
Never refusing a challenge to an OK.
change OF punches, Earl dariod IN
for nrultltudinouE iabs 10 the face,
frequently followed by right upper
ruts which went home. and making
Loadmhn miss repeatedly was clearly
sniitlcd 10 the verdict
Earl Fails 90 Crack.
II was evident from the first thnf
both boys had planned their cam
pniEn carefully before they entered
The ring. Puryear's game was 10
start off al n fast clip and try 10
pi,e up q point lead sufficient 10
siave off this late rush which was 10
he expected Of his stronger rival who
naturally would be eSpectcl TO con.
Nrve his greatest effort against the
lime when his weaker opponent
should begin TO show signs OF ia
tlgue. Instead Of crack, however,
Purycar held up TO the very last and
In tho fifteenth round he came back
with a bewildering shower OF jabs
and siashes that outdid I,oadmans
desperate sluEginG.
Puryear did not play for an In.
stAnt the program he had mapped
out for himself With Loadman bor-
Ing In and trying to land his power
tut left swings to the body. Puryear
lancod In and out. jabbing with his
Rloft and shooting over his right for
Aumerous counts. taking only one
'sr,san waliop In return. Most OF
toad mans swings In this round ~
In . great majority OF the succeeding
rounds. were caught on Puryear's
arms or went around to his back.
iickS that do not register very high
IN the pusilistic point chart
Ioadman tried harder In the sec
ond. charging viciously. but Puryear
proved elusive and he missed as
many swinas "a he landed, All tho
while Purysar kept up his tantsiis-
me third was puryear's only by a
shade. Loadman continued TO miss a
Sral and II was q pair OF ciean, rip
ring uppercuts delivered by Puryear
that gave him an edge on the inning
\ In tho fourth. Ioadman began to
bore IN more determinedly, Puryear
met his challenge and they FIRE.
auentix stood toe 10 toe and swapped
punchA, emerging on even terms.
The fifth also was an even round,
both mixing freely.
The sixth was Purysar's, HIS ad-
vantage being chalked up on a hard
right uppercut and a right GROSS that
bounced against. I,oadman's nose.
Otherwise tho milling was about
even.
MiIlin9 Grows Furious.
. During the seventh they fought
all over the ring, Puryear evading
Load mans rushes the best he could
and sending jabs ana slAshcs. The
round was even. In the eighth. how
ever Purycar tabbed himself TO an
other round The ninth was even
= - "a thEAnaA Iaaah.
mnn's guard for margin In the
the tenth. There was moro action
In the eleventh than any previous
round u was even. no was the
twelfth ana thirteenth,
Then It was that Londman pound
ed his way 10 margin on one
round, the fourteenth, Loadman
rocked purYcar with hard lefts and
semi. In some telling wallops TO the
body.
The fifteenth was furious pur-
year having very slight advantage
OF a fast mlNup,
Though beaten declsively. Kid
George made himself popular with
the fans when after showing great
Eameness during the last three Of
his ten rounds with Maglrl he stag
Rered over TO the victor and shook
hands with him when Referee
Cochran lifted the Bartlesvllle mid
dleweight'H glove.
Last nights winner was showerod
with challenges. Nate Jackson, the
Oklahoma city bantam who has
staged more successful combats In
Tulsa than any other boxer. got
big hand when he was introduced
and announcement was made that he
wanted the winner.
"Squipt' stevens. manager ~
Knockout Brown challenged and Of
fered 20 80 winner-take-all.