The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-29
Brennan's Manager Says
K. c. Man Cannot Serve
Attempts to Dictate
Referee for Battle
With Greb.
REISLER IS STANDING PAT
Pittsburgher Will Arrive
Tuesday; Bantams on
Way to Tulsa.
By CHARLES } BRILL


Difficulties experienced by the big
BOYS up at Toledo In seleclins the
man who is to referee their little
srrmmage on July promise 10 pale
into irsignificanCe, 30 far as fussing
ia concerned, beside the Equabblc
that appears ahead for the fifteen
round tus8lc between Bill Brennan
and Harry Greb which IS 20 take
place. at Convention hall neHt. Friday
a, the same hour.
Flynn starts Argument
leo = Flynn, director Of the dCs-
tnlog OF the Chicago heavyweight
Is the disturbing element IN Tulsa
Otherwise serene pugilistiC present
Last Wednesday night he met John
HcACr tn 81. Louis and promptly
demanded that the Tulsa Sporting
club SECURE someone other than Ed
ward Cochxrns of Kansas City TO
Judge tho battle Hoisler maintained
4 lrngthy argument with Flynn, in
ss'Ing that Cochrane IS more COM
psicnt than any other referee avail
able, IA the Official club referee. and
i- entitled 10 continue TO cffnCdte.
In spite of the arguments Of the pro-
moler Flynn's last word upon part
ing was that he would not LET his
man enter the ring again with tOch-
rane In it as referee.
Brennan IL said to side with his
manager although hc has made no
public expression of his views I'm tha
matter since reaching Tulsa Friday
morning
II Flynn persits In his demands
after he reaches the city Monday or
Tuesday the referee scrap ~ going
20 be worth while Watching Reis,er
Is rather persistent cuss himself
ana he objects rather strenuousiy TO
having his club program upset.
While recognizing the right OF prin-
cipais 10 have hand In the naming
Of the referee, Heisler also claims
the right 20 say something along this
line himself. especially when an at
tempt is made 20 oust his official
referee and one who has proved
himself 80 capable as has Cochranc.
Whether Cochrane referees or
whether Flynn dictatca the third
man depends upon how firm Rcislcr
. stands In this matter Rcisler will
have the fans behind him for Flynn
Is pretty much persona non graia in
these parts since his last lamcnied
visit 20 Tulsa. Tulsa fans like a
game loser as well as a winner. ana
they have little use for "A man who
ViI' 80 so far ns 20 scatter broad
cast the cry that he was deliberately
robbed OF a decision In their town
because the referee and his friends
were wagering money on his oppon-
eut Not only did Flynn do this, but
0. openly bonstci while here that
fHa wise manager these days paid
little attention TO referees DECISIONS,
but hooks up" with some newspaper
a. soon as he hits town and after
getting the right kind OF Sritcup.
shoots it, out to the places he hopes
Co land
/, is hardly likely that Tulsa box
Ing fans will fall over themselves 20
geI through Tho gates TO see show
Vr according 20 the dictates or this
hind OF "A fellow, Reislcr realizes
This ana Il was because Brennan
had made himself popular In the
v'E thar he brought him back II
wa4 I'm spite OF his manager rather
than because OF him, that Brennan
landed next Friday. date win
Harry Greb here.
A telegram from James Mason.
Grobs manager, announces that the
lllsburEhcr will stop IN ST LOUIS
for "a workout Monday. arriving I'm
Tulsa Tuesday Mason also an
bounced the receipt NJ an offer oi
10000 for three matches I'm Cal
it1rna
Earl puryear and Bobby Hughes
who step fifteen rounds in the same
rirg. are on their way 90 Tulsa, Pur-
year coming from Peoria and Hughes
tFOW Shreveport