The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-12
.FLYWEIGHT TITLE
CONTEST TONIGHT
VI ason and Wilde Meet at
Toledo, Ohio; Boxing
Comment.

SOt tn REND. ind, March Ii
Frankie Mason Of Fort Wayne Ind.
tort E0uh Bend today for Toledo,
ohio. where he will box Jimmy
Wilde ~ l,ngi1ud tomorrow night
for the worlds flywcight champion
7htp Mason had sight cold. hut
othcrVls, appeared to be In per
f"ct condition. l'a sud he had per
f,ctod q new punch to use on Wild.
Eddlo Mdthite. promoter Of the
Tuloa Athletic club h having a hard
time in lining up "a classy middle
weight card here March %. HoFe
Mullen, credited with II consccu-
tive knuckoujs had prI sttca ly
agreed 10 terms for e 90 here with
any mlddlcweight. Eut Hullon took
the count from Brvun Dowuey in the
fourth round 1T Cincinnati Wednos-
day night and therefore. the local
promoters have dropped negotiations
vita him.
Downcy is also impossible. he
having V1ntcd too many conce ssions,
chief OF them hoius expenses for
papa Downcr. Erothcr~ Downey and
his wife
BillN Kramer seems possibility
as one OF the principals. Ncgotia-
lions are nov under way with other
100 pound boArIs.
/ KANSAS CITY. March 1t.-Matt
smith, Dcs Moincs lightweight. will
| probably meet Joe NcGowan for tho
/ ftfth ttmo here noVt month. Pro.
/ notcrs of the smoker to- lie staged
| In the auditorium by the Retail GRO
/ cers' association April s, said yes
| terday an offer for u return match
with the Brewer lightweight would
be made t. Smith. ,Tbc pair met
in convention han here recently and
Smith took the count IN the tenth
round. lie was outboXed from the
start but II was his gamenoss In that
bout that caused the groccrs Ia select
him for their show next month.
Jack Martin and Mike Orrison
lightWCight boxers, may entertain
Enid. Okla, fistic followers Marcf
%. Orrison already has signed for 9
bout there on that date but the pro
moter wired him yesterday that tn,
boxer picked "a his opponent haC
declined tho match. Orrison ha,
been asked TO bring along another
opponent and yesterday wired tina
he had selected Martin.
KANSAS CITY, March il.--Har
vcy Thorp, who recently has growf
into the ranks OF welterweight hoN
ers wants to appear here in b bou
with one OF the icading lights Of tn,
class headed by Champion Jac,
Britton. Chick Johnson. manage
OF the "DutChman," would like I,
match Thorn with Morric Lux. wit
has been knocking over the Pacifi
coast welters for the past two years
Lux started his ring career here, an,
| Johnson believes q lot OF local inter
; est would he attached to u bout he
= tween the two.
. DALLAS. Texas, March ?.--,Ta Il
= Dillon, light heavyweight. and Pau
D Roman, Joplin heavy, are schedules
Q To appear here March is, Match
[ maker Meinert OF the soldiers an
4 Sailors "A. G.. announced today.
Seattle boxing promoters are try
5 Ing to arrange "A match between Fire.
. Fulton and Joe Cox. the southern
. heavyweight.
George Mcdonald, the vetcra1
q English trainer with Jimmy wilde
: recently received a Cabiegrnni an
\ nouncing that Ted CKid) Lewis. for
Q mer wciterweight champion. an
/, Johnny Bashnm. Of England, vii
. throw punches Mt each other for tn
, welter title of Europe at Albert Hal
. in London, on March IL. They Wi
, fight twenty rounds or less.