The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-06
S TO RY-SPAR RKS BOUT
A DRAW; NORMAN WOMAN
ONE OF THREE JU D GES
,By Bill krOhn)

Although three judges decided that
Storey and Speedy Sparks, fought
at the Ardmore Athletic Club last
Saturday night, was a draw, it was
the general concensus of opinion that
Storey was the victor by decision.
Even though Storey was slightly out
weighed by Sparks and the latter
had longer reach, nevertheless, the
Oklahoma City boy showed greater
skill in handling his mits, and deliv
cred the greater number and more
effective blows than his opponent
The best manner Of Judging the bout
by rounds, according to the majority
Of opinions, was as follows: First
round, draw; second round, storey;
third round, draw; fourth round,
slightly in favor of Storey; fifth
round, draw; sixth round, draw: sew
enth round, draw; eighth round,
Storey; ninth round, draw; tenth
round draw. Thus decision Of the
majority of fans present would have
| 1.-two rounds in favor of Storey,
one slightly in favor of Storey, and
the remainder draws.
The three judges included Mr.. Nc
Lish Of TT. Worth, Texas; Mrs. Wolfe,
of Norman, and local enthusiast.
An innovation was the appointment
of woman as one of the judges. But
as Buck Garrett expressed it, They
have suffrage so they might as well
be appointed to a mans job" Inside
dope has it that the TT. Worth judge
was in favor of Sparks, the feminine
magistrate for storey, while the local
decider seemed to want to agree with
either one of the others, throwing
aside his own judgment TO do so, and
finally bringing about the decision
which was handed out Mrs. Wolfe
prior to adhering to the pleadings
of the other two judges, seemed &c
have the dope" as the majority
had H. Many fans are today ques
tionlne the fairness Of permitting tbs
judges to confer with each other il
forming a decision, rather than hand
ing them individually TO the referee
The fight itself was one Of the bes
yet witnessed in this city. Both con
testants hit hard and heavy through
out the entire go, and kept the crow'
on their toes throughout the entir'
ten round. Sparks is a clean boxer
The boy Wonder" of Wilson stage'
comeback when he gained the refer
ees decision over Battling slim, o
Ringing. 1t was a four-round affai
and the fans were well pleased will
the exhibition. The Boy Wonder Il
only fourteen years old, but has th'
He appears to be at least 20 yea
old. There is no doubt but that h
may develop into a genuine wonde
when he gets older and learns the NOR
scientific points of the game. I'm
mediately after the four-round &c
the Boy Wonder" challenged one
Round Adare. who gained decision
over the Wilson boxer last week il
the first round of scheduled four
round bout at Convention Hall.
In the scheduled siX-round bou
between Paul Bird, OF Tulsa, an
Billie Ingram. of Wynnewood, III
Tulsa boxer played rings around III
representative of Wynnewood, an
knocked the country lad out in tn
e third round. Bird shot, lightning blow
= into the face and body Of his opponen
, and all Of them carried force behin
them. The Wynnewood boy wa
knocked for count three times /
I the second round, but rose before h
D was finally couted out. In the thir
= round he failed to rise and receive
! the clamp on the k. o.
Ingram, the Wynnewood boxer, play
ed the perfect part Of a movie acto
( by the manner in which he graceful
e laid down for the counts four time'