The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-02
FIRST WRESTLING FOR
TULSA FANS IN YEARS
ON PROGRAM TONIGHT
Sailor Jack Woods of San Francisco VIII Attempt to
Wrest MiddIeweght Title From Gus PspPas of Salt
Lake--A Couple of Boxing Events Also on Card to
Be Presented by +. A. {. in Terminal Gym.

After an absence of five wears.
wrestling VIII make % bow in Iulm
tonight when Sailor Jack woods W
San Francisco win attempt 'u WIoHt
middloweiFht lnuroiH from Cue Pap
pas SAT- Yuko GrrDk. who claims
the championship o' America iu That
division.
Tho wrestling match which win
be decided hv two f1ll8 in three, la
the feature event uf u card vf butn
wrostiinr aud IoNuE prCBrutCd h}
the Tulsa Athlete club iu iH gym
under tho Terminal n0tot
Bobby Burns official y. a.. g..
referee. who wiu ho the third man
IN the ring during the mat contest
as well as the Gstir events said fans
need fear mo- ttchuicllity would spoil
tho entertainment While close stu
dents OF the wrestling gamo no doubt
urderainnd the rolling fair
through which Xhyszko a couple Of
nights ng0 successfully defended his
heavyweight championship title
against I'd 'StrOuEler' lcwis " ih
a "nau" the average fan wouldn't
undoratand Burns said u would not
be recognized tonight and that in
order 10 win a fan ono Of the men
must pin the othcr'a shoulders 20 the
mat and Keep them there for the
customary three seconds, or else
must mako him submit through use
Of the toe hold. deadlock hammer
lock or some other form OF legal
punishment takCr and given without
protest by tho wrestlers.
The Grapplers In Form.
Woods and P0ppas Thursday con-
cluded training for the test this ovo-
ming, and both men appeared to he
Ia, al fNlf ft.f.
grapplers have trained hard and
faithfully for the bout. Both OF
them believe that n revival OF the
mat game is at hand In Tulsa, and
each recognizes that n such ls the
case the victor Is the man who VIII
remain here TO take on other Dp-
ponents while the loser must needs
move on and try his skill and luck
In other pastures.
when the wrestling game is flour
ishing in a city q successful Crap
pier who establishes himself md
succeeds In repulslnR the onHlaughts
OF invaders who seek TO oust him.
has q mighty fine source or Income.
A good example Of this IN Charles
Rentrop. middelweigh,. who will he
remembered by Tulsa fans. who
went TO wrestling matches six or
seven years ago In the old Western
association ball park nud at the
Grand opera house. Rentrop was
good whom In Tuisa and since then
he has improved, For the last -four
or five years he hns made his head.
quarters at Houston, whore he has
hucceoded In defending his houori
against all comers of Ills weight.
All New Fnccs Tonight.
Art Applegate. manager Of the r.
A. C., prldes himself upon one par
ticular thing In regard to tonight q
card, That IN that every face 60 be
seen on the program Will be n new
one. Fans have been clamoring for
new blood In the boxing preliminRrr
les as well as main events, and not
n lad is on tonights program who
has boxed before.
In addition TO the the middle
weight wrestling match there will be
a 15-minut0 wrestling bout to a de-
CisiOn between a pair Of wcltcr-
weights and two boxing events a
four-round preliminary will inauR-
urate the boxing, and the semi
windup will be an cight-round bout
between Tommy Nearing OF Musko-
gee and KID Rich OF DrumriBht.
bJ Jntnmwclghts, Il 9th OF these
youngsters are said 60 be clever.
'Stubby' Durham OF Tulsa originally
was hCnedhlfd 20 70 on with Near
ing, but Withdrew because OF being
billed to box In oklahoma City
Monday night at tho opening ut the
new four-round club there.
Popular prices viii prevail for TO-
nights show. Tho entire reserved
section win 90 for 81 eNccpt III,
front row at S2.6o. While all "bleach
or" seats win cell for 81, those ar
riving early getting their choice.