The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-03
CREEK BESTS SAILOR
+ ON NAT, TWO FALLS
\ IN THREE AT 7. A. 6.
Pappas Takes First Fall in SIS Minutes and Third in
Fifteen Woods Winning Second-Show Plesses
Fans-Kid Rich of Drumright Puts Out Tommy
Neary, Showing Nice Punch in Each Hand
ny Il. A. nRlpGEwArER.


Gus Pappas OF Salt Lake CITY
iaimant Of tho mlddlewcghl
wrestling championship of the
United states. successfully defended
his iaurels last night In the r. \. c.
gymnasium by winning two t1iis n
three from Sailor Jack woods of san
Francisco. pappas won the opening
ran. Woods tho second. AMI Papa
took the third
Tho wrcstlcrs gave n spirtri oN.
hbtion. fun Of action. md both
frequently wrigglcd out ~ danger
BUS holds. Both men were In splcn.
aid condition. while tho crowd was
not largo. n lcfi the gym enthIsiastic
over the nrst wrestling match In
Tulsa In years. everybody ycemlng
Entirely satisfied with tho c"tcriai1-
ment. q
First F'ail 80 Miuutcs.
III IL took 5b minutcg TO decide the
first fall. PRppas rin'lly pinning
Woods shoulders TO the ma; with "a
deadly head scissors Amer 10.
minute interin.ss thny ctmo back
fresh and Woods made saort work
lof his opponent I'm the second, WIN
ming II IN . minutes witl q head
lock. Just before winning Tho fall
Woods worked himself out OF what
appeared certain defeat when he
broke figure four hold aficr II
seemed the Greek had him pappas
won the third fall and tho mptch IN
'lb minutes, cuhq1rrilY Woods with
Frank Gotchs famous toe hold,
The mon were vrry evenly
matched. but the Crock wns supe-
'rior TO his opponent m breaking
holds. He also nppcared to be
sliehtly stronger than .he sailor.
The Greek Good Nniurr,i.
4 PappB'a unfalling good hJmor aud
READY smile won him many fri"nds
amonR tho spectators Snnn after
the match opened The tHIs nick
named him Roast BIZ aud he took
u with grin. Tho a6awi Lad a
good time cracking jokes n the ,sS-
pensc OF the grappicls, particularly
pappas, but neither Hhowed a,y oh
Tcction.
II was announced that Charles
Rontrop. who wrostled IN Tulsa
years ago and since has gained
quite n reputation at Houston. chat
iengcd the winner. Whether h. VIII
be put on with pappas was not an
nounced
stranglcr Ed Lewis. who lost In an
attempt To gain the heavyweight
championship from zhyszko n few
nights ago In New York. VIII he seen
In action here shortly against Jack
Londis, Greek light ht-heavyweight
according 20 an anne rncement
Kid Rich Looks Good.
The eight found boxing semi
wfndtIp witnessed the debut In Tulsa
of the best-looking young bantam
weight seen here IN "A preliminary In
some months 10 IN Kid Rich OF
WI. uncorking a punch
In either hand. gave Tommy Neary
OF Muskogee "A sound lacing In four
rounds and put him TO sleep In the
fifth.
Rich Knocked down Neary twice
in tho fourth round, but the Muskn-
gee yuungster came on gamely Tor
more. IN the ntth Rich again
knocked his opponent down. Neary
came up and Rich caught him with
a solid right uppercut Even as he
was falling Rich sent In the left
lust to make q good job OF II, ana
Ncary was through. The fans would
like to see more of this youngster
and probably will
Rich's father was his second, aud
hiF brother and sister also sat at the
r.ngsidc.
Jimmy Evans Of Omaha threw
Sam Gregg OF Tulsa in seven minutes
of a scheduled l5-ininute wrestling
prelimiuary. using a half Nelson In
a four-round hoXing curtain raiser
(, Auck O Brien of Tulsa and frankie
Petain of Muskogee boxed draw
O'Brien landed by far the most
blows. but Petain floorcd his or
ponent once with clean right Z,
the Jaw aud earned an even break