The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-13

AUSPICES Oil CITY Athletic club.
All indications last night
pointed TO success for the Oil
City Athletic clubs first ven
ture in all-star fistic pro-
grams, which will be pre-
sented at Convention hall to-
night, with Kid Palmer Of
Tulsa and Battling Ortega Of
San Francisco, rival middle
weights, appearing as head
linars in t2-ronnd contest
to Referee Ged Gahan's de-
cision. A brisk advance sale
Of tickets locally and numer-
ous inquiries and requests for
reservations from enrby
towns showed the fans are
on edge for the show.
All Boys IN Fine FcttIc.
All boxers to take part ~ tne
three star bouts on the tripie-hoader
card appeared In splenaid physicai
condition when they wnnt through
light exercises Yesterday afternoon
al tho r. A. 9. gym under tho Ter
mtnai hotel. The lads teemed with
hfe and energy IN tho briet work-
outs.
rhs ,,x .noxers scheduled 20 per-
form tonight will be examined this
afternnnn BY DIR. Ia c. i-f--sv',, club
physician.
pninrer and ortean easily weighed
in under tho ibs-pound limit agreed,
upon yesterday morning. NelF.e,
budred tho weight which W ss'
q iss-pounds !; va. wsA. pg~u ~eished
ss"ssiri sSss, its 1eaag 1sS' ana of'ssa
pound or 40 inAs<
rshIs ,,iii ha <fie thru time Palmer
ara 0,,.ga ,sfive met. and both arc
a,s 10, Siood. Both have trained
m0,s ssaithfuliy for this clash than
for either OF the preceding tests
and each In in better form than at
tho previous encounters.
Palmer Is Favorite.
ralmer is the revofite, though
the Mexican has many supporters
among those who have watched the
boxers work In training.
The fiss. hen. between Palmer
and Ortega was st Tuscon, where
they fought TO a bloody draw In ten
rounds. Their next meeting was at
III paso about six weeks ago. This
was TO have been s rounder. but
Palmer was credited with q tech
nicAl knockout In the fourteenth
round when the referee stopped
hoatilitics because OF q cut over Or
fega's eye that blinded him. Pnlmer
had his hands worry full In this
scrap, however Accounts OF the
fray in the 1l Paao papers said Or
tega almost had Palmer out In the
seventh round.
whaeever the result may be, fans
are certain Go see real action Ia the
Palmer -Ortega mill Neither ls OF
the holding, wrestling typo They
are the kind 10 stand toe 10 toe and
mix. Thls has been the history OF
their two former meetings.
Sacks Predicts knoclgout.
palmer viii win by a Knockout
IN not more than eight rounds"
said Adee Sacks, manager OF the
Kid, last night when asked for hts
opinion as to tho outcome. THE
Kid 10 primed for this bout and
he'll go after ortega right from the
Jump"
was no less confident than his
rival. He asserted that II would
be "a different Ortesa facing Pal
mer Tuesday night than the Kid
has yet seen" BENJAMIN mads no
prediction as TO Knockout or 20
tho number of rounds. Ho simply
expressed an emphatic opinion that
his charge would be the victor
and he appeared to believe what he
Eaid.
Manager Sacks last night said that
only one thing remained TO be
done by him before tho fiEht--thRt
was to see that Palmer got a good
nights rest,
I'VE always sleep in tho same
room on the night before right"
Sacks said, Palmer ~ neryous--iio
matter II he Is TO fight boy he
knows he can whip with one hand.
He'll go 10 bed about 10 o'clock
then roll and toss and kick me
around until two or thrss. That's
always the way. Then he'll 80 10
sleep and saw wood steadily TIL |
about 10 IN the morning.
The Other Bouts.
Interest in tonights flstio card Is
by no means confined to the Palmer /
Ortega scrap, however good that |
promises 70 be Almost equally are /
the fans wrought over the Warnie
Smith Billy Morrisette set-to which
is scheduled 10 go 30 rounds, the
stcohu OF tne tnree star attraollonh
Warnie Is acquiring an enviable
reputation as a kayo artist and has
made a sensational showing In starts
in Tulsa and Oklahoma City after
remaining In obscurity at Bartles-
Vile for several months,
In the tough Sand Springs mid
dleweight Warnie faces tho most
rugged opponent he yet has met
hereabouts, The question iE. will he |
be able 10 Knock out Morrisette7
Warnie carries a sleep punch In
either hand. VIII he land them?
Not since Morrlsette has been ap-
pearing In the ring In Tulsa has he
worked as hard In preparation for a
bout as for this one He has nothinn