The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-21
SMITH IA YOS
ANDERSON, 3RD ROUND;
KID RICH WINS AGAIN
Sioux CITY Sailor Who Stayed 10 Rounds With Gibbons
Falls Before Three Smashing Rights Dealt by Bar
, tlesvle Bearcat"-All Bouts End in Knockouts as
i at Last Oil City A. {. Show.

Bv u. \. UEpGEWATEE
III q sailor Anderson NJ SiuuN city may
hroudIy prucIalm u his pre- fight
press communicates that b" DO The hoy
who stayed ton rounds win Mlk'
M tiihhuus Eut ur wont point with
any great pIuaaurc 60 his scheduled
1O.round bout with the doughty
III Mnrnlc smith Of Rurtlcs,ilIo. Tor
tlis utfray terminated rttu'l sharp
~ early 200 th, third round when
throc uf Waruic's bone breaking
III Fights connected with Turtitur
N Luickuose vI'n the point of Nudrr.
pou's Jaw and Anderson went down
eud oui for iuo tulliug Of ten
Tho good sized crowd that foCkcd
g. thr Tulsa \. e. ENm under tho
9crmiuM hotel last night settled
back with collective sigh uf pleas
i urc after the first round OF tn"
Smith. Anderson conflict. The hope
ful fans looked Anderson over with
f undiHguscd pleasure and admiration.
9'hHt tall raury luWIu, who lowered
good eight Inches over the bulldog
like Warulr. had been sending In q
H Sharp straight lett to Wunics nose
sud mouth So regularly that It
H looked. Ike he might prove more
Ed fhau merely troublesome. And hc
III bad managed To keep away from
III Narnie and his deadly infighting.
N Here's whore Warnio gets
E. lNhfut l'Nldlh'h llhlt lNdN hi.t
| spectator.
Then Wnrnic Got the Hnngc.
I| But WHrnic came back In the sec
pud with some sound advice from
III bis manager, Louis Newman, under
ST bis dome. Newman instructed War
mic 10 dig in and bring the bout
tp close quarters at any cost. This
Narnie did. Andorson's defense was
bard TO solve but Warnio finally got
uhe rib b-1oltlnC body blows busy. and
be more than svcned up the contest
III the round.
Then came the fireworks Early
" the third round Warnie's left
Flashed across Andcrson's Jaw, and
II down the Sailor dropped for the
7 count OF seven. He looked as fresh
Y AZ ever when hc arose. but it must
q have been surface freshness only
2 Tor az they came TO close grips again
Il Marnie whipped u right uDpercut
( ~ his opponents Jaw. and then,
kpcmng to hold his man up with
his left, he smashed two more rights
\ Upward viii, perfect accuracy ana
sickoning force, Exit Anderson.
Referee Bobby Burns went through
thc motions Of counting the fallen
man out but 1t was unnecessary.
The Punch Is the Thing.
Anderson's seconds attempted to
4 Balm their man had been foulde
The writer saw no fou-fInless II
h "four' To his man so hard and
fast on the point Of the we'll known
inv.
The first-round showing of An
eerson demonstrated one thing. how
ever. and that ~ that Warnio needs
more experience with clever box
ers Had Anderson been able TO
Keep the engagement al long-dis-
thnco boxing he might have been
mighty hard to whip.
on the other hand, last nights
Bout corroborated something else
that when Warnie taps an opponent
on the Jaw with his right, said op-
ponent is due TO take nap. 1t
makes no difference how clever a
man tx, when mule kicks him on
thc chin he goes out-and Warnlc
certainly packs punch that re-
sembles the Everett True section of
the justly celebrated Maud.
Kid Rich Kayos Meyers.
As In last weeks program OF the
Oh City A. c., the Tulsa A. c. card
ast evening was entirely given over
to knockouts Kid Rich Of Drum
right who made such a favorable
showing In his debut here fow
weeks ago. added another knockout
O. his list, lie rocked Johnny
Meycra OF 81 Louis to sleep in the
fourth round with a right to the
law.
The Rich Meyers scrap was a
mighty interesting mill To watch
Meyers. a veteran fighter and hard
hitter. had the l6-yoar old Rich ner,
Nous In the FIRST three rounds Mcy
ers swung deadly right, aud wa,
striving continually to land IL uI
Rich's law, ovcrrcachiug few
inches every time. fortunately fo
Rich.
But Rich found the range and pu
Meyers down In the fourth just be
fore the end of the round. Refere
Burns concluded the count az In
stant before the gong sounded A
IL was many In the crowd though
the bell had saved Meyers and tina
the bout wasn't over,
Buck O'Brien OF Tulsa knocke
out Battling Chase OF Tulsa in tn
second round. Chase pleased tn
fans with his cheerful acceptanc
ish he looked puzzled, and evidentl
did not realize what had hap
pened.
Long Challenges Winner.
It was announced from the ring
side that Ray Long OF Kansas CIT!
challenged the winner of tn
Smith-Anderson bout. Long ha
boxed Harvey Thorpe of Kansas
city and other well known glove
throwcrs.
Announcement also was mad,
that an effort is being made tC
match Eid Palmer with Mike Glib
hous, Mike O'Dowd Jock Malone OF
Mike McTEue for a bout Ia Tulsa
Gibbons Hand Injured
SIT. PAUL. Mimi, Dec. 20.-Mlkt
Gibbons, 81. Paul middlewe'ght
boxer, may not fight i'm this countr,
In.