The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-31
Tulsa Boxer Confident
He Can Master Fast
Quaker Boy
PALMER NOT WORRIED
Newman Wants Public to
Back Him in Staging
Champ Meets Here
70, Don rNrLo.

Ito Louis Newman Of Tulsa, and
.......l.ups. 90 not only put Tulsa
5.frt.v 1ut firmly upon the fisiic
map. ....,..,..
,,fnc ...a. tllt f1ns. a number ut
,,o.ar boxing cards, thus proving
tst r... bouts .au h" held In Tulsa,
and ufss.tns he uusavory standing
ta,. vuuN.r ~ individuals have
r.t.u .N. uwe locally, Scw man -
llod.rg every energy towards max
irg ,4.n successive bout better than
IN, or. preceding.
In ,ht KID palmer-Tommy Alba
q. that Doc has scheduled for M"
Car,ortun hail ON Tuesday night
Newman is confident that he has
arranged q bout that VIII satisfy
ev,rv fan who attends. Both mid
S,ay.,ahi~ are In the forward ranks
n ,np,r ,'ass, and each posScsScs a
hrang glance towards the crown.
me, now ln doubt, and because Of
thrr aspirations. fans elsewhere are
Interested in the result Of Tuesday,
meeting here"
The principals. "a stated before,
are n the front ranks. They possess
every advantage that a clever boxer
should have. as woll as nerve,
strength science and a bulldog de-
term.nojr,ss that adds greatly TO
the pleasure Of the fan.
While pplmor has been fighting
three wears. nearly two years longer
than Alba the Tulsan is no slouCn
and can proudly acclaim that he has
never been defeated, either by the
decision or kayo route, whilc
Palmer has 90 grudingly admit that
six decisions have been rendered
adversely against him in his II en-
g3gemouts In tho ring.
With the battle lust a little over
4S hours Of. Il finds both scrappe
ready TO mix 1t. and each confident
that fortune will smile upon his
ability 10 bring home the bacon "
Who the Principals Are.
Palmer although generally spoken
Of as the DashjnE Texan. because
most Of hts recent battles have bcun
In tho Lone star state. is really
Quaker City lad He appears a trific
shorter than Alba, but he does not
worry about that as his roouN
hu.'d enables him to exchange
blows in any way his opopnent may
selcct His arms nre well developed
nni able to hit, Ike the proverbi''l
mule.
Palmer has met some of the
toughest middlewcight boxers in the
country. lie fought Battling or
tcea who won Tulsa's regard by
the splendid fight he gave Knock
out Brown, to close draw, and
Bert Colima, the Pacific coas. mid
..e now I'm tho cast. and seeking a
Ghgpg, ~. 4
'ont by Palmer. Joe CBostOn) Egan,
Jimmy p'Aroy Johnnie Griffith
Young Fi'zsimmons. all were han
died easily by Palmer. He beat
both tho tough negro middles, Drill
ler Jones and Speed hail HAYDEN,
knocking both ont in II rounds.
Tulsa fans have dcveloped n
healthy regard for Young Fitzsim-
mons. the oklahoma city middle.
bur Palmer hostod him at El paso
md recently at oklahoma City
fought him 70 draw which every
ono considered an unjust ruling as
lNz WAS on the defensive almost
the entire length.
u understand that Aha IS somo
sItcor' said Palmer. "hut I'm not
worried. II Is my habit TO wade
H. using oNcry faculty that I pos
s'sS 10 discover my opponents best
ana 10 chockmate him. hope to
win from Nha. who. I am told, Is a
real middlewcight fighter"
Palmer owes much Of his success
~ getting ON In the west 10 his able
ran0gcr A. y. Sacks. also Of phila-
oolph'a,
Wh.lo at Los Angeles a wear ago.
Palmer boxed two rounds at an OK.
m7luon bout with Jack DEMPSEY.
me hoavvwhciEht champion OF the
world, He eors that Dempsey is tho
.IS,'s, holNywvght he ever saw.
ana fights Two bulldog type. always
Nading I'm and using both hands
1, Tommy Born M RYAN. OkI,
]. AHA is AN out and ont Oklahoma
|'ll1' having boon horn NJ RYAN.
jefferson county. in 1875. and
EYER since he could put UP his
uukes.' so to say. he has been
sofapp.ng but Il was not untu rho
.'E'r MANAGER. chick Uirdon of
IAlsa, got hold Of him that Am,
really got his "rorirr ONT " so,ialI,.
speaking.
ii, ana say, how he has developed
Alba has hosr o., o,,,.,,.,. ,u.
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