The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-30
FIREMAN WELTER
BESTED CORBETT
CHOOSES WARNIE
Owen Castleberry Would
Take On 'Kayo King
in Semi -Windup

Why search the highways and by
ways Of other towns and states for
an opponent for the new oklahoma
welterweisht cyclone. warnle
Smith?
That's what owen Casleberry.
local fireman, who won four
round victory over Bobby Corbett
of Fairfax at Bristow last summer
wants to know.
Through his manager Art Apple
gate. Castleberry yesterday hurled
q challenge NJ Wsrnie. offering 10
meet him anywhere but preferably
in Tulsa In tho 10-round semi wind
up TO the Kid Palmer-Jeff smith
i5-round battle at Convention hall
next Wednesday night.
The result of this challenge was
that Louis Newman, manager of the
OIL city Athletic club. last night
| was seriously contemplating putting
the local fire laddie on with Smith,
| and thus complete at once his card
for Wednesday night Newman had
no Idea OF turning To local talent to
got AN opponent for Warnic. but he
frankly admits that he IL up against
II to find an adversary for his pro-
teFe. lie has made overtures to
every welterweight and every light
| mlddleweight in this part OF the
| country, but every one approached
either has previous enga cement"
or else ho wants an Impossible sum
in payment
Castlcbcrry Disputes Corbctt.
Up TO last night Newman believed
| he would be able to get Ray Long
OF Kansas for Wernie, hut Long has
a bout In Springfield. Mo. which he
was unable to cancel without losing
! "A considerable forfeit.
Castleberry. the fighting fire.
man" was rather busy in the ring
| hereabouts several months ago but
! has dropped out OF sight because OF
| going under tho surgeons knife for
appendicitis four moons back. He
has entirely recovered and has been
| conditioning in one Of the firemen's
| gymnasiums
! Castleberry believes he has just
as much OF n right TO claim Okla
| homa welterweight honors as has
Corbett, In view OF his victory over
| Corbett last summer. OF course
| Corbett undoubtedly has improved
since then. Maybe Castleberry
| couldn't beat him now. But Castel-
berry thinks n victory is a victory.
And that's that,
The semi -windup is the only sec
tion of the 1929 inauguration card
not complete. Newman already has
| signed Jack Hurley of Tulsa and
Mickey Farris OF Springfield. n pair
OF sturdy lightweights for t0-round
opener.
Hurley Tries Come Back
This. IL Hurley has his way, will
be his vehicle of return to the good
graces Of fandom. Jack has been
under cloud. in way. since his
recent failure to appear In Oklahoma
City for n bout with pewee Martin.
To be sure Jack had what he con-
sidered rock ribbed and ironbound
abba railway conductors state-
| ment thEt he couldn't reach Okla
homa City in time for the fight be-
cause OF wreck--but the fact re-
mains that he was suspended by the
Oklahoma City Boxing club. and he
needs to do something rather inter
esting TO become AS popular as he
was few months ago, when he
knocked out Cliff Clarke of Mus
koGee and then won from Pewee
Martin n week or so later
In Mickey Farris Hurley meets nc
soft opposition. Farris Is n tough
hard-hltting youngster who'll give
Hurley run for his money at his
own game.
Interest in Main Event Grows.
The local boxing fraternity is get.
ting more and more interested ir
the scheduled hereunder between
Kid Palmer and jeff Smith. In th'
veteran scrapper from Bayonne. n
j., Tulsa fistic followers will re,
in action n boxer with a real in.
10 years in the rig Jeff Smith ha,
engaged In many battles In Australla
and Euro'.e as well as in the United
states and Canada. II was ir
Australia that he met Eddie Nc.
Goorty and Jimmy Clabhy I'm 90
round encounters winning botf
bouts by the way--and II was ir
Europe that he went go rounds will
Descamps famous protege, Georges
Carpenter.
While a veteran, Smith Is by M
> means n has-been. No has-beer
could have fought a slashlng IS
round draw with Harry Greb, tn,
Pittsburgher, at New orleans las
summer, as Smith did. Neither
could second rater have done Il
This was undoubtedly Smiths hes
fight OF 1921, and it's one that an,
middleweight might be proud OF
Smith also has beaten Harry Tole,
this year He hasn't been idle thi
fall having appeared In a numbe
OF bouts in New Orleans and othe