The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-22

nounccr-Tcd Wllmot,
Two OF the GrcRtcW lightweight
boxers Of America are scheduled to
travel ~ rounds to r"t"rc"'S de-
sision before a Tulsa audience At
Mid -CoutiQcnt sport park tonight In
o. contest that may have a material
bearing on the chumpionshlp OF ia"
world In thi" division
The battlcrs are Huchic walker,
the iron man" of kanHs CITY, VINO
has successfully stood before bE
and little hc1vywcights alike, and
Harry Foley. indicated lightweight
sensation who halls from tho Pa
oiflc coast.
Should Bc Real Battle.
Both men are hard hittcrs and
fast and shifty boxers. and each
likewise is a man capable or nHHllnl-
lating great gobs OF punishment
without weakening under the strain.
For this reason boxing experts who
have studied the two men and their
rospcctive mcritH believe that they
will 40 the entire IL rounds ana that
81 will be up TO Referee Eddie Cnch-
rane to decide the winner However.
each carries n knockout wallop IN
either hand and OF course there is
always tnt " "a iph''
landing In exactly the right spot ter
minating any battle.
with the two big fellows equally
matched, 30 far as weight ~ con
iccrncd, and each also clever ana n
polishod boxer, the Indications are
that II will be the hardest and most
evenly contested battle of heavy
weights ever offered for the enter
falnmcnt OF Tulsa crowd. Usually
la.HH. a HtAf A. IA
contest expecting TO see numbering
and comparatively awkward giants
hammer and maui each other about
the ring hut In this contest tho op-
moments are large enough to hit IKE
a mule kicks and still small enough
90 be fact
The Usual Confidence.
Inst night both men were do
clarcd to be In perfect physical trim
and roady for the tap of tho gong
that will send them together FOR tho
first Of IL hard three minute
rounda
Each was absolutely confident OF
victory Folcy's manager, Eddie
Iarnsback Of Hot springs IL count
ing confidently on II match with
Batting Lcvinaky later In the fall to
decide the American lightweight
championship and feels that ne has
n EOOu tnaNff lNi u u lsAA l'N''i Wv
with tho winner OF the Tommy
Gibbons-Gcorges Carpenter go for
the world title In the same class
Jaw Thomas, manager uf walker
expects his man to overcome Foley
Just like he has put u crimp In The
ambitions OF many nnuthct budding
contender in the past, lie realizes
. however, that In tho Californian
Walker faces the toughest man ho
has met this year.
Much Interest In Match.
Interest In the match IL high be
cause OF the apparent erennoss ot
the cuntcudrrs when the bout
waa first arranged 10y Lou Newman,
matchmaker of the Tulsa sporting
club, fans picked walker as an over
NholminR fIvQrite, but since hear
Ing OF the spectacular rise OF Foley
and his uuhrokcn string OF victories
over good men this year s'w lment
has switched until now, II there is
any choiyc the coast phCnom has
the host fuf tnH odds
Foley and Walker concluded thcp
conditioning Yesterday afternoon nt
Carpenters hau lgh. Ea'. second
rrcct, WORKING before "a large crowd
Al the Same timo Young Carsoy
and Yuung kfl saul che bantam.
weights who renew their old nrpu-
ment In the l0-round q. MAJ -wlndup
put the finishing tourhre ON thviT
training also,
\ Classy nu-Windup.
This semi -Wiulup. uy fho way, u
nttraCunE almost ps much attention
among fish, followers AS tine WtiE
Eo. Cdrs'y and saul lIr very even
ly matched Youngsters Who hIN,
boxed twice hero before. .ut u,Nv
over such a long route Ha Iu the -
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