The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-19
ny LARRY DALEY.


Jack Lnwlcr, Oinahn lightweight,
was last night awarded Referee Gcd
Gahan's decision over Gene belmont
Of Memphis. after ) rounds Of fast
hoxing. The i.awlcr- belmont scrap
wa sthe main event OF II satisfacto
card staged by Jack Callahan of the
Acme Athletic club and Witnessed
by n capacity house.
Referee iahan's decision did not
meet with popular approval Tho
reason In obvious. belmont entered
the ring q heavy favorite among tho
ripEsiders ana his sportsmarsh p
throughout the milling was on n
higher plane than LAWYERS. Lawlcr
took advantage of every opening and
on at least one occasion, when Gene
was caught IN tho ropes. was roundly
hissed for hitting his opponent. On
the other glove. Gene, in the four
tecnth round stepped back and al
lowed f.awlcr to regain his foet when
the latter slipped.
IsOth Guilty Of Holding.
But leaving aside all prejudice In
favor Of Dclmot---Iawler won by q
shade and earned Referee Gahans
verdict. fIawlcr was tho target OF
criticism by tho fans becansc Of
holding. Jack was guilty of holding.
put No was belmont. At close range
fighting. at which belmont II n mas
ter. Gene held Jack on numerous
occasions,
As IN their 12-round draw here u
few weeks ago belmont last night
was superior In inflghtine. but not
to such n great extent as In their
first meeting. Iatwler last night wan
better traired to mcct Dclmont's
close grange attack --and Jack was
much more clever In keeping away
from Delmont's effective infighting.
IAWlcr tho Aggr~s0r.
1awler led in tho milling and was
especially effective with his left. lie
Wa sfaster than belmont ana ex-
celled Gene mt long range fighting.
though belmont kept his taller and
faster opponent away In wonder
fukmanner for h smaller man.
belmont was the Same cool head
ed, courageous and splendid little
boxer as IN all his bouts. Handi-
capped In reach. boxing u boy eight
vars younger and slightly heavier.
Gene made = great scrap last night.
Lawlcr In given six rounds. all by
shades, the second, sixth, seventh,
ninth. Twelfth and thirteenth, and
Belmont three. the fourth. eleventh
and fifteenth, The first. third, NTH,
eighth, tenth and fourteenth. were
even.
Aside from the closing OF Del
mont's right eye In the fourteenth
round both boys were unmarked last
night afte rtheir hard 15-round on
counter.
Billy Morriscttc, OF sand Springs
lost on foul to Eddy Gloon In the
seventh round of their scheduled 10
round semi windup when he hit
Gloon while the latter was on the
floor. Morrisette was leading when
nc was disqualified for hitting an
opponent while down. This may he
a lesson to young and inexperienced
boxers who are too anxioug when
they send another hoy down. Morri-
settc gave Gloon n bad beating IN the
first round but the latter came
back strong and put up plucky
uphill battle, frequently rallying and
driving Morrisette To tho ropes. Tho
men are middlcweights
lots of Action Herr.
Young Richards was awarded the
decision over Joe Miller In a slugging
six round preliminary but Miller
should have had draw. Miller was
hit almost ut viii by Richards In
the first two minutes and a half OF
the first round and II looked like a
speedy finish for the former. But
Miller gave the fans n thrill similar
To thai In the Leonard. Mitchell
scrap last week at New York when
he three times sent Richards to the
floor before the conclusion OF the
round. Thereafter the milling was
rough and fun OF action with honors
even,
Young Dempsey and Is, q. Nc
Carthy, youthful flywcights OF Sa.
pufpa boxed an interesting four