The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-16
GENE AND JACK
WORKOUT TO-DAY
Lightweights to Train at
ll2 South Boulder
Boxing News


card at Convention hall are to work
out today at tho Scott and Kennedy
Dancing academy. 1I2 South Boui-
der. belmont starts training at z
o'clock and Iawlcr about an hour
later.
Gene arrived In town yesterday
afternoon from Memphis and
though not doing any gymnasium
work. hit the road for n brisk five
mile run.
Iawler yesterday worked 10
rounds, going two each with Kid
Lee. negro lightweight. Freddy
johnson, fcathcrweiEht and Jimmy
Riley, lightweight, tn addition 10
four rounds of shadow boxing and
rope skipping
Eddy Gloon. OF Bighcart and
Billy Morrissettc OF San Springs
mlddlewoights who step 10 rounds
In the semi windup Tuesday night,
are expected TO Join the riva, camps
OF belmont and I.awler today and
tomorrow. when training Ia CON
cludcd.
Tickets were placed on sale yes.
tcrday Mt Young Brothers Cigar
store and the Arcade Billiard par
Tor.
Chick Higdon's star battlers,
Sailor Cllckncr and Tommy Alba.
light heavyweight and middleweight
have nothing In view for a week or
two, Iiigdon has a match pending
for the former. but IN not yet closed.
Alba's wife narrowly escaped dea tn
last week by asphyxiation and
Tommy has foregone all ring work
| until she IL out OF danger.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 1.-THE
Missouri state legislature IL going 10
he asked TO pass a boxing bill. This
measure will be introduced In the
very ncar future and with the back
Ing OF the American Legion OF the
state. 1t IN believed that 1t has n
splendid chance OF passing.
Ever since the close OF the world
war. the American Legion has been
anxious 10 have boxing. The game
has flourishcd here ut times but any
time. n new prosecuting attorney o.
u set OF new police mmissioners
took office they clampcd the lid on
and there would he no moro boxing
for a time. This happened n few
days ago when Cameron Orr stated
that hc would not allow boxing here
until It II legalixed.
Because OF this condition tho le-
| gion has been working on a boxing
law. The bin will he patterned after
| the one in operation IN WISCONSIN,
whore boxing has been legalized Tor
a long time and II no we'll conducted
there never IL agitation against the
Isport there. Yesterday group al
IAmerican legion men left for Jeffer'
son city where they will hold
| meeting this morning and map ou'
tho legislative program. In this Wi
he the boxing bill and thoy vii
work hard to see that tho measure
passes.
Boxing followers in this state
want the sport lcgalized. Boxing
was good for American soldiers dur
ing the war. The government sane
| toned the sport. Therefore 1t should
be good for Americans In peace
times. II furnishes clean amuse'
mcnt, develops young American
manhood and gives the state reVe'
nue. when legalixed.
II IL not believed there Will be ans
serious opposition tn tho Dill. MANY
of the lawmakers who are AZ J"'
i fcrson CITY, have expressed them
selves In favor of clean sports.
The bill will provide for io-round
Ino o.declsion bouts, with u state a'h
Hottie comm ission, the game to b'
under state control and therefore
kent absolutely clean. II will be fal
bettcr TO have Il 40 controlled II
that wny than To have 1t run as
has been In tho past. although II ha'
been conducted In an orderly man
ncr all over the state.
less willard. the giant kansan
who win box Jack Dempsey In Mad
l,s3n Square garden, New YORK
March IL, last night engaged III
lfirst sparring partncr---thc first OF
lrrew of real fighters who will be II
1.-The willard camp at Lawrence ant
Now York to put him In the hes
pnssiblc physical condition for hi
light with the worlds champion
IThe first man to enter the camp o
The cx-champion is Billy Britton.
lmiddleweight, of Columbus. Kan.
willard could not have made
lbettcr selection. lio picked Britto'
lfrom a list Of middleweights no ha'
lconsidered. Britton looks. acts, ant
flights like Billy Papke, tho famou
llninois thunder bolt did IN IN
ldays when he was on his way to tn
middleweight championship. TIL
columbus hoy is fast, a good. two
handed fighter. tough, and as gam
as they make them. He viii help I'm
Intensely In increasing the speed
1.-The former champion and no ca
stand 40 much road work he Will y
on the morning jaunts over the NIL
around Lawrence with willard
perfect his wind. Britton il an ex
pert soccer football player and an
au-around athlete. 1ic will go {
Lawrence today to start training
with the cx-champion. Britton ar
rived last night from Columbus.
While training Willard, Britto
also will he preparing for savera
fights he has In view. He is sched
luled to box Mel Stevenson Januar
26 at Croweburg, kas.. and will bo
at the next show at Chanute, kas.
There may not he any fighting q
Scammon, kas.. for some time.
scheduled 1O-round bout there bs
tween Mel stevenson and Harve
, Thorp, scheduled to have bee
; fought Monday night, was called of
, because the attorney general order
ed the promoters to do SO, TIL
!; means that Thorp has no fight
= view now but he will have soon a
his manager Chick" Johnson, ha
, several offers for him,