The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
Slashing Middleweight Bout
Promised Tulsa Fistic Fans
Foremost Boxers in Mid
die Class Are to APP
pear Here
PALMER BEATS FlTZ
Tulsa Proud of Alba, Who
Is Confident He Can Slow
Up Fast Texan

While the bcst prjzo fight that
has taken place iu Tulsa in many
months, thnt ~ llughi, walker Of
Kansas Citg NO. aud Harry Foley
of Seattle. wash. ON Friday night
was not ns woll attended nH 1t
should have boon. the cuthuriaHtn
manifested BY tho crC'd that wit.
messed the slaghing 10 has caus'd
Promoter Louis Newman 10 arrange
what promises TO Do another scufb-
tional bout,
on August ?, IN Convention hall
he viii present great card. hradrh
hy Kid palmer, the sensational mid
dleweight of El rusu, Te yha, who
has been pushing his way 70 the
front in q fashion that recalls how
Jack Dempsey eliminated h"avieH IN
demanding "a chance at willard IN
1918 and 1919, and Tommy Alhn OF
Tulsa. for IL rounds 10 u decision.
As Tommy Albu's record De- ropl"to
with "kayus" for his opponents, tho
fans ar" assured of q scrap MAT VIII
not only satisfy every one but WIZ
also decide which of tho coming
middIcwcights are to st"p on for
ward and Try for the middle crown.
Palmer Beats t'ln Twice.
Palmer. who will box with AIDA,
has been Getting the southfoH niirc.
lie has met young F'itlsNl mons OF
Oklahoma city twice, and although
the Capital city boxer IL fast ana
clever. he dcciMvcly worstcd him ~
IL rounds nt El paSb last nonth,
and on Friday night he uutpointed
him. and according To the crowd,
had Fitzsimmons beaten, but tho
referee declared the go draw.
Palmer is said 10 poaf~ not only
a wonderful amount of science OF
the game, but good foCt n clear eye
and a punch from oithcr right or
left that counts. ,
Alba, "A Mexican 10y birth, hut Tul.
san through and through. viii have
the chance OF his lifc. Tommy IN
i'm perfcct shape. as those who saw
him Friday night could wee, ana hls
frienda here and throughout the
Mid-Contincut will hc anxious to s'e
him continue his TX. u. route pace.
An day Saturday. Promoter New
man was being complimented on
the great boxing card that ne OF
fcred tho fans OF Tulsa Friday
night at the Mid Continent park.
While the card was carried out
well. Mr.. Newman found that 1t
was not perfectly satisfactory and
he has decided to hold future bouts
ut Convention hall.
Both Walker aud Foley with
Referee II. w. Cochrane left early
Saturday for Kansas city.
Young Saul, of Pueblo, colo.
who was forced to quit at the start
of the ninth round because Of n
office and proved that his hand
was injured. lie said that he land
broken thumb called at The World
ed n blow at Young Carsey, who
was given technical knockout, IN
the fifth round and the injury oc-
CURED. Thereafter he was unable
TO use the hand.
Saul Wis n clever hantamwolght,
but made tho mistake OF trying to
box Young Carscy ut mitigating. at
which Carsey is u whirlwind pos-
aessing short aud dangerous
punch and kidney blow that
helped to wear Saurs endurance
down.
Numerous requests were received
Saturday by Newman to bring
Foley and Walker back to Tulsa
for another go ana the promoter IA
now working out such IA plan.
on Friday night number OF
challenges were made. which New
man is considering. Jack Moran,
of Sapulpa. who mad" name for
himself at Pittsburgh, Pa. chal,
lenged the winner, while Fat
Walsh. OF Kansas city, offers to
meet the winner of the Palmer
Alba go.
OKLAHOMA CITY. July ga
Kid Palmer. the El Paso middle
weight who out-fought young t1tz-
simmons, In spite OF the draw dcci-
sion, at Western League park last
night, will meet Curlcy Smith in
Muskogee on August 4. They are
booked for IL rounds. Announcq-
ment of the closing OF this match
which brings together two OF the
toughest middloweights in the en-
tire southwest was made tonight bY
Bobby Burns who will depart for
Muskogee In few days to prepare
for the event Burns, who came to
Oklahoma City for the dual purpose
of lining up some high class talent
for the eastern Oklahoma ring and
getting into condition to reenter tho
ring himself announced that he
would appear on the alnc program,
meeting some other good bantam
weight.
Smith came To Oklahoma city
Thursday &C. challenge the winner
OF tho fitzslmmons-palmcr en-
counter,
Though tho referoc's verdict was
draw. the popular Judgment was
that Palmer had repeated the Nir-
tory he had won over Fita Gt III
Paso six weeks aIo He wos the
aggressor throughout provided hy
far the most effective waOoping,
had Fitz swinging wildly throughout
and did not seem 90 be affected In
the least by the blows which litl
landed on him.
Burns said he also had arranged
for the winner OF the Palmer-Smtth