The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-09

IN four rOundB
Ted Brown defeated wildcat
Harris in slN rounds
Ace Johnson won over Frank
steele in four rounds.
By u. a. BRIDGEWN WNTER
Johnny Tillmpn of i3t Paul won
tho referees decision over Harvey
Thorpe OF Kansas city after hard
12-rOund battle at Convention hall
last night Doing most of the lead
ing and boxing clc1uiy while HIS
opponent adopted roughing tactics
Tillman clearly earned Rctoree Gcd
Gahan's verdict
Tulman hurled Thorn" to the
floor iu the second I'm breaking from
a clinoh and scored what e@ mat
ter OF fact was It technical knock
out. as Thorpe took the fun count
OF ten while ON one knee but upon
the loud iuFistonCo Of the crowd
and the plea OF Matchmaker Louis
Newman. Gahau allowed tho battle
to continue
Thorpe aud his manager Cnick
johnson claimed that Thorpe was
on both feet as the rofce finished
counting. waiting for Tlllmau 10
come TO him II appeared TO the
writer, however, that Thorpe was
realty da1cd and didn't realize the
count WAS Dflnk llillNnfu
Tiilman's best work was In tho
earlier rounds, Thorpe seeming uu-
able t. bother him at the time. In
the later going. however. Thorpe
was much the stronger and he
knocked Tillman through the ropea
once iuDt as the gong ended the
round Tillman was not da2ed,
however. and could have continued
oven had the round not ended when
Il did,
The bout was filled with action,
ana pleased most spectators,
although Il was ,narred by Thorpe's
rOughpcHs and questionable hitting.
More than once the Kansas Cityhn
had 10 be cautioned against hitting
low and his tactics undoubtedly In
f!ueuced Referee Gahan in awarding
the decision TO Tillman.
II was easy to see that the boys
were new TO each other. when a
pair OF boxers have met few times
they know each others style, and
one usually forces the fighting while
the other waits him out, Tillmnn
and Thorpe however would fly into
each other and meet with a crash,
Thorp Fights From Crouch.
The low blows struck by Thorpe
evidently were unlntentional, Harvey
continually charged at Tillman
from a peculiar crouch. He would
leap at his opponent, striking out
while In the air and coming up.
His most effective punch was "A
vicious left hook to the stomach
which appeared TO hurt Tillmau
when IL landed Thorpe uuduubtrd 4.
" was aiming at the stomach, but
hitting from a crouch as he did "A
few OF his blows landed below the
belt
II wac from the fifth round on
that Thorpe got in his best work.
Up TO that time he hadn't won n
round, But he began getting she
left hook TO working on Tillman a
stomach. and occasionally slipped
over a right to the head, lie turned
Tillman around once with right TO
the jaw
Tiilman's footwork was very good
lie had Thorp completely beeted 20
fns as speed and long range boxing
went but suffered In the innghtlng
II was Tilmans cleaner boxing
throughout aur his undoubtedly hin
advantage In second round thai
gave him the yerdiCt Tho fritcl
gave Tllmau three rounds by
clean margin, gave Thorpe the sam,
number, while the other half do2eI
were more or less even,
The bout was interesting for tn
spectators, beyond doubt, espe
In the second round Both boy
were striving their best for de
cision all the time, each seeking 1
end it with a kRyo.
Last nights crowd was one OF tn
thinnest that has turned out for a
OH city A, G.. show in some time
probably because OF Billy Sunday
conceded magnetism Somebod
suggested that Billy could have don
the boxing club mighty good tur
II he had sent his overflow In ia
direction OF Convention hall.
Morrissciic Bcsts Mike Dudley
Billy Morrissette OF Sand Spring
for whom good nickname wou
be "Roy POLY n a youugster /
rlghted it first, scored tcchnic
Knockout over Mide Dudley OF Sa
Antonio In the semi -windup, Nil
failed TO come up for the RIO
round, saying his lips were too ha'
~ lacerated to continue, Mike WI
bleeding freely from tho mouth
the close OF the fourth round,
The -windup was fairly 4
teresting bout with the two no
mixing furously one minute nj
taking things easy the next, Mo
rissette fluored Dudley I'm the fir
rcund, but Mike was up IN an /
stant, apparently not hurt IL w
an even scrap from then until q
end OF the fourth, when Dudley d
cided to quit,
The Prsliminnrics Exciting.
More exciting than either OF {
two main events were the pair
prcliminaries opening the evonini
entortainment In the first ever
four-rounder, Ace johnson
Tulsa won Referee Sacks decisil
over Frank steele OF Kansas Ci
after four awful rounds awful Z
both OF them The youngsters q
ternated in pounding each 9th
about the ring steele floor
Johnson In the third, and then
the fourth Johnson had Steele hcl
less on the ropes. II there had he
no ropes Steele certainly wnu
have gone down.
Ted Brown OF Sand Springs W
from "Wiidcat' Harris in the 4
round preliminary, the Arkan,
lad taking a fearful lacing to 81
Il, out. Brown tloored Harris in
second, and then after he r
nounded him at will in an effort
nnt him out. Harris leaning h,
4. asH k.r..u