The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-15
ORTEGA FAILURE
SHOWS WISDOM
OF STAR CARDS
The Smith-Morrisette and
Durham-Osner Duels
Made Program
ny n. A. BRIpGEwATER

i The wisdom Of the all-atar idea
IN boxing shows was atriklngty en-.
phaslzed Tuesday night at Convcn
tion hall.
Despite the collapse OF Battl.ig
! Ortcga nv Tho first round and ths
| consequent disappointment in tho
/ main event but fow kicks were
| heard yesterday Ia nstic circles. So
/ wen pleased wcro the fans with the
| Warnio Smlth-Bllly MOrrlscttc and
| "Stubhy' Durham Frankie Osnor
encounters that they accepted the
42-second main event with good
grace.
What would have been tho result
had tho Palmer Ortcfa debaclo fol
lowed an ordinary bunch Of prellm-
inaries7
Murderl Tirel Policei Helpi
That's what the public would have
cried.
Instead tho crowd left Convention
hall satisfied, disappointed. OF
course, with the last scrap. but with
n comfortable feeling OF having had
more than its moneys worth In the
first two.
Ortega, ms was said before. looked
w daze when ho entered the ring
There was report out yesterday.
which the writer did not get
chanca to confirm, that Ortega's
manager claimed tho Batiler must
nave eaten something that un.
steadied him. Maybe 80, We don't
know what was tho matter, but we
90 know he was not the came Or
tega who fought hore before Some
ihlng was radically wrong with him
or course, there's chance that
faimer's first blow, which landed
under Ortega's heart. might have
upset MIN. Maybe yes; maybe no
lfowever, Ortega's collapse can
take nothing from palmor's victory
The Kid who was In the condition
OF MIS- life, was In .ho ring for lust
ono purpoao---to get Ortogn, And
the fact that he got his man In just
az scconSS shows how much IN earn |
est he was.
That Inst blow Palmer dealt Or
tega would have knocked out any |
iniddlewelght in the world If wasl
n terrific upporcut that Travelled all
tho way from the floor to the point
OF Ortega's chin. and had every |
ounce OF Fshner's weight behind Il |
the only wonder Ia that Ortega
awoko in two minutes. lilo had a
good excuse for sleeping all night
from that waliop.
Palmer's manager IN considering
challenging tho winner OF the Mike
GibbonB- Mike o'Dowd fight at st
Paul Friday night,
Smith and Durham.
Warnio Smith, "Stubby" Durham,
Hiliy Morrisette and Frankie OsnorI
are the boys who saved tho night
for the OIL City Athletic club.
Before Warnlo knocked out Morrl-
settle IN the third round he showed
the enthusiastic crowd more punch
Ing than they had seen In some
distance. Yesterday Warnio was the
talk OF the town, In sport hangouts |
He can hitl And the fans love the |
hard hitter, IN the ring, on the base
ball diamond, on the golf links, the
tennis courts or tho barred grid |
iron. How Warnies short body |
blows lifted Morrisette clear off the |
Hoor was something you heard !
about everywhere YOU turned.
Stubby" Durham---he also hits. |
Ask Osner frankie peckod away |
at "stubby' for five rounds. Couldn't
hurt him. Then In comes one OF the
Durhapp rights, and finds It's target
the jaw. Exit boxer. Victory Slr
Lhe punch, The boxers make the
punchera look silly--.as long as they
can keep away. But the punchers
rock the boxers to sleep with lust
one little swing.