The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-11

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Young Fitzsimmons tCharlio
Nash) Oklahoma's greatest repre-.
sentative In the boxing world last
night demonstrated conclusivcly that
he is a leading middlewcight champ
ionship contcnded when he outboXod
and outslugged Johnny Tlllman,
crack ST. Paul bnttlcr, In IL fast and
interesting rounds Referee Ed
tochrane's decision in favor or
Young fitz was the Oklahoma city
boys most important victory and
raiseS his standing greatly In the
hempcd arena, Az there arc fcwer
greater scrnppers than the rugged
Twin city battler
Fitz boxed IA wonderfully clever
and cool fight. llls effective dc
fcnse made II hard for Tillman 10
penetrate and never once In the 10
rounds was he visibly stung hard by
Tillman's wallops. fitz was un-
marked. On the other glove. Tillman
LETT the ring with badly battered
fave and cut left eye. marks of
fitz' singing left iabs and ripping
right when the veteran ana wise
Tlllman sought 10 draw the younger
Fitz out by low crouch on laying
on the ropes. the latter refused 10 20
into the traps. or usually beat tut
man to the punch when Johnny
sought to lead n smashing right.
Tiilmap knocked Down.
The Oklahoman has developed n
wallop In both hands, his right be-
ing especially effective. Three times
he rocked Tillman and once, In the
eccond round. sent Tillman down
with "A snapping left hook. Johnny
was up Immediately, but II was a
clean knookdow n, the cniy one OF the
bout.
HIS victory over Tiliman. who hat
boxed aud ranks with such grea
acrappers as Benny Leonard, Te'
KID Lewis and others, and VIII
meets champion Jack m mex
week, indicates Fitz IN In Ia @ no,
and ready to meet the best In tn
middlewelght division.
TiIiman Extends t'itx.
Tillman. conceding from six Il
eight pounds In weight and roacl
and height. forced Fife to cxtcn,
himself to gain the decision. Clear
~ outclassed by Fitzimmons ant
with victory clearly belonging To tn
Oklnhoman after the tenth round
Tillman kept trying until the fina
gong, frequently forcing the millinl
ana willingly exchanging the wallop
with his larger opponent.
Young Iritz won eight rounds, tn
second. third. fourth. tenlh, eleventh
tdecisively), twelfth. fourteenth ode
cisively), and fifteenth. Tillman ha,
u margin In four rounds, the first
fifth. sixth and ninth tdocisivclyl
and three. the seventh, eighth an
thirteenth. were even
Tho rfllp Ififg hpnt pna pf tb
fastest and cleanest ever boxed here
headllned "a splendid card staged h
the oil city Athletic club at Con
Vention hall.
Miller Game hoy.
In the semi winaup Tommy Albi
Tulsa mlddleweight, again won
victory by stopping the other boz
but honors are shared 10y Jlmm
Miller, the loser, who fought one c
the gumest scraps seen here In
LONG time. Alba administered ~
we're drubbing TO Miller for five an
half rounds, when Rofsre
Cochranc stopped the go To saV
Jimmy from needless punishmet
and awarded the verdict to Albt
The Tulsan was unable to send Mi
Ter down, and the latter froquentl
rallied and mixed It with the Tulsal
Alba showed the effects of his Ion
layoff from the ring His judgmeI
of distance was poor and he misso
frequently enough To have won a
ordinary bout. He lacked some
the snap OF his straight punches an
was unable TO follow up when /
had Miller in bad way.
Jimmy Ambrose, Tulsan. iabbc
and slashed his way to a four-rour
victory In an interesting preliminal
and Jimmy Ndrconi defeated Ton
my Knapp In another good bou
This was also FOR four rounds.
In the other prelims. of fot
rounds each, Young Bynum shade
Kid Dirdcc, *. O. Mccarthy an
Blackie Arnett drew and Kid Your
stopped Dewey Murphy in ~
rounds
Harry Aunc claimant Of n
heavyweight championship Of n
Ninety-first division. was introduce
with the usual challenges n
world"