The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-09
BOTH MEN TO BE
IN TULSA TODAY
TO FINISH WORK
Fisher and Jones to Meet
Again and Settle Old
Score Definitely
RvB. A. BRIDGEWATER

The battle of gloves that
Tulsa followers of the ring
came have been thinking
about ever since last summer
when Capt. Bob Roper scored
a technical knockout over the
mountainous Carl Morris, is
The choice fistic morsel in
store for convention hall pa
iron. this week. 1t is the sec
ond meeting, the return en-
gagpment, of these two big
waulers, on the boards for
Wednesday night, April IL,
under the auspices of the Oil
City Athletic club.
Roper Forgcs to Front.
Af,r a vigorous winter campaign
eu .u.pessful that he has CDme to
be- seriously considered as a posH-
Tla opponent for Champion Jack
DEMPSEY. Roper is coming hack 20
Tulsa determined 10 show iandom
here that his victory over Catos was
uv uo means flukc. ~ VIII be re-
called that Roper scored n technical
knockout when Morris went down
with twisted ankle and was unable
90 continue. Some fans thought
Roper landed stiff punch on the
Jaw at tho same time and that this
had something TO do with Carts an
kIe glyiug way.
Roper will be here Sunday morn
inc that he and Morris will work
out u public in the atternuoa at the
r. a.. G.. gym under the Ttrminal
hotel, carl appearing first at .
"Agc,ock and Roper following about
j. Roper stopped off on route Sat
urdlv at st. Louis and wired for
reservations at the Hotel Tnlsa.
Eddie Mead, Roper'5 manager. IS
enthusiastic over the army mans
present gait and believes he will
whip Morris dccisiyely The writer
got letter from Mead yesterday,
from which the following IA an eX-
corpt:
Mead WAKES Enthusiastic.
Roper on Tuesday night played
his farewell engagement beftfe leav-
ing for the west, scoring n four
round knockout over Pat MrAneny,
one Of the leading stars ampng the
big fellows IN the east.
Roper was a revelation TO the
Massachusetts, fans. who freely pre-
dictod when the bout was oyer that
no Is tho man who will give Jack
Dempsey the fight OF his lifa for the
crown. McAneny, who has been 60
ing good, was like a child in tho
hands OF the hard-hitting Chlcagoan.
who scored knockdowns In most
every round and finally slowed his
man away in the fourth.
l.. 4. -
greatest shape OF his career. on
his feet Roper is like n bantam and
he is hitting well with both hands
Roper is establishing a new record
ana that Is scoring knoskdowns
over every man he is meeting.
Whenever the captain fails to stop
his man he makes sure that his OPP
poncnt hits the canvas at sople stage
Of the going,
Roper Is more than anxious 10
get even with Carl Morris again
for the alibl the Oklahoma giant
pulled after their last scrap. The
captain says when he gets Through
with Big Carl this time the latter
viii have no alibi to offer, for he
Intends to flatten him as quickly
es he can. This means the Tulsa
fans are IN for a rare slugfest when
the two giants clash on the dwclfth.
Morris Takes Ii SCrlougly.
Norris has been training for the
- Roper fight as he has trained for
none in years The bout with Roper
was offered the Sapulpan . month
and a half ago, but he promptly
turned It down because he felt he
couldn't get in proper trim by the
date proposed. A few weeks later
he came around and informed Of
tcials OF the OIL City a. c. that hc
was ready for Roper or anybody
else. He had been doing road work
and gym work in the interval and
ielt that he could get on edge in the
time remaining before a date could
be set.
Carl has been working indus
Uously these last two wecks Weel
before last he spent I'm Chremorc
taking advantage OF the radiun
water there and also working i'm tho
gym, The last week he has beer
IN his own quarters at Sapplpa. II,
VIII do his finishing up work at tht
2 l. A, c. gym, appearing there daily
The game ankle that interrupte,
Morris last fight with Roper Is nov
entirely o. X. Carl says. IIa declare
mat II he gets beaten It will b.
't'" anu llbA ny a lihhf anu TIA
ne Will have no alibi 10 offer.
FISHER and Jones Again.
As "a semi windup to the Roper
MOTIFS engagement. MatChmake
NeNman has arranged another re
llrT bout that also will delight fans
Is second meeting between Ro
FiSl"r OF Muskogee ana JACK Jone
OF oklahoma City, rival feather
weights, Fisher and Jones fought
sashIns teu-roundcr at the Warni
smllh-Cowboy Padgett show re
GENTLY. lcferee Calm awarded tn
verdict 10 Fisher, but the fan
hoW.gd police and murder and I'm
sisted IL should have been draw
fsncrfholds the featherwright TIL
oI lhe state ana II win be at stalk