The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-19
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a boxing card OF 30 rounds. fc1-
turing local ana oklahoma talent In
the main. will be presented At con-
Ventiun hall tonight II will be the
second hstic program OF the season,
and with cooler weather nt hand It
should be much more successful than
the inaugural presented by the Elks
on the night OF Labor day.
The headline attraction on TuoH-
day nights schedule IL l2-rourd
bout between Warnie Smith, Bartlos-
ville's celebrated knock 'em dead
KID" and Roy Conley, young well
terweight under the wing OF Ray Al
Wis. Ii will be ConloyR debut I'm
Tulsa, but FOCAL fans ore pretty well
acquainted with mis- Cuiinrr utter re-
cent good shOwlugs with Curloy
Smith Of Bartlcsville and Harvey
Thorpe OF Kansas city.
Up to Smith Now.
whether Wnrnie Smith has a
chance 10 resume his rush through
the welterwcight ranks where he loft
Off last sprinE when he ran into
Cowboy padgett, probably VIII be
known after tonight. Warnio, rele-
gated to the background by the
Padgett revorses. dropped out OF
llmelight for n time. Soborcd by
the setback, he started busy train
ing program early In tho summer
and mas started beating back He
won by knockout over Silver Perry
ut Bartlesvine on Labor day. IL
he can decisively defeat Conley to-
night Il will show that ne is made
OF stern stuff. and thero will be a
good chance that he'll be in action
in Tulsa rings quite often this fail
and winter.
Louis Newman, manager OF Smith,
said last night that he had no pre-
dictions to make ms to the outcome
OF the Smith h-Conley scrap.
IAN l care to say Is that Smith
Ia In splendid condition and l OK
pect him TO fight one OF the best
fights he ever fought In Tulsa" aaid
Newman. Il saw Conley against
Curley Smith at Bartlesville, and II
Warnie beats him I'll be mighty
well satisfied with his prospects The
one thing that l am certain of In
that there will he real fight to-
night at convention hall and not
bloomer like the jeff smith-Jackie
Clark meeting"
Light Workouts,
Warnie and Conley did only light
training work Monday In the West
Aulsh hN III dlAti "a ButN IA'kl hHi lNA
:he last week. The handlers OF both
were pleased with the gym form
showed by the boys.
There are other events carded on
tonlght's bill that should produce
some interesting mixing. In the To-
round -wlndup, Eddie Murphy.
tho hard-hitting West Tulsa bantam.
will take on Duke Duval OF Lawton,
who gained statewide prestige by
beating the flashy Kid Riley OF
Shawnee recently. The bantams
nearly always put up an interesting
exhibition. II will be recalled that
Frankie Osner and Stubhy Durham
saved the day AT the last boxing
show Carl Courtney OF Tulsa and
Tommy Neary OF Muskogee. n pair
of featherweights, are to clash In a
6-rounder,
A new bout announced yesterday
Is a four-round affray between Les
Applegate OF Tulsa and Nelson
Barnes OF Sapulpa, which Is real
grudge affray. Barnes recently beat
KID Pcltz OF Sapulpa and is favored
tn win over Applegate. but Apple
cato has so much confidence In his
own ability that he has agreed 10
meet Barnes on a wlnner-take-all
basis Kid lnky and Starlight. both
from Little Africa" Will open the
festivities.
Quite number OF SGpulpans are
expected to attend tonights show
remaining after the ball game with
Joplin this afternoon, as one Sapulpa
boy Is on the program and Barney
Cleveland, manager OF the Sapulpa
ball team, Is officiating as tlmekeep-
er,
Tickets were placed on sale Mon
day at the Huttcrmilk Bar and Pete
Martins place.