The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-12
mn \. RRIpGEMATER.

NlIIa AN'' ANp -
entry in the heavyweight
championship lists, and Carl
Morris of Sapulpa, the orig
jnal "hope of the white race"
who defies time and stead
fastly refuses TO be relegated
70 the pugilistic rubbish heap,
will face each other in the
ring at convention hall
Wednesday night for the Sec
ond time in a scheduled 12-
round battle to a decision.
Climax Of Local Season.
On the eve OF the encounter all in
Gauons pointed TO the Morris
ioper affray proving fitting
climax for . highly successful and
satisfactory fstic season in Tulsa.
Interest Of fans is at the highest
pitch since Nike Gibbons and Mike
ODowd almost fought here last
all and the bout was being discussed
ana NIHN'N w AIN.N fN'N eNNNA ldAAF as
,emhed u shared the limelight
equally with the opening OF the
Western league baseball season
Wednesday and sportdom in general
seemed glad that the two events aid
not conflict with each other and that
both could be taken in.
Sold-Out House, Prospect.
Tho prediction was made Tuesday
night by officials Of the OIL city
Athletic club that convention hall,
spacious though IL is will be COM
pletey sold out for the fight. This
will be the first time such has been
the case since Morris and the lum-
bcrng Farmer Lodge-who, by the
way Is still climbing up the ranks
net here about Il year ago.
A. every place where tickets were
being sold 10 was reported Tuesday
Tho demand exceeded that OF any
tiStc event at convention hall last
winter the Waruic Smith bouts not
excepted At Pete Martins place on
Wts, Fifth tho sale already had
gone over the figure set at the Lewis
Gobar graphing match last week.
md Wednesday, which will be the
bs day yet TO come. Requests for
feseUatons were pouring in so fast
ai The Buttermilk bar. where A. a.
Green Is handling the sale, that
Green was kept on the jump every
minute In fact. judging from the
allance demand, the S. r. o. signs
WI be out Wednesday night.
Both Men Ready for the Clash.
Roper and Morris were in excel
'nI trim Tuesday night, according
10 reports from their respective
amps Each was confident Of sue
cess
Roper finished his training In the
AFTERNOON before the largest crowd
y ians out for n workout since JEFF
slilh and Palmer trained. Fully
,.sv We're at the T. A. G. gym TO see
.mm mm go through his PAGES. The cap
a.h upset all rules for training and
l, ln hard afternoon, boxing no
pN ,han 10 rounds. Ho also did the
Usual gym work, such as skipping
..y rope. punching the bag, etc. His
yly explanation OF the exceptionally
ehuous work on the day before a
soG' was that he felt so good he
''g 10 let of n little steam.
..I WORK according to how | feel"
~ Ropor "and / sure feel great
olaN What | do today won't hurt
o." Dll Tor Wednesday night"
Norris continued his work In Sa-
."pa' From his side at least Irs
,-.5n. % 7 sruage fight, for Roper Is
a ,'u W'ah q knockout over him
IN ruo result of their bout here last
I,Ss Nhen Carl turned his ankle aud
NV. 20 Quit after the third round.
byr bs y, mas trained hard and regu-
6,,. Tot nearly a month and is In the
ot L,ln IN years, he says.
t.l would have beaten Roper be-
la me bout had continued--iC
asra '1g 10 myself declared Morris,
Yam N gong 70 do IL this time.
.'h lay 10 that.
mats Not All ON Program.
RAJ lhe excitement over the Norris
ngy.peF entaglemont, fans have almost
BON, Su. OF the lO-round return
kogeo Ie,n Joe Fisher OF Mus
CIV rI,G, JACK Jones Of Oklahoma
r51t,., ,'," ientherweights who will
IN M, we state title I'm that division
lore, s'hlWindup. Sc Fisher and
81 M. 'gusht slashlng 10-rounder
pssIs o..nlh'Padgett contest a few
Gsd ESQ and althop - ,.eferce
Esb,I ,'.an awarded ~ verdict TO
nop.I, ,no fans were almost unoni-
% rssUy p l'Nor of calling 81 a draw.
me rlo..N NaN haIrlino decision and
4 'or ,soo',Ness is partly responsible
ssthcr' s..i D"o lads being brought to-
lone h'..l hm..l not have 20 sit through
Two max pp'nch Of preliminarles. with
Events functions az the last two
raIssr V1n'y q tour-round curtain
g',ho- I.l rI,, come ahead, bringing to-
s1d pp,tu HtuS Bray OF Galena. Kan.
"''H Curtis Of Tulsa. mum