The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-10
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Down in Shreveport thoy thlnl,
Curluy Smith is Just about tho bcst
cvor Curloy's feat u couple Of
nights ago OF knocking out Tommy
Alba Of Tulsa iu the 18th round
provoked tho following story iu tho
Shreveport Morning Times In which
turl"y is lnudol Tor his hammoriur
rrowc9g ana Tommy is boosted Tor
Thrco luo.kouDs in th,ec fights
IN "a du,a
Tharp tho record hung up by
Curloy Smith iu Shreveport, who
demonstrated last night 10 ID
packed house a. the S. a. g.. arena
hiH right 10 tho fgtir crown Of
3ar7Dr Town by battorluE Tommy
Alba into q hclplos8 hulk, steadily
cutting tho physical props from
uudrr the Tulsn buttlpr. and
finally putting him down tor the
complete count iu th, 18Th frame
uf the scheduled la.rouud bout,
u feat uuac,umpauird by Iiuppy
Howard, ranked ng ono Of tho
best stars that hns over stepped
into tho local rims
Adopted by fans nG ono Of tho
best bhttlcrs that has over cX-
hibitcd hts fistic wares I'm Shrovc-
port. turlDy was matched with
Tommy Alba, who also made
good name FOR himself locally by
his showing against Happy
Howard
And the rest 81 history
Fighting over every inch ~
territory inside The ropes AZ tho
s.. a. &. arena, uud putting up
the finest battlr ever staged Ina tho
history OF lognllzcd boxing In
Shreveport, Smith and Alba stood
toe 10 too for ID rounds, with
Smith Alba'B master I'm cyCry sec
ond OF the fight
A. ono time II waa said that
Smith had an iron jaw. rho error
or this was plainly seen last night
when Curloy proved Couclusively
that his jaw was nothing less than
Bcsscmcr steel. For ~ was u case
OF steel against iron. with Alba In
possession OF tho iron ono.
Alba took what was probably
the worst beating over ad..
miniHtorcd I'm Louisiana. Taking
tho count OF nine seven times be-
fore ha was finally counted out.
hc served as a punching bag for
Smith, and his only claim to fame
In last nights baltic was his
gamcncss and refusal to Quit.
a loft TO the Jaw put him down
for the count ot nine early In tho
second round, Ito Crawlcd to his
feet only To he met by n fusillado
OF blows that landed all over his
head and body, and took tho count
again on u right to the jaw. lie
was sent to the canvas four tlmes
In tho second round, aud IL an.
peArcd as though the early pur-
ton OF tho next round would SEQ
him put away
In spite OF the fearful druhblng
| In this stanZa, Alba came hnCk for
more, and lasted until the 18Th
| round, when Ru assortment OF
swift punches 10 tho midriff sont
him 10 the floor for the complete
! count aud defeat.
During the fight Smith knocked
| the props out from undor Alba
| seven times, aud carried every
round except the fifth, walch was
cvcncd by II wonderful display OF
stamina on the part of Alha. Alba
came bnck strong I'm this frame
and worked on Smiths body.
| sending n series OF wHllops that
jnrrcd tho Curlcy wolf up con-
sidcrably
In the seventh round Alba went
| down twice Tor the count OF uine.
| duo 90 body blows After dlscnv-
criug n soft SPOT on tho body
| Smith ccased the rain of blows
! that shifted Alha's jaw In a regu-
| lar cadence, and played almost
entirely to tho body, finally putt
ting Alba away with n scrlcs OF
body punches.
Tho outcome OF tho fight was
not In doubt nt any time, as Smith
was clearly Alba's master. Drop
ping his guard In several rounds
aud I'm ono clnsplng hil hands
behind him and sticking out n
rugged chin so a storm OF Alba's
punches, Smith proved that ne
could take all that Alba had and
never notice II to any extent.