The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-05
GENTLEMAN Y LACLNG
IS HANDED WILDCAT
BY WHY EASTERNER
Smiths Clean and Clever Work Earns Crowds APP
prova, Despite Reverse Administered Local Favor
ite-Warne Smith Makes Short Work of Castleberry
in mi-Windup-Hurey Fouls Farris--Reeder Wins
Out in Exciting Heavyweight Prem.
By u. A. BIuDGEwATER

JEFF Smith, the "Bayonne
Thunderbolt," gave Kid Pal
mer of Tulsa n sound but gen
tlemanly lacing in their 10
round bout at Convention hall
last night.
Jabbing and crossing his younger
opponent almost continually
Throughout the IL rounds OF milling
hnd blocking. ducking and side
Htepplng palmcrs vicious attacks
with graceful ease, smith won the
battle by country mile. Such a
Favorable impression did His sports
1uan-llke demennor. his akill and
hingcraft make vita the big crowd
shat turned out for the program
ahat Referee God Gahau's decision
I'm his favor was cheercd to tho
echo In spite of the fact that II
5narked the defeat of n two-fisted
Soungsiar who had maulcd his way
hnto strong popularity with Tulsa
tlstic followers.
Easy Night for Smith.
smith almost toyed with Palmer.
Dt actually seemed easy. the way he
tavolded the wildcats" demon on
Flnughta After watching Palmer
Smiths rook-ribbcd defense for 10
frOunds without making the slightest
tmark on the features OF the cast
terncr, the fans could understand
chow Il ls that smith has gone
Through 10 years OF hard campaign
ling almost unscathed.
The cleannoes Smith displayed was
tonc OF the outstanding features Of
sthe evenings entertainment In his
desperate rushes Palmer frequently
siniascd his opponent completely and
soveral times slipped and fell to the.
,floor as result, but not once did
Smith make any effort to take ad-
Vantage In an opening offered by
isuch an accident. More than that,
tSmith made no protest whom Palmer
lin his anxiety to accomplish aumc-
tthing unintentionnliy hit low two or
sthree times.
I Smith set about right off tho reel
to outpoint Palmer. II he carries
tsuch an implement M a knockout
twallop In his repertoire he kept II
4coneoaled, lie simply proceeded IN
n cool. quiet, deliberate and highly
Impressive manner to give Palmer
a thorough lesson In the manly art
fof boxing. and this he succeeded In
fdolug TO the satisfaction OF every
zone present.
Not Hard on Palmer.
Smiths main stock In trade was a
left lab. Countless times the left
flashed out against palmcr's nose or
chin. Occasionally. Just to show he
knew how, he used o left hook To
iadvantagc. A stiff right cross and
rocking right uppereut came into
fplay just often enough To give the
impression that he might have dealt
harder with Palmer had he carried
any grudge against the youngstor.
HThere was plenty OF steam behind
this right
II was bout that pleased the
! spectators immensely, for fistic tans
like 10 sec class and cleverncss AZ
much as haymaking wallop.
There was but little bloodshed IN
the scrar. Smith bloodied palmer's
inose at about the halfway station
and opened nasty cut under his
left eye in tho fourteenth round
3 His own countennuce remained un'
scratched throughout,
Palmers over anxiety caused HIN
to slip to his knees repeatedly dur
ing the first few rounds Frequent
ly he would miss swing and take 4
punch In return.
Rest After Eighth.
There was little real eNcitemen
up To the ninth round. and not mucl
damage--iust Smiths continual rail-
OF jahs. while Palmer was landing oi
glove, shoulder and elbow, In IN
ninth, however, they opened up an'
met In the center of the ring, swap
ping punches until the crowd was Il
an uproar. II was IN this round tina
Palmer accidentally landed qucs
ttionahle blow. but as Smith made n
protest most OF those In the crow
know nothing about IL
From then on the 20 was NOR
) spirited, Palmer being even less sue
4 cesaful than earlier. Smith tabbet
hooked and crossed continually. |
tthe fourteenth round Smith seut Pal
mer reellng against the ropes In HI
own corner with n hard right to IN
Jaw, and then opened n cash unde
his left eye with u left hook, 1t wa
8 Palmers worst round.
At the finish Referee Gahan hoisi
ed Smiths hand without hesitatin
and the crowd shouted its approVa
No Setback for Palmer.
Being outpointcd by Smith IL nc
the least bit OF "A setback for Pa
mer. The kid is youugster an
was pittad against one OF the great
est middleweiRhts OF the day Eve
the phenom Mike Gibbons with n
his cleverncss has been able to max
very little Impression on Smiths d,
fense I'm their four encounters. llarg
E Greb, the Pittsburgh light-heav,
weight who aspires 20 meet Doml
sey was held TO draw by Smlt
In IS rounds at New Orleans recen
. ly. SO Palmer shouldn't be discoui
aged.
In fact Il no doubt will be a valui
BILE lesson To him, He has the pune
and the Tuggedneas. He needs u
skill and experience. In his
rounds last night hc certainly a.
quired some experience, and h
skin should be improved.
After tho boat Palmer exhibit,
n sprained and swollen left thEm
He had made no mention az il du
ing the mixing. but said II bother,
him the last several rounds, !
didn't know when the injury was r
oeived.
Too Had, Marnlc,
AS had been expected Owl
T Castleberry failed TO prove Int
esting for Warnie Smith. the Sc
sational Bart,esVille welterweight.
the scheduled l0-round. somi-w!n
up. Warnie feinted. shifted al
2 danrpd through the first rOun