The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-23
BOTH GIVE BEST
EFFORTS IN THE
FAST ENCOUNTER
First Round Even, Next
Three to Warnie, and
Westerner Evens Up
Rr Il. A. nRIDGEWATER.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. az
Cowboy Padgctt the rough and
tough 14S-pound entry from tho
Rocky mountains put the brakes on
wnrnic Smiths hcadlong plunge
through tho wclterweight outskirts
wednesday night before n capacity
crowd at the Lyric theator after 10
siashng rounds with the two rugged
maulcrs mixing at MI stages. Referee
Edward w. Cochrane OF Kansas city
called the battle n draw. The spec
tators chcorod the verdict loudly.
warnie Little Better.
Although tho record OF tho affray
as Kept by newspaper men at the
ringsldc showed that Smith had a
shade the better OF II and undoubt-
odly would have been the winner
had n hairlinc decision been rem
dcrcd, the scrlbeA nevertheless
agreed that the referees decision
was just.
lNdiy In the fight Smith looked
like an easy winner, after an even
first round, with tho boys feeling
each other out and neither scoring.
the Bartlosville sensation attacking
Padgett In tho second and had the
cowboy playing second fiddle for
three straight rounds. Smith slowed
up in the NTH. however, and Padgett
held him even. The sixth was fairly
even, padgett getting shade II there
was any difference. The eighth and
ninth were full of action and even,
and Smith took the tenth by u good
margin. padgets did his beet fight
ing from the fifth round on and was
strong up to the tenth.
Neither man scored knock
~ a.
their accustomed power. Warnie
used left hook 10 best advantage,
in the second. almost upsetting the
mountnincer with such "a blow. In
the third round. Smith lifted Padg-
EFT off his feet with n short right
upporcut to the chin. Padgett's head
snapped back and Warnie tried for
n knockout, hooking tho left TO the
jaw as pndgctt Strengthened UP but
the Colorado steer thrower shook
his head and danced away. Padgett
was cautioned by the referee for
wrestling In the fourth. lie took the
offensive away from Smith and land
ed a straight hard left to the jaw
near the end, the best blow he had
scored up TO that time.
padgett was fighting stronger Rt
this stage and swGpped body blows
with Warnie In the fifth. He forced
the going throughout the chapter.
which was scored even.
From the fifth round on, there
was little difference with Pndgett
winning the seventh and Warnie the
tenth, every round was full OF action,
both boys fighting viciously. In the
tenth Smith appeared to have Pad
gett groggy. Landing his right and
left 10 the jaw In rapid succession,
but the cowboy weathered and fin
ished strong.
Padgctt Holds His Own.
Padgett's feat in more than hold
ing the sturdy Smith even in the
fighting aH'close quarters surprised
those who rad watched Warnie bat
tie one opponent after another Into
helplessness with body blows and
then put over the right or left to the
Jaw as n finishcr. Body punches
seemed TO worry the visitor not at
all. Critics who have observed
Smiths rise were agreed that Pad
gctt is the most formidable foeman
the Bartlesville graudate has met.
Oklahoma City fans are clamorlng
for return engagement.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 22.--
Jack Jones OF Oklahoma City won q
technical knockout over Skim,
Tomlinson of Lawton when Tomlln
son quit at the end of the fifth with
a broken hand, in the first prelimi
nary to the Smith-Padgett fight. Il
was scheduled to go 10 rounds, Tht
boys weighed In at 1873 pounds.
Johnny Gragg of Oklahoma CITY
won technical knockout over Mari
Holt OF Oklahoma City when Holt
second threw In the towel n secon'
before the bell in the third round
Holt suffered cut over the righ
eye, and appeared to he tired out
They are featherweights,
In the curtain raiser Earl Lane o
Shawnee won n technical knockou
over George Storey OF Oklahom
City in the second round of a sched
uled four-round go. Lane floore
Storey twice In the first round for
count of eight and six, respectivel,
Early In the second Lane agai
iloorod Storey for :he count OF nin'
Immediately after regaining his fee
Lane sent HIM down again. The rel
cree did not count this time. bl
raised Lanes arm declaring him vic
tor. 1t took Storey fun n minut
10 recover from the final knockdowi