The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-18
ny R. A. BRIpGEWATER

best fights OF his career IN Tulsa, /
Warnic Smith Of Bartlesvlllc, lost /.
the referees decision TO Johnny Till /
man, veteran 81. Paul weltorwcight. |
in a hard l2-round engagement at .
convention han Tuesday night.
Tillman's greater skin and his vast |
experience stood him I'm good stead. |
Warnie was unable. save on three /,
or four occasions. TO bring tn, bat |
tlo to close quarters, whoro he is
most effective.
n was a stifflv contested scrap |
throughout. and Referee Gcd Gahan, /
in awarding tho verdict To Tillmlu, |
drew a fine line, In the writer's
opinion. II could have been called a
draw without hurting cithet man.
Scribcs Scored II Even.
Newspaper men at the ringside
scored the tilt exactly even. so far
as the number Of rounds won by
each went. Smith was given the edge
IN the first three, the eighth and
eleventh; Tillman was awarded the
fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth and
twelfth, while tho fifth and tenth
were called even.
. Neither man scored a knockdown
IN the dozen rounds, though Tillman
slipped and fell during an exchange
IN the seventh. The best fighting of
the bout was In the eighth, when
Tillman started Oft by knocking
Warnie's head sharply back with
vicious right uppcrCut But Smith
came right hack and sent Tlllman
rocling across the ring with clean
left hook TO the Jaw, and then won
the round by landing "a serit. Of
hard rights TO the body.
The fight throughout was excep-
tionally clean and free from Clinch-
inG.
Smith starts Strong.
Warnie started OFF in his usual
winning style, taking the aggressive
In the first round and winning the
first three in handy style Both were
cautious the the first, but War
ME landed the most Of what blows
were struck. The second was n good
round, with Warnie continually
rushing Tillman. once n landed on
Tillman's shoulders and was li;tcd
high in the air when the st. Paul
boy came up from the crouch. War
ME rocked Tillman with a left To
the forehead and got I'm some good
work. Both fought we'll in the third,
with Warnie's aggressiycness giving
him the edge.
The fourth was the first for TILL
man. lie uncorked some aggres-
Nveness on his own part and
Smith, who seemed slowing up
bit
The fifth round was the best of
the argument up TO that time. and
was even. Warnie beat Tillman TO
the ropes at the opening, but was
fprCed back and across the ring.
Tillman fighting Justify.
Tiilman Has Innings.
Then came Tiumans best OF the
battle, the sixth and seventh which
he won by large margins. In the
sixth Tillman smashed his right
into Warnie's mouth and cut his
lower lip badly. He hammered
Warnle's body constantly, and had
smith covering up most Of the
round. Warnie seemed weak I'm
the seventh and Tillman continued
- rain blows IN with both hands
lis body punches were especially
effective.
At the opening OF the eighth II
ooked like Warnic was about done
Tor when Tillmau battlod him into
neutral corner and then snapped
h.s head back with ripping up-
nHrcu' But this seemed TO arouse
NarnIe, for he came back deter
m!nedly, and. catching Tillman
slightly of balance. knocked him
.'~ "'A NsS INC IllE WIN II Nlhfp
l.lt hook to the Jaw, Encouraged,
Wsrnle cut loose with n hard body
attack and won the round. He
made Tlllman miss frequently.
The ninth round was tame, both
mon showing the hard work in the
eighth. Tllman landed the most
hlows sticking IN his left fre-
quently. II was his round.
Ihe tenth, which was even, saw
good work by both men. WarnIe
won the eleventh. making Tillman
miss several times and punching
hard himself with both hands. Till
ln0n was not going as good as a few
rounds back while Warnie seemed
stronger The twelfth round found
o"in men swinging hard. Tillmar
aNded the more often ana was given
NE round, which made II stand OK
a,ty even on the number Of rounds
each had won.
Referees Gahan's decision how
ever, close II may have been, seemed
10 satisfy the crowd As has been
sd'd before tho fans expect WarRie
To- Enock 'em out" and when he
can believer they overlook what he
u'ss accomplish.
William and Murray Win.
me ilrst two scheduled 10-roundcr'
opening the program were OF shor
".iNUt Dut were gOOd tlEnlS "nllt
lney lasted Each resulted In an up
s'' ot the dope
To The curtain raiser" Eddie Muir
rag ot West Tulsa won from Bucl
Nler Cincinnati bantam, I'm the sec
oNd round on a foul. 1t had beer
-ashing affair up 10 that time
sNl Rider having the best OF tn
.st round. When Referee kid
6back gave the decision 10 Murra!
N.aer wanted 10 finish up the eve
"'hs hy taking on the arbitor. but his
"1ndlers succeeded in restraining
'iI' Nearly everybody at the ring
N.'e agreed that Rider founled Mur
Ivy with his knee, and this wa
,.Lne out by physicians eXamina
Ion afterward.
sailor Williams. the hard hitting
't~ton Yelterweight, scored
leGhnical knockout over Jimmy Car
.oH OF Fort Worth in tho secon
tuuhn OF their bout. II was terrifi
nun while II lasted. Carroll had Wi
naihs unsteady In the first roun,
Int me Lawton lad, fighter of IN
,ln fIynn style, kept boring in an
udInmering away, and his relentlei
onslaught reduced Carroll to "A tot
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