The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-10
BY EDWARD W. coCuRANE.

While there is nothing very i'm
nressive about the current week'e
flstic calendar, the mere fact that
one American champion is to appear
In defense OF his title, furnishes n
feature that will hold the interest
OF fistic followers between seasons.
The one referred to is Johnny Ruff,
who is flyweight champion OF this
country but cannot gain the worlds
title until he meets Jimmy Wilde, Of
England. The Briton does not APP
pear to be overly anxious to cross
the big ditch TO enter the hemped
enclosure with the veteran from
Brooklyn.
Buff held two crowns some time
ago but Joe Lynch relieved him OF
the bantamweight title which he
gained by getting a decision over
Pete Herman. Buff being little
fellow, he can scale at the liyweight
limit and has beaten everything at
that poundage, although the crop
could not be termed of very high
caliber. In Villa he IS meeting a
very formidable mite Of n scrapper
from the Philippine Islands.
Test for Villa.
This villa person is COMPARE
lively new co.-.er but those who
have seen him perform are Of the
belief that he has the proper quail
fications to make him a great fight
er In time, although nothing he has
done to date would indicate that ne
IS anything like a sure winner over
Buff.
The American leader of the mite
section OF fistiana is old lie has
passed the age when most boxers
are at their best, and in fact had
passed It when he won the bantam
crown. But he Is not exactly an
ordinary ring man. He is tough, u
fairly good boxer and a pretty good
puncher for a little fellow He beats
foes much as old Bat Nelson used to
beat him in the heyday Of his very
brilliant ring career. He will furnish
n severe test for the little brown
man from the Philippines, II villa
can win he is sure to be quite sen.
sation in fistic circles, and match
between he and Wilde is a possibil-
ity.
Easy for Tender.
Lew Tender is taking on a rather
tough customer in Ever Hammer Tor
eight rounds in Philadelphia, but
there is no reason to believe that he
man who held Benny Leonard even
will have any trouble with a slow
moving slugger like Hammer, and
especially in a short bout. Hammer
recently was easily whipped by
Leonard, which makes it appear a
bit strange that promoters would
put him against the next best liGht-
weight in the world, but strange
things are done by those who try 10
entertain the fanatics with flstic af-
~ De-
make Hammer look bad, and his
southpaw style will worry the blonde
punch absorber.
Smith Meets Kansas,
Jeff Smith OF Bayonne, y. j.
who has been a long time trying &c
induce middleweight champions tt
meet him In the squared circle. Is
going to keep right on fighting
those Just a step back or the ioI
rung OF the fistic ladder with tht
hope that some day he VIII get {
champion CuiuvToi and force tAe !s
sue. Smith Just beat Jackie clark "
Tulsa and his next stop IS Columbus
where he meets the tough and "ug
ged Johnny Karr for 10 rounds
Karr Is one of the real good Eey
comers in the middleweight secti>n
but he has not performed wei
enough 10 cause anyone 10 thinl
that he has a chance to beat smith
In Return Bout.
Billy Britton, that undefeatet
youngster from the coal minlni
region around Columbus, KAN !
booked for his second meeting will
Nick Newman, middleweight from
Chicago, in ST. Joseph, Mo, Mon
day night. They recently went ]
Wounds in Atchlson, Kan, and IN
fanatics NJ the upriver city claim
was about the best thing in the wa,
OF a glove fest that they have seen
Britton is a tough slugger and Il
Newman he meets clever boSe
with a splendid left hand and mar
wallop in either hand.