The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-07
RIG CROWD GETS
FlSTIC PLUM IN
BIG BOXING CARD
sback-Duvol Bout Draw; I;
Smith Kuhn Go
Disappoints
nv l.. l.. STONE.


,.,,cn, the most brilliant fight OF
W. srsreer when he gave Bobby
Wnshes. New orleans. La. a dressing
hnan In one Of the greatest fights
s,sged IN a Tulsa ring this year.
III c,on the referees decision In
.hst, tg-round bout at convention
sau last night A good house
n.se,ed the fighters. and literally
. Iced the roof when Joe kid"
sn,ck finished strong against Duke
n,yoi of Iawton. in the first num-
her of the ali-star program. Curley
s,o,th Partlesvlle mlddlewelght,
Van hIs fight with George Kuhn Of
hsevoport in the sixth round when
f,sroe Harry Pouder awarded him
ihe bout on n foul
n tho smith Kuhn affair was un-
satisfactory, II was the only blemish
~ ons OF the greatest boxing shows
O,,sod here in twelve months.
snsrk the fighting newsboy. step
"a dozen fast rounds with Duvol
~ start tho show and the entertain
ment never Jagged.
Spack Earned His Draw.
"Kid' Spack made a great start in
tis attempt to come back in a Tulsa
rlng. He started against Duvol, who
took Eddie Murray to a cleaning
mere last month, strong and led the
fight for way but he appeared
10 tire agd IN the fifth. sixth and
seventh round he looked like a lost
hope.
however. he began TO work on
pYols abdomen in the eighth
roand. In the ninth and tenth they
fought toe TO toe and the rounds
we're In Spacks' favor. Then the
eleventh. and twelfth chapters, the
boys faced each other In the center
oi the ring and traded blow for
blow for the draw.
4 Ring Classic.
Then Osner and Hughes took the
middle ring, and proceeded TO make
Ns,ic history. The Tulsa scrapper.
who has been winning his fights here
with cloCklike regularity, hauled
out his left jab and kept It in
Hughes face all of the way. Osner
rushed in on Hughes. showered him
with sharp jabs and danced out
without getting mussed up in the
least lie was too much for Hughes.
The southern boy, who until last
night had never lost n fight in more
than dozen shows in Tulsa, found
Osner's left everywhere he turned
and osner Just out of the way of
his terrific drives.
Hughes fought n great fight. He
took Osner's blows without finch
Ing and came back for more, try
Ing all OF the time to work inside
Of 0sner's arms. Several times he
rushed the Tulsa lad to the ropes
with a shower OF sharp blows 10 the
body, but Osner absorbed the pun
5hment and was always ready to
nix
Although Osner outboxed Hughes
greater share OF the 12-round road
the ninth round was Osner's great
est lie pummelled Hughes around
the ring without ever getting
touched.
Hughes made a desperate effort
to pound Osner down in the eleventh
and twelfth rounds. He threw eau
ton TO the winds and started ham
mering Osner for all he was worth.
He missed some swings, but he
landed more. Osner quit waltzing in
\ and out In the last two rounds and
traded blow for blow In the center
Of the ring.
Decision Was Popular.
when Pouder hoisted Osner's nit
y the end OF the story, the deci-
SION drew tremendous applause
rom all quarters of the house.
AThen the Smlth-Kuhn fight. After
%ne delay. the boys got squared
away and the show began. Coming
eul OF a preliminary skirmish of
nsht blows. Smith landed a light
zap low on Kahn. When Smith
struck low again, he was cautioned
ana the third time the fight was
stopped and Smith was warned 10
quit foulng.
after the first round. Smith
started tearing In and he had Kuhn
set on his feet in the fourth and
INN rounds. Kuhn landed a stiff
pow that hit inches below Smiths
oeII and the referee halted the bout.