The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-05
GETTING M'NULTY
PARK FOR SCRAP
TO Be BIG HELP
Champion to Take $500
Guarantee; Lux Is No
Set-Up for Him
nv u. A. BRIDGEWATER.

By ". A. BRIDGEWATER.
Tulsa's first worlds cham
pionship ring battle since Pete
Herman, the bantam crown |
wearer displayed here some
wears ago, will be staged in
the open air at McNulty park
on the night of Monday, May
Is. Jack Britton, welter-
weight champion, and Morris
A Lux of Kansas City, who i'm
\ mortalized himself with Tulsa
fistic fans when he gave such
a great exhibition CT game
ness and stamina against
Warnie Smith here early in
February, will be the oppon-
ents and they will go IL
rounds to a referees decision.
Newman Closes Fight.
Announcement that he had closed
with the two Differs after negoti-
atlons lasting three days was made
Thursday by Louis Newman. local
matchmaker. In fact he had the
bout all ready to announce for a
couple OF days. but couldn't close
because OF inability 10 get a suitable
place TO hold IT, Convention hall
was taken-and IL is considered too
small for a championship bout, any
q way, because the amount that has TO
be taken in to make satisfactory
park had never before been avail
able for boxing shows. but Busi-
ness Manager Bill Friel of the Oilers
finally yielded TO persuasion and
Thursday gave his permission to
Newman to use the ball park for
Britton and Lux.
Britton boxes Friday night in
Omaha, his opponent being the
tough Cowboy Padgett, who applied
the brakes so effectively 10 Warnle
Smiths splurge. Now that the vet
eran welter king has been signed
for an appearance here Tulsa fam
dom will watch the outcome of the
Omaha battle with still greater in
terest.
Britton Guaranteed S3,5O0.
Newman is taking considerable OF
financial gamble in order TO give
Tulsa fistic followers a glimpse or
champion In action. 1t was neces-
sary TO guarantee Britton $500 for
his end, with the privilege of per-
centage, to bring him here. Lux,
OF course, will receive a percentage.
With $500 as starter, however.
with LuX's cost. the cost of preliini-
naries, rent OF the park and other
expenses added. Newman must have
at least a $4,000 gate in order to
break even. For the promoters to.
extract any appreciaple profit from
the show the receipts must reach
the neighborhood of $4,000.
However, despite this, Newman
has decided to keep the prices down
TO the figure known as popular.
General admission will he 81, while
the top price will be IS for ring
sides. At the Brtton-Padgett bout
In omaha tonight the prices will
be SO TO $40. Whether the Tulsa
charges are fair or not can be easily
figured from that comparison. as
Britton and Lux should make fully
as good a card as Britton and
Padgett.
Newman believes Tulsa is as good
boxing town as Oklahoma City or
any other in this section. At Okla
homa City last week a $4,000 house
turned out TO see Mike Gibbons ad-
minister a boxing lesson to Young
Fitzsimmons.
Lux Not a "soft Spot"
The game and clever Morrie Lux
is by no means a set-up for Jack
Britton or anybody else. A little
more than a year ago Britton and
Lux met in a l0-rounder at Kansas
CITY 1t was a no-decision affair.
but the newspapers called it a draw.
Lux more than held the campaign
even in the later rounds.
Some critics may hold against
Lux the defeat he sustained here
early in February at the hands of
Warnie Smith. True, Lux was bat
tered into a well known pulp. But
II must be remembered that in the
very first round shortly after the
initial gong, Smith hit Lux on the
point Of the jaw with his right and
every bit of steam in his system be-
hlnd tho blow. This wallop. and
others that followed it in rapid sue
Session, had Lux practically out on
ms ieet, and in the second round
. was worse, Smith even knocking
Morrie to the floor once. But Lux
weathered this terrific storm in the
carry rounds and then got stronger
ara stronger as the battle pro-
stressed In the late rounds he was
more than holding his own with
"aEnle IN a fight that nine out of
Yen boxers would have been glad
10 give up in the first chapter.
Lux Wants Smith Again.
Inc fact is, Lux probably has as
many ardent admirers in Tulsa as
my boxer who ever exhibited his
wares TO local audience. Many
nave been heard TO make the state
nent t that Warnie couldn't beat him
Ssalh' r' To our own knowledge Lux {
es5ahager es has offered to put UT
v-,ouV' have Louis Newman, Smiths
mahager, cover 1t. and let the tive
zap for the purse. We heard LuX's
Namager make this proposition tc
looking at the match from War
th e standpoint, purely, ii seems
sh ho irony OF fate that Morris Lux
uIu!a saS get this crack at Britton
~ I r.e the welterweight title in the city
tn, luisa. But for Warnie's unfor-
tIos,s ttIInais setback by Padgett the Bar.
tbs tbs,lne boy undoubtedly would be
ins, Vne 10 get 1t. AS it Is, Warnie Is
EHnnNariar.