The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-04
By PAULINE LAYMAN.

by PAULINE LAYMAN!
What's tho fight about?" inter
ostcdly inquired the Coed. whose
college education decidedly hid not
included a course In boxing bout in
formation.
"Goodnoss only knowsl" /
shrugged my shoulders. Possibly
for prize. since IT'S to be prize
fight"
I'm see what The World says"
She -did. but seemed to find little en-
Ilightcnmcnt on the sports e,ges. 81
have studied French and Latin and
German hut I can't understand this
Perhaps she suggested hopefully
perhaps MIR. Brldgewater q would
lend us dictionary OF sporting
terms"
was not enthusiastic. mo. he'd
laugh at u.s."
so she struggled on through
maze OF strange phrases to "A disap-
pointed stop. "Oh," she cried and
hcr face fell almost nudibly on the
editorial office floor. "Oh. /
thought this was to be a fight, and
It's only boxing match"
There's n distinction. but little
difference / assured her from re-
( membrance' of cynical remarks on
the subject by the sporting editor.
Different From Grand Opera.
In order to get our money-er,
that IL, passes worth we went early,
equipped with first-aid smelling salts
and powder. Talk about women al
ways being late everywhere! About
one-thlrd OF the men did not stroll
In until the last act. We were APP
pallcd at sight OF an ocean OF men
unrippled by one feminine wavelet
and tried TO make ourselves as small
as possible Az we hurried down the
aisle of Convention hall. whichSw
an aspect vastly different from It's
GRAND opera, or iyceum lecture, or
public meeting air. our worry was
unfounded, however. as 1t would
have been impossible to recognize
ones best beloved friend or worst
enemy In the dense pail OF tobacco
smoke pierced here and there by
burning cigar ends and spurts OF
match ilame. quite n lot of money
must have gone up In smoke during
the evening.
The Coed and I didn't quite un-
derstand all we knew about the first
two numbers ON the program. We
?, got confused impression OF two
:, gentlemen In negligible clothing try
- Ing To massacre each other. To tins
. entire and unqualified approval OF
A
= his shoulder?' asked the Coed
! once. pointing impartlally at the
y combatants whom we, unlike every
one else. never could distinguish
i, apart. 'ctaritably remained silent
!. but she guessed the worst. Blood
oh this IL dreadful she said.
!. Insulting to the Performers.
r The dreadful part to her com
. panion was not only the cruel blows
n and the sound OF bare fists beating
= on the naked flesh. but the way men
whom one knew as mildmannered
to "A fault in everyday life went mad
5 temporarily and INDUCED In pictur-
csuue language of doubtful refine
\ ment, meanwhile emitting blood
y curdling yells and giving us near 2
0 correct Imitation of Roman mon
9 and A Polish riot AS their vocal or
q gans permitted The audience was
= much franker than the peanut gal
h lery at a poor vaudeville show and
y yelled the most insulting persona
> remarks at the fighters. one tiny
meek looking man near us KEEP
growing in the most blood-thirstN
l fashion. Hes going TO get him
II He's going to get him. He's go
Ihml Hold hint once more. FIN
1sh him up" and even the little boys
seemed to glory in the gore;
= The Coed wondered why the per
formers were famed between act'
[ bu, decided that, like her, they
o couldn't breathe we'll on account OF
o he smoke. We could not help bu
4 admire the man I'm the center wh'
0 did not fight-the umpire. we sup
2 posed he was called. He didn't seen
- TO be afraid OF the opponents at al
& and whenever they fought too marc
he coolly tapped them on the shoul
l. der aud stopped II. We rather ex
4 nected 10 see them turn on him. TIT
70 fighters didn't seem angry at eacf
q other all the time. for sometime
"A they raced and hopped around as /
Il executing a consolidated dance step
- Everybody seemed very indignan
{ when MIR. Mickey King leaned ON tn
ropes "A minute and rested, but w
- felt sorry for him, poor fellow.
The Umpire Knows His stuff.
AZ the semiwindup. whatever tina
Is. a,little fellow In loud bathrob'
= climbed upon the platform ana sa
e down on stool in the corner, fol
lowed shortly by a taller chap witt
3, wore a much soberer dressingrohe
but made up for Il in brilliant greer
0, tights. which were really the mos
sensational costume OF the evening
3, The presiding officer introduced
them to the 'lad-ees and geut-el
men" az MIR. "Stubhy" Durham ~
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