The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-21
BY EDWARD w. cocHRANB.

Unless Geue Tunney fs n far bottor
fighter than flstio followers In gem
eral are willing 10 give him credit
for. there will be n new American
Interchangeable champion when
tho title holder finishes his bout
with Harry Greb, tho Pittsburgh
windmill. In New York Tuesday
night. II is booked for IL rounds
and undoubtedly will go the limit
with Grob In front In tho opinion
OF tho Judges who decide bouts IN
New York.
This bout features n very high
class program this week, which in
cludcs another APPEARANCE of Jack
Britton, welterweight champion.
This is because promoters have tried
for months to bring Tunncy and
Greb together and were unsuccoss-
full because Tunney wanted to hold
onto his crown a little longer and
know that In Greb he is meeting the
very hes. man In the division.
b. Reaches Top Quickly.
Tunney may spring n surprise but
It is not looked for. He learned
,. most OF his boxing whilo SERVING
Uncle Sam In tho World war. IIc
cleaned up lot OF them on IN,
other side of the Atlantic and when
he came back to this country he
started oat to get TO the .op of the
division which no succeeding In do
Ing by gaining n decision over Bat
Ting Lovlnsky not long ago In New
York.
Tunnoy did not finish far enough
In front In his bout with I.cvjnsky
20 cause fistic followers to be en-
thusiastlc about his chances to re-
main at the top long. Although he
may have improved some since. lie
IL n fairly good puncher but ho IL
not likely to be able to score with
his best wallops on 'he fast moving
Greb, who Is one OF the best ring
generals and one OF the fastest mer
in boxing today.
Crcb IL Dangerous.
Greb ia the most dangerous mar
in the heavyweight or light heavy
weight ranks In limited engage
men'. Jack Dempsey fears Grel
for any number OF rounds unde
10 because he knows how fast tn,
Pittsburgh boy Is, But In Is n
might get him. Greb established
his right to fight Tunney when h
a
rounds In New York short .lm
ago and incidentally. stopped tn
championship rush of Gibbons. VIII
was up to that time, considered (
be the best light-heavyweight 4
America,
Promoters promised .he winner @
the Greb-Gibbons affair n battl
with Tuunoy, and they finally hay
succeeded, with the aid OF the pres
In making the match. Greb is $
fast and hits his foes so many time
shat he viii be champion unles
Knocked out, or at least knockc
down few times, and he isn't M
10 allow Tunpey to do anything lik
that.
Longs Chance Arrives.
Jack Britton boxes Ray Long /
Oklahoma city. Ho knocked OF
Morris Lux Il few nights ago |
Tulsa ana he Is going to try TO Il
the same thing to Long. Britton
to meet Benny Leonard about Jun
20 somewhere In the eas', and he
trying TO win his bouts on the west
eln trip In "A decisive fashion In OF
der TO make his stock look goo
against Leonard.
Brittou will discover I'm Long on
OF the hardest hitters In the game a
ms weight, Longs LETT hook an
right cross are deadly. lie ca
knock out any man he can n
squarely on the point OF the chi
with either hand. Hut he viii hav
Touble hitting the clever, craft
welterweight king.
Long isn't skillful enough to out
box Brltton. II he were he woul
stand q much better chance. II
VIII have 10 keep swinging and II
20 land some time during the bat
tie. Long Is tough enough TO tax
a lot OF punishment. Brltton ma
find II hard To knock him out, II
Longs long looked for chance q
the championship and he likely wi
pt up the supreme effort. but Brit
ton should be decided favorite {
win.
Britton Meets Warner,
Billy Brtton, the kansas cy
clone.' who is climbing to the to
OF the mlddleweight division b
leaps and bounds, and Ed Warne
tough scrapper from Californi
who is making his home In Leaver
worth now, will clash In u 10-roun
contest that will be the feature of
probram TO be given by the Anne
isan Legion In Atchison. Kar
Thursday night. on the same pr
gram Jimmy Lannins of Scamm'