The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-15
ANDY AND EDDIE
REVIVE INTEREST
IN FISTIC GAME
Fans Show Enthusiasm at
b Training Quarters Of
Middleweights
BY b. A. nRIpuEWATER

Andy tkid) Palmer, the Cele-
brated Arizona wildcat" who has
been sharpening his cruel talons on
the flesh OF Eastern bnttlcrs these
last few months, and Eddie Trembly.
middleweight champion OF the At
lantic fleet, the New. England states
and few other points north and
east, worked out before an enthusiasts
tic crowd Of fistiG followers Tuesday
afternoon at the Tulsa Athletic club
gymnasium under the Terminal
hotel Andy and Eddie, who both
came to town luokl1g to bs in fine
lighting trim, are polishing off In
preparation for their clash at COM
vontion hall Friday night In the fea-
ture event OF the Magic city Ath-
lotic clubs boxing program.
Palmer and his manager, A. ID.
Sacks. arrived IN Tulsa Tuesday
morning bright and early. and no
sooner had they set foot tfect,
rather) on Tulsa soil than the fight
game started to psrk up more
noticcably than for tho last several
months. Somehow. In previous box
Ing programs this fall. something
seems to have been lacking. The
bouts themselves we're all that could
be asked, but for some vague and
retlcent reason fandom didn't re.
spond as expected. The enthusiasts
declined to enthuse. They Just took
things as they came. turned out In
fair numbers for the shows. ap-
plauded the boxing when IL was good
and let II go at that.
Both Of Title Caiiber.
But II appears that Palmer and
Trembly have supplied whatever
was necessary to make things pugi-
listically "as they should be-" Again
In the cigar stores and other places
where sport tans congregate the
squared circle Ia being discussed.
The merits OF Palmer and Irrembly
come In Tor much speculation and
prophecy. Opinion seems pretty
well divided AS to the outcome OF
Friday nights conflict.
Probably the outstanding reason
for the interest displayed in the
Palmer-Trembly Is the fast that each
Is championship possibility and.
moreover, an avowed asplrant. Moth
ing backward or bashful about Andy
and Eddie. Each is out after a
crack at the middleweight title 70
which no one has u clear title:
Johnny Wilson being the holder OF
II. but Dave Rosenberg having as
good a claim as any by virtue OF the
New York state boxing commission
uftihIlnE MN NHe tnuIUplOn ana
Wilson an ex. Palmer Processes to
have been promised bout in
Brooklyn with the winner of the
forthcoming Rosenberg O'Dowd af-
fray. while Trembly is matched to
20 10 rounds with jeff Smith In
Portland. Me-. on November 2s. So
II can he seen that both boys have
n pretty good chance to show Ia the
near future whether either has
much business vcnturing into the
championship lists.
In Good Fighting Form.
Fans who went down to the Ter
minal gym Tuesday TO see tho boxers
perform looked over "A pair OF fight
ing machines apparently In the W
X. pink. Many who watched Trem-
bly, box two fast rounds with Billy
Conley. Los Angeles middleweight
were convinced that the New Eng
lander has good chance TO show
Palmer the way Friday night. Trom-
bly's height and reach will give him
an advantage over the Kid, aud he
seems to carry n stiff punch. He
stuck his left into Conley's face time
and again, and this is no simple
matter as Conley Is a regular scrap
per, good enough 10 beat Curley
Smith recently at Shreveport. Trem-