The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-02
BY B. A. B-RDIGEwATER.

Last winter when Cowboy Padgett,
he Dolores steer mangler, who meets
Willie Loughlin in a hereunder here
next tuesday night, was singing
gloves and lassoes in Oklahoma, 1t
would provoked mirth had anybody
seriously mentioned his as a real
contender for the welterweight
championship.
Padgett was sailing along winning
most of his bouts at that time and
losing none, but there was nothing at
all spectacular about him and those
VINO saw him work just looked upon
him as a good tough battler.
him as a good, tough battler, no
more.
But since then Padgett in rings ell
over the west and south forged anedd
so rapidly that no longer Is such
a thought a joke. Padgelt has beat
en- 80 many good boys in the last
six months ina he nov begins TO
loom up as real contender. Ger
tainly he was moderated wnen he
fought WarnIe Smith in Oklahoma
iCty and Tulsa. Padget won both or
these bouts, but the fans thought
he was simply lucky. or that some
thing was wrong with Warlle.
tsItOIltblk llAilt
Ray Avis, manager OF padgett, is
the Command for a crack
at Mickey Walker and the title. Kay
expects Padgett to whip Willie
Loughlin decIsiveiy here next Tues
day night, and If he does 1t, prob
ably Will help him in getting c
gnltion in the east where LOughlIn
is well known. AVIS prepared Tor
The World the following esum OF
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Padgett's standing.
Every big boxing city boasts OF at
least one strong contender for some
title, but let's compare Colorado S
contender for the WelterWelght
crown, with the rest and see how ne
stands in the line.
New York leads both in number
and quality so far as the east Is con-
s!dered. There are at least half a
dozen good welters, who call New
York their home. The leaders are
Dave Shade and Paul Doyle.
Boston has two candidates In
Eddie Shevlin and Nate Salgel.
Shevlin is the best, a strong rugged
youngSter.
Malone Above Weight.
"St. Paul, the home OF SO many
crack fighters, has TWO good men in
Jack Malone and Johnny Tlllman.
The latter has passed the crest of
his career, but Malone IS at the top
OF his form. However. it's doubtful
If he can ever again do the welter-
weight weight limit.
Buffalo boasts of two good well
tiers. They are Jack Perry and
frankie Schoell. Perry has seen his
best day. Schoell is so tough that
Benny Leonard passed him up aft
er making a match with him.
Cincinnati boasts of the hardest
hitter in the welter class in Billy
Ryan, who has stopped more welter-
weight c~ontenders than any other.
Elizabeth, n. j., has George
Ward, one OF the leading c~ontenders.
Ward and Walker were SOCIOLOGY
rivals, and they are a weu-matched
pair. The champion is more rugged
and a slightly harder hitter, but
Ward is a much better boxer.
Scranton has the two Latsos,
Pete and Steve. Both are rugged.
Omaha has Morrie Schlaifer, a
very good socker.
Tulsa has Warnis Smith. a
rugged boy.
kansas City has Harvey Thorpe,
an bic fox, a veteran who ha boxed
oA NAO bNSN 1AAh AAos "a NNH
left in him.
Oklahoma City has Ray Long, a
tough, rugged boy that boxed the
eX-champion, Jack Britton, TO a
draw in May.
Dolores, Colo, has Cowboy Padg-
EFT, the worlds greatest cowboy
fighter and one hat stands out
above many other contenders,
Now let's compare each large
city's contender with the Colorado
cowpuncher and see how they COM
pare with him as a logical contender
for Mickey Walkers crown. Cow
boy Padgett has been boxing less
than two years and in that length
OF time he has eliminated many OF
the welterweight c~ontenders. and
for the past year has been going
through the welterweight ranks like
a house afire.
Held Slade TO Draw.
First we will take New Kork: He
has boxed their best boy, Dave