The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-13
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By -. T. BiiIDGEWAIEh'
Captain Bob Roper of Chi
,.So won his second fluky
,Gctorv over Carl Morris Of
ssnuloa at convention hall
Wednesday night when the
rtangineer, who had been
aiding by a wide margin,
Sealt him a straight, hard
nunch in foul territory.
Al saw low Blow.
., yas patu 10 the referee, news
.,,or men and spectators at the
La.sido alike that Roper had been
N, law but many who were close
,n on the side OF the ring where
~, snd came declared that the blow
urded on Roper's leg and not at n
poInt where .t would hurt or weaken
him. .,. n
,oiured however, Il was n palpable
,oni and Referee God Gahan i'm
ms5lately liftcd Roper's hand The
crowd hooted Morris and several
cushions we're hurled at him.
OH City Bars Morris.
Immediately after the fight Louis
Newman. matchmaker of the Oil
cav Athletic club, announced after
a conference with Lou Reece, presi-
,an, Of the club, that Morris would
nfrcr appear in a Tulsa ring again
90 long as either OF them had any
thing 10 do with the boxing game
here.
Probably the foul was unlnten-
tlonal-possibly Roper was not seri-
cusly hurt-but the fact remains
that another Morris fight ended in
fluke." said Newman. Tulsa
fans need not worry, for Il won't
happen again at an oil City Athletic
club show. At least Il won't as
long as Lou Roece and myself have
anything TO do with boxing here.
because We won't put Morris on
again
Fast While IL Lasted.
Like the Roper-Morris affair here
last fall which Roper also won in
the third round when Morris turned
his ankle and had to quit, the sec
ond meeting resulted in a smashing,
tearing, vicious battle at close range
while Il lasted. Morris punished
Roper cruelty in the close mixing
and had the first and second rounds
easily In his favor.
Norris took the offensive as they
cane out IN the first round. lie
Wsued body attack and landed
repeatedly. Roper rctaliated by short
tghts under the heart but Morris
seemed noe to mind them. 1t looked
Ike Roper was suffering In the in
fighting, and his face was as red as
abtst when he emerged, but he went
10 his corner smiling.
Early In the second round Morris
landed a straight right to the jaw.
The first blow struck in the open by
either man. They again went to-
geiher and Roper raised a big lump
under Morris right eye and then
started blood flowing from the
sapulpans nose.
During the next siege OF close
range mixing Morris struck a power
iul rlsht swing to Roper's body and
The Chicagoan claimed a foul, going
70 his corner with his face twisted
10 pain. DR.. l.. c. Presson, the club
.lhysican, examined him and said no
i0ul had been delivered. The
round was continued after the in
trmislon, neither man doing much
aamage before the gong.
Morris landed "A left hook to the
Jaw as they met In the third. They
men went at the infighting again
ana Morris started Roper's nose 10
eeedlng. A furious mixing bee fol-
lowed and II was during a rapid eX-
.Aange OF body punches that Morris
ahded the low blow that ended the
bout
seml-Windup Real Battle.
zoe Fisher Of Muskogee retained
lhalsputed title TO the featherweight
yuamplonsh.p OF the state by giying
IayA Jones OF Oklahoma City sound
SV,ng In the lO-rOund semi-windup.
,sners victory was clean cut and
we tans cheered Referee Gahan's
ye'sion loudly. When Fisher and
/, zones met here before Gahan was
g.oed Tor giving Fisher the verdict.
sOnes won but two rounds this
sme, me second and third, and the
'ehlh was even, the other seven
SONG to Fisher.
a. Was slashlng battle from the
49, 49, zap Of the gong TO the last,
Nn rlhher literally on top OF Jones
0Wltiy Instant Fisher never gave the
A'ahoma City lad an instants
s'alhlng time. In fact the pace
M SCI was 30 furious that he winded
himself before the end and his
ir'1yh's n dld not have much steam
h ue iast few rounds, Jones was
s,S ,Hloie distress in the sixth round
Nv. missed miserably in the late
oh, Had Fisher retained his
. Ian eI ne probably could have scored
,,'uy Bay and Buck Curtis boxed
h. interesting four-round curtain
&c. "e oest crowd OF the boxing sea-
s1d saw The program. The balcony
snG .Hssldo seats were all taken
co1, the downstairs sections we're
'''1oriably filled.
n, Sreh Coming In May.
crora eVNeldl announcements the
slatsT' steeled with most noise the
hsrs mat Harry Gre0 will box
non,ol May, the date to be an
M, ,-u later. His opponent has
se' been selected.
osns. was announced that Frankie
10 rn,sd ana Mutt Mckee would box
Tsr,o,rus r,shus before the T. A. c. in the
aal ,ai. basement gym on April II.
Rul,oa esgam was read from Fred
Wlnnss ol Minnesota challenging the
~ ol The Morris-Roper bout.
dress1as 1as'elan Wisconsin referee ad-
boxb.u lhe crowd in favor OF a
snd s commission for Oklahoma
Fups ,hionert A, McBirney.
PhOns uIrector, 02I South Main
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