The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-28
Timely Comment
OSNER DEFEATS
VETERAN BURNS
IN l0-R0UND GO
Substitutes for Durham
Who Failed to Show,
King Kayos Dodson

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Speed, DlcV,.uosg uuu youth boo Iuo
form of Traukic Osuor ul Springfield
upset lorst temporarily iur Ilug
como back hnuoH NJ ,no veteran linH.
by Burns last night iu the a. Is. a.
gym Substituting lnr "Suhbt Your
ham OF TulAa, Burur scheduled uu.
noncut who failed 90 appear tHu't
1sbhed and cruFsDd rvrus almost
continually hla HFlI end d-r'uE
quickuess more fhBu uvrrboI1uciuE
The nEEr"nsivor"ss, Ruiuu'-s ana
fupctior weight of the veteran.
Sporting editors ~ The World ana
Tfbuno acted as judges, with Patsy
tuffIgHu. fho referee tU cast the de-
DidiuI yofo The writer ana Mr., buf.
it however, agreed upon OEuor aN
the winner ana turriRan liftrd tho
Ni4souu youths without indicating
his own opinion.
Burns Battered IN Fourth
The world gave OEncr five rounds.
Burns ono and four even, Osncrs
best margin was piled up IN the four
when ho had Burns apparently
helploss against the ropes and bat
terCd his face at viii However.
BURNS recovered and finished the
round aggrc~lvcly
In the seventh Burns again looked
to bo In trouble under an onslaught
hack however indicated ne was
folgnlng In an effort TO cause Osncr
to become careless Burns furious
ewings as ho would uncover vicious
swings with both hands, would miss
the mark.
Burma repeatedly objected 10 Ref
cree Corrlgnn'a broakRway orders
lie always had the hest Of the IN
fighting, and appeared 10 think Cor
rlgan was ordering the break too
quick. I'm the ninth round Osncr hit
Burns IN the face as they broke, and
Il infurlatod Bobby 80 much that
he lungcd up at Osnor with his right
knee. But Osncr lodged this As he
had countless fistic haymakers and
tho bout proceeded
"tighi," Crowd Decides.
''Stubhy" Durhams failure to
show for the bout II stIll unex-
plalned. All the 4. AsC. officials
know is that he didn't arrive. Un-
less he has an explanation that can
not be questioned hts absence In all
probability will cost him his sched-
uled appearance In tho scmi-windup
10 the Morris Lux-Warnie Smith en-
counter AZ Convention hall next
Thursday night.
However, no one could have
found any objection to the substitute
match. In fact the chances are the
spectators witnessed n much more
interesting bout than II Durham had
been In against Burns. for both Dur
ham and Burns are infiRhters.
Osner's long-rangc work kept the
affray open at all stages.
When time came for tho first
ovent and Durham had not put IN
his appearance Patsy Corrigan. who
was presenting his first show as
matchmaker was undecided what
TO do. Osncr earlier In the day had
offered to substitute II necessary,
and was In tho crowd. He has been
training regularly and was In nice
condition, Patsy finally decided TO
put the question to a vote of the
spectators, Art Applegatc got In
the ring and explained the situation.
lie then asked the fans 10 give their
verdict There was "A round of APP
plause and shouts OF "let 'em fight"
Applogate then asked those who OBJ
1ected 10 mako IL known, and said
anyone who was not satisfied could
20 to the box office and his money
would be refunded. Not protest
was made
\ kuyo for Mickey King.
Mickey King OF Chicago, Patsy
Corrigan's middleweight, scored "A
speedy knockout over Battling bod
son OF SICK IN the ilfHt round or tho
scheduled S-round seml- -wlndup.
King scnt Dodson down for the
count of nine with a right upperout
to ithe stomach, and another right
20 the solar pleNus finished the Slick
lad Just after he arose from the
knockdown. Tho bout started of
like IS would be interesting, but the
end came so quickly II was hard 10
tell much about either boy. II did
demonstrate, however, that Kine
van hit rather hard with his right
Osncr Wants Durham.
Osner announced after the fight
that he wanted another crack al
Durham, who has beaten him twice
In Tulsa rings. frankie said he wa,
I'm better condition now than wher
he fought Durham before and be-
lieves he can more than hold hi,
own. The first time OSner and Dur.
ham mot was AZ the T. A. c. a few
months ago, Durham winning the
verdict in 10 rounds. Their next
meeting was at Convention hal
when Durham knocked out Osner
IN the sixth round after being out.
pointed up to that stage.
10 was announced from the rims
that Mutt Mckee OF Oklahoma City
challenged the winner and would