The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-22


with Larney Lichenstein,
manager Of Lux, yesterday.
Iux's CIcvcrness Decides.
The decision TO have Lux instead
Of Johnny Tillman give Warnie his
acid test finally was reached be-
cause Newman believes Lux's clev.
crness will make him a more diffi
cult foe for Smith than boxer
OF the smuggling type such as Tillman.
Newman has unbounded conf
dence in Warnie. He is not looking
for soft spots" for his champion
to-bc. as he considers Smith, but on
the contrary he Is angling for the
tough assignments.
II am Warnies manager" said
Newman, but I also am match
maker for the oil city. And ! don't
have any intention of putting Smith
in against any easy marks, now THAI
he has graduated into the main
event class.
Not tfrald for Warnic.
IN the first place | don't believe
IWarnie is In any danger OF being
Whipped very bad, no matter who he
fights. | think he can take care IT
himself with any of them. lie does
not have to hunt setups,
Leo L. Flynn Is Tex Rickard 4
rlght-hand man, ard does a lot OF
matchmaking for Mad son SQUARE
Garden. Flynn has no less than p
boxers under his wing. But he does
not match them with easy marks in
the Garden. Flynns boxers draw
the toughest ,pponents in the world
when they fight in the Garden. An I
Il will be the same with Warnie in
Convention hall.
III Warnie and Morris Lux GO the
full ~ rounds | realize Lux is likely
TO get the decision. But 1t wouldn:
hurt Warnie the least bit to lose on
points to a clever fighter lk that.
on the other hand, IL Warnie hits
Lux he's liable to knock him ou..
He's got a chance TO knock out any.
hody he hits-from Br.tton down.
That's how ! look at it,"
Real Test for Warnie.
Hailed by sporting writer's all over
the west as the most promis!ng
fighter developed In Oklahoma in
years Warnie IN this match will
have his big chance to step to the
front. should he be able to score
knockout over the clever LuX-
and as has been said before he's
likely to knock out anybody he hits
there's no telling how meteoric
his rise TO fame may be.
For in Lux he encounters a reg
ular 24-karat welterwelght. top
notcher who is going at full speed
right now.
Lux has been boxing for about
five years. during which time he
has met nearly all the leading vol
terweights OF the country. Last win
ter in Kansas City Lux boxed n To-
round no-decisiun bout with Cham
plon Jack Britton before an SIS, S,000
hou~e, the best that ever turned
out for ring exhibition in the town
Some Of the newspapers awarded
the verdict to Lux.
Had success ON Coast.
Most Of Lux's boxing has bce'
done on the Pacific coast. where hc
met and defeated such boys as John
ny McCafthy, for many years the
recognized champion OF the ives
coast; Billy Shade, now under tht
management OF Leo y. Flynn ir
= New York, and Frank Barrieu. tbs
Canadian welterweight champ. H.
also boxed Johpny Griffiths. Ions
considered by many critics as th'
nearest rival for Jack Britton.
In Madison Square Garden, New
YORK, Lux this last fall boxed Bar
hey Adair and Phil Bloom.
Lux has been very successful ir
Kansas City, his home town. tho
scribes there having mentioned hin
as championship possibility.
nalr'of l0-round no-decislon con
tests there between Lux and Harve,
Thorpe drew great houses.
Lux is a young fellow. just ovei
u: He Is Of Jewish parentage.
Immediately after the match wa
made Warnie Smith yesterday go
oqsy at training, and declares HI
VIII be In perfect trim. He won,
nave 10 work very hard to reacl
that stage, however. as he alwav
stays in shape. LuN probably will
ge here about a week before th'
oout to finish off his conditionInI
WORK and give tho fans chance t
ghmpse his work ahead of the scrap
Preliminaries ARRANGED.
Ihe February 2 show will De an
Sther all-star affair according q
newman. He already has arrange
,ur two 10-rounders To- preCede tn
Marnic smith Morris Lux affray. Il
tne FIRST Of these Mickey King an,
Lop heener, who mixed In a sensa
uonal draw at last weeks show, vii
Npsle again, and in the second
which win be the semiwindur
stlbby' Durham OF Tulsa and XII
Srag of Henryetta. bantamweight:
WIN meet. craig has been showin
Neu' and will give Durham a goo
match. Newman is trying to get al
osner match between John Wilco
HXby and clyde Reeder OF Tulsa
Soung heavyweights. who engage
~ spectacular bout here recently
Drumrlght Eyens score.