The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-19

"a IgplE lIIl' tItldIilltf.
Victor and vanquished left the
ring The crowd, buzzlng with ex-
citement still surged toward the
exits. Behind me at the deserted
singside an oid-time sport, discus
sing the fight with knot of friends
exclaimed loudly: We'll, Walker has
the title, but he won't keep 1t long
The first guy that comes along with
a little boxing will get him. The kid
doesn't kaow why they put gloves
on his hands"
Funny how some people can look
at "A fight without seeing i'll There
were thousands IN the garden that
night who talked about the match
afterward az If Britton had lost sole
ly because OF old age and disap-
pear!ng vitaliy They saw all the
cleverness Of the old champion and
none OF the skin shown by the
youngster.
For my part, I'll he surprised II
Mickey Walker doesn't hold the well
ter title for some time to come. He
has everything that makes a cham
pion. As for boxing, any man who
can block two out Of three of Brit
tons swift jabs. and-whO can figure
ways to hit Brtton when BrittOn is
using every trick at his command TO
save himself. is a boxer
Better Boxer Than MCGoyern.
In many ways Mickey Walker
shows trace OF Terry McGovern's
old fighting style He looks like
McGovern, with his round build, full
muscles strong legs and constantly
aggressive movements, His face is
like McGOvern's, ana like Terry the
Terror, he doesn't back up.
But walker is a much better boxer
than Afpf.nNGFn He knnNEa
more about blocking punches than
any other younEster I've seen In the
ring in years. lie keeps his hands
up--a thing that few modern boxers
do--a1d he very seldom leaves an
opening for dangerous punch,
Walkers footwork is first class
He doesn't skip and hop around
the ring In a nut imitation of Benny
Leonard like a lot Of modern scrap
pers who imagine that they're box
ing when they're only kicking up
cloud Of dust and wearing out their
shoes.
AS for his hitting he wastes very
few punches And he hits hard and
cleanly TO the mark.
Walker came within an ace of
knocking out Jack Britton In the
first round. II was in swift m!X-up
along the ropes.
Britton was rushing I'm at close
quarters when Walkers right glove
came up and gra2ed his chm.
sometimes a grazing punch has
more kick in it than one that lands
solidly. This one had, Britton
staggered a moment and turning
his head aside blinked rapidly and
seemed to be dazed. But the vet
eran fought fast 10 keep walker
from following his advantage
Here Walker showed a fighting
head by shifting his attack 10 Jacks
body, doubling him over with clean
punch in the solar pleXus. II looked
as II Brltton would 90 down, and his
weakening began with that punch.
Walker slipped in a good body puach
every now and then, and each one
was effective In reducing BrittOn's
resistance.
Mickey Shows Generalshlp.
BY the sixth round Brittou was
bending low and turning toward the
right, to keep out Of range OF Walk
er's right hand and covering up 10
avoid his left With every attack
by walker, Britton shifted around
farther 20 the right, leaving the
youngster no mark 10 hit AT.
But Walker showed the same
thing that makes a good quarter
back on n college football team
ability to figure a new attack on the
field. He began stepping swiftly
around BrittOn TO the left, at the
same time hitting at Jacks head
rapidly with swinging lefts.
often his first punch would be
blocked but the second would catch
Britton on the side Of the jaw and
shake him up baCSy Whenever Brit
ton Strengthened up Walker changed
his attack 20 the body.
II was his c!rclng attack and
series OF sharp left hooks to the head
that dropped Britton In the ninth
round, the time the bell rang when
he was down, The nine-second
knockdoWp in tina twelfth round