The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-17
BY II. A. BRiDGEWATER

ihg D. ~ DIN ilth r W ~ ialN
After the recent fistic fiasco be- |
tween jeff Smith and Jackie Clark, !
1t Is refreshing to look forward 10 |
an encounter between pair OF |
rough -and-ready mixers OF the ag- |
gressivc caiiber OF Warnie Smith Of |
Bartlesvllle and Roy Conley OF |
Omaha. who clash at convention hall |
Tuesday night in the headline event |
of the seasons second boxing show |
in Tulsa.
For what the fans want Is action,
fighting, the spilllng OF n little gore, |
the swapping of stiff punches. And !
that is what they may feel reason
ably certain of witnessing when
Warnie and Conlcy 80 together.
Warnie, whose spectacular rise
from preliminary biffer To n
weltcrweight sensation was the out
standing feature of the ring in Okla
/ huma last winter, is "bcating back
/ Meeting reversCs at the hands OF
I Cowboy padEctt and llciuie Schu-
mann late In the spring when Okla
/ homa fans were just about wild over
/ him, Warnie has been out OF the
| llllNllki III anu ~ ll'N Nv Alf va N''N'
1 OF rogaining his lost laurels. He's
out for blood, anybody's blood who
gets into the ring with him.
Conlcy No SLOUGH.
This boy Cunley, who comes 10
/ Tulsa under the wing OF the same
genial Ray Alvis who pilots the
/ puEnacious Padgott, has demon
strated in recent bouts with Harvey
| Thorpe and Curlcy Smith that he is
D oil. Ng aflts
/ fun OF ambition and confidence and
| believes he Is the man of destiny I'm
/ the wclterweight ranks. He Is
strong, well-made, hard hitting lad
and much smarter than the average
glove thrOwer.
one thing can be said OF Alvis, the
manager of ConlCy. That is that he
never has been known to make any
effort to deceive a sporting writer
So when Avis came into the office
of the sporting editor of The World
last night and issued a statement re-
Earding the forthcoming fracas we
| were duly impressed, Right or
wrong, we knew Avis himself be-
lieved what he was saying. Here
it is:
Il believe Conley is Just as sure
to whip Warnic Smith as they are
to get in the ring Tuesday night.
months ago and told you Cowboy
PadEett was going to do that very
thing. Wei, he did, and I'm show
ing YOU another boy who'll do the
same.
After Conley heats Warnie Smith
there's another match | want for
him in Tulsa. It's with Ray Long
Coniey is hard hitter and can take
'em himself. and l believe he'll
i lynAGlr ont .nnp 40 fhau IN
Just write down what I'm telling
you about Tuesday nights fight
and then look at Il the next day"
Warnic Looks Better.
Tho writer haEn't seen Warnle
Smith fight since Cowboy Padgctt
breezed in over him early last spring.
But IL is said Of Warnie that he ia
back I'm his old stride. Certainly his
gym workouts make II 80 appear
In the ring with Sailor Clickner
Chick Hgdon's light heavyweight,
Warnie looked like Sl,00O,O0O Friday
in training. lie has all his old
speed and his punches look like they
had the steam. If he goes in the
ring Tuesday night Ike he has in the
gym Conley will have n man sized
job on his hands to live up TO Pilot
Avis prediction.
Lots OF action should be the rule,
: card. Duke Duval who meets Ed
die Murray in the semi -windup,
comes highly toutcd MS n clever
youngster of tho Osner type, who
has beaten all the bantnms in SOU
, thern oklahoma in the last six
months, including the streaky Kid
: Riley Of Shawnee. Now Murray IS
r "A puncher and busy session should
; result. Carl Courtney, who meets
} Tommy Neary Of Muskogee In a
4 six-rounder, Is we'll known 10 Tulsa
fans as n pleasing preliminary
scrapper, He has not been in ac'
, tion I'm some time Nenry can fight
too. Tho Curtain-raiser Will be be-
| tween two dusky battlers, who have
had much success in their bouts
Kid Inky, who has become so clever
that nobody his size In Little Afri,
ca" can hold a candle for him tC
box by, Is stepping out of his class
to tackle the tough and hard-hit,
ting Starlight. II is reported thaI
this IL a real grudge fight between
the two chocolate drops
80 Rounds ON Bill.
Altogether, there will be "a round
OF boxing on the card, providing nj
bouts go the limit. OF course there
no way Of telling whether such viii
| be the case, but It's "A fact that th'
| participants are so evenly matched
| throughout that II would be no sur
l prise II every ono went the route.
Tickets will be placed on sal,
/ Sunday at the usual places-Pet
| Martins and the Buttermuk bar.
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