The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-22
BANTAMS REGAIN
LOCAL PRESTIGE
AFTER 2 YEARS
Spack and Duval Also Set
for Return Go; Two
Other Bouts
ny b. A. nRlnGEwArER.

All hontams'
After remaining bashtulv IN tho
,nadowy background Of local Tir-
iania for the lasf two years the
burly hsuiama pro again hbsking
m the sunghlu. ~ popularity,
There was time. and not no very
long sro either. when ~ would have
amounted ~ financial har Kari for
boxing promoter 20 have an
nounccd bnntnmwelsht main event
for Tulsa fistlc show But. IN the
language of one Of our STAFF artists
"thcm days pre gone forov v' we'll
for tho tine being o. least.
So. when Louis Newman. match
ma1cr for the Magic city Athi.tic
club. made Il known Saturday that
no had cooked up pair ot i2-pound
hdntic battles nH "a twO.py feature
Tor tho next boxing show at convou-
tion han. Friday, November 2, the
most enthusiastic comment imagln-
Ible was heard from ring followers
who heard tho news.
Osner 20 Tackle lynch.
~ tho same time that he an
nounced the Magic city card for No.
Vember 2 Newman also exhibited
correspondence he had had with the
manager OF Joe Lynch, the bantam
champion, providing for Lynch to
come 10 Tulsa 10 take on tho winner
Of the Osner- Hughes affrny IN 10
round bout, Both Hughes aud Osner
are ambitious and either would be
tickled 10 denth TO get crack at the
championship. 10 wouldn't seem
that either ono of those lads would
stand much " n chance 10 unscat
the titlchodor. but then you never
can tell whnt In going 90 happen in
ring when 3 couple of lads get TO
throwing gloves NJ each other.
ChampiOnshlps usually change hands
when the experts ienst expect H.
Witness the Carpentier-Siil surprise.
tho Rurf-Pancho villa upset and
countless others.
The strong bid OF tho iis-pound-
crE for local favor Ia based TO a great
extent on the star performance OF
Osncr and Hughea and Spack and
Duval at ring show early this
month. These four lads, squared orr
the same a. they VIII be on Novem-
Der 2. gave tho fight-going Tulsa
public such a splendid entertainment
on that Occasion ,hat ever sln,o mere
vas been rea'Iy lnh,s'oht uo"anu
LOT return ensmHcfnun,s. -,,,.
oeher won tlrNt I1u,
A.
rr ,aas,,sos ,h go n,,',,ntntl
"a I,aho. -, ,heir ,Sr,,,,- ,neotinS,
~ uhuh nushe, ,h on ,o,,gh vh ' Ii,,Ie NV mr'
iosns iad was n hot fayorlte 10 win
osr.r,. ,,tctn,v sin,niv showad that
the fans didn't renIlyo ms. how
much be bad lmnrnveb. how good
he really is. The writer has con-
tended for some time that II would
take n real topnotcher to beat Omer.
The margin Osner had over
Hughes In thoir recent tilt was very
aim, according 10 iho-- who we're
there. And Hughes believes he can
reverse matters next time Hughes
never misses on the second trial"
said an admirer OF the Louisiana
product when he learned Bobby ana
frankie were To chsh again.
with Osner striving 10 hnld the
advantage he gained over Hughes
IN their first encounter Hughes try
ing Just as hard 20 wipe out that
stain on his record, and both work-
Ing for crack NJ Lynch and the
bare possibility or q championship'
their bout should be one or the
hardest contested Tulsa fandom has
witnessed. Osner N keeping on edge
with light training daily and soon
will start hard program TO con-
ditIon himself for the next bout,
hukn'N ~ III hhShNh'N uh1 VIII ''
hero TO finiSh training several days
before the flght,
Spack W. Duyni Again.
SpAck and Duval put up q sen
satloual exhibition the same night
Osner and Hughes fought before.
It was bloody draw. and a. good
n battle az anyone could desire,
They'll Just resume where they left
Oft and try to settle the argument In
the allotted l2 rounds
These two 12-roundcrs are not all
the entertainment that viii be pro.
vided for the fame ON the night Of
November 3. There will be a local
innovation in n Fywclcht bout. the
first contest at this weight Tor Tulsa.
Buck Rider OF Cincinnati. who is a
very promising appcarinr vounrster.
VIII "a ,klo Ratulng stewart OF Jon
lin In this fray They viii weigh In
Mt ll2 pounds stewart Is under the
.F IlA Rock tho
wel-vnowu Western league umpirc.
ana has been making "a fine show.