The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-06
COWBOY POUNDS OUT
EASY WIN: OPPONENT
NO MATCH FOR HIM
Rothwe Tosses in Sponge With LoughIn on Floor for
Third Time in Round-WiIlie Looked Dazed When
He Entered Ring, Recalling Battling Ortegas Finish
at Hands of Palmer-.Yiene Hendricks, College
Scrapper Makes Great Showing in Tulsa Debut

program OF EXCEPTIONAL proliminBrlcs
booed tho one-sided main event,
Padgett Much Improved.
Despite Loughlin'A poor showing.
Padgett must he given credit. lie Is
"A much improved ecrapper lie h.ts
straighter and harder than the pad
gett who was here last spring with
Warnie Smith. Ho seems 90 know
more about how 10 make his energy
and strength count PadKett cxcels
at infshtiuR ana no evidently haB
discovered II. He Ia "a strong and
rugged that he'd hold his own with
any man his weight, In the world at
this game. Mickey walker Will have
no easy job on his hands II he takcs
on the cowboy.
A Real Prospect Uncovered.
While tho unsausfactory main
event left a bad taste, the big crowd
| filed out Of convention hnll with
somethlng 20 talk about. For last
nights card witnessed the uncover
ing Of a real ring prospect. q lad
who though still an amateur in every
sense Of the word. seems to be fin
ished boxer and certainly is "A hard
puncher
lie IL Yiene Hendricks amateur
welterwelght champion OF the Uni-
versity OF Oklahoma, a cousin OF
Tip Hendricks, former Tulsa high
grid star Like his couain. Yiene al
30 is a plgskin chaser, playing quar-
ter back on the o. u. squad for two
years.
Displaying good straight left, a
snappy right. nice footwork and also
headwork. and ability to take pun
ishment without flnchlng, Hen
drlcks gave Dean Hood of Tulsa a
nice laclng IN six rounds. with his
apparent ability to punch the only
surprising thing wac that Hood
stayed the six rounds.
This was the best fight OF the eve
ming. Although Hendricks had a
big edge, Hood battled gnmely, and
In the last two rounds they stood toe
TO toe and swapped hard punches
until the house was in an uproar.
The crowd appreciated the bout 40
much that cheering lasted for sey-
crHi minutes after the boxers had
left the ring, This is something un-
usual in the boxing gnme.
Hard for Drumright.
1t was "a disastrous nlght for
Drumright boxers, two of them
meeting defeat In the first bout OF
the evening Kid Rich, promising
d r u m right welterwelght, was
knocked out early in the first round
by Tommy Irvine OF Tulsa. II was
n clean knockout, Irvine hitting Rich
on the point OF the jaw with a right
and literally putting him to sleep FOR
a minute.
The other Drumright lad TO lose
was Cheppie Cole, bantam, brother
OF Kid Cole. scrapper who boxes
at tho same weight. Cole was out
pointed In the six round semi wind
up by the tough little Buck Rider OF
Sapulpa. This was bout full OF ac-
uon. one that pleased ehe crowd. II
was nip and tuck affair through
out. Rider was the harder and had
the better punch. In the fifth round
and again in the siNth Rider almost
brought the house down by standing
in a corner with his guard dropped,
letting Cole hit him on the Jaw NJ
will. Then each time Rider tore in
to his opponent and forced the go
Ing. Rider was the stronger at the
finish.
The other bout was an interesting
contest between Louis Adery, Tulsa
newshoy flywelght. and Young
Dempsey OF Sapulpa. Adery won the
decision.
Al Nenn, former Tulsa boNlng pro-
moter. refereed the entire card save
for the main event. His work
was satisfactory and all his decisions
met with approval.