The Altus Times Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1922 Page: 2 of 18
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fhe Altus Timed-Democrat, Altus, Okla., Oct 19, 1922
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Bang! Bang!!
A surprise “flush” and you got the quick,
trusty and accurate action you must have
in such an emergency for you had the fore
sight to come here for your gun and am
munition.
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out his opponent Miller, however,!
kept smihng and sending blows to' the \
stonach and chin. Miller’s roo/d.
Third round—Cyclone came to the!
center oi the ring smiling, failing toj
.how where he had suffered. Miller
however, fought more on the defensive!
and Cyclone sent some hard lefts to the j
. stomach. This punch is one of Cyclone’s j
deadliest blows. Cyclone sent a hard
left to the chin, Miller retaliated by!
sending a hard one to the face, landing
right on the mouth. This told on Cy-
clone, and when the round ended, Cy- j
clone was bleeding from the mouth. ‘
Miller’s round.
Fourth round—Both fighters clinch-
‘ ed. The referee commanded them to
.break Cyclone followed up by sendjng
an awful wallop to Miller’s stomach
, Miller came back at him, but both
j clinched. Round even.
Fifth round—Miller sent a hard |
; straight jab to the face, then shot an j
! uppercut to the left eye. Cyclone came
back by hitting hard with his right,:
landing on the chest. This told on Mil- ‘
I ler at the end of the round as he was !
breathing heavily. Fans thought the
fight would soon be over and in Cy-
clone’s favor. Turner’s round.
Sixth round—Turner rushed the giant
negro from Oklahoma City He land-
1 ed a blow to the kidney. He repeated
^the kidney lick. Turner managed to
! get away from the clinch. Turner then
swung hard at the Memphis negro’s face
and hit a.glancing blow to the left eve.
which was beginning to swell. By this
’time Turner was regaining some of his
■wind, and Turner was taking punish-
ment. The gong sounded. Miller’s
round.
Seventh round—This round was noth-
ing more than a clinch between both of
the fighters, as Turner was banging on
to the Oklahoma Cityan. The round
was even.
Eighth round—Miller feeling good
rushed into a left jab to the side. This
had no effect in stopping him. however,
as he jumoed away, and then came in
f _
M
r.rfr*m
fo ,rlk
! Riley got the best of the close
. ing. Riley’s round.
Third round—Simpson kept Riley
fighting on the defensive during this
round, Riley failed to land any telling
blows. Simpson's round.
t Fourth round—Riley proceeded to
___ j land a damaging blow to Simpson’s chin
which unsteadied tb<- Snyder lad l^'ley
Riley-Simpson Go Pleased Fans by lan,!inK a hard ,)!ow t0
FIGHT FANS ARE
PLEASED; CARD IS
BEST EVER STAGED
fast, landing a hard blow to the stom-
ach. Turner bent over as if in pain,
hut recovered and when the referee told
them to break, Turner landed a blow
at Miller but missed He was caution-
ed this time to retreat when told to
break. Miller landed another blow to
to the eye. then sidestepped a swing to
the jaw. rushed in and hit Turner on
the left eye again Miller’s round.
X’inth round—Turner having lost his
smiling was ail seriousness during this
round. He waited to find a good open-
ing, but the Oklahoma Cityan was too
|fast. Miller was rushing the Memphis
'negro all over the ring (the first time
in fight- experience, and is a man, while the Fort Altus fans have seen Turner fight on the
I Worth boxer is only a youth now in his defensive) and landed a damaging
HI
i1 h>4>.- rJfl x- !W’k
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a youth now
HoWever, Dixon put up a
little scrap. Fans said was the
iest fighting they had ever seen,
referee would have rendered the
cision in Dixon’s fav^r on account of
the continuous fouling but Dixon would
teens.
the stomach, hitting then to the
Turner’s eye was closed, and
was _ .............
seen. The physicians witnessing the scrap said it
.: was a busted blood vein. Turner could
hardlv see when he would make effort-
to bit. and in the meantime MilW was
giving the Memphis negro a lacing
to cover un. but the tall
Here La.st Friday Ni^ht
A Week Aro
the side of the face. Again they fought
, c’Ox*. in, and Riley was the aggressor
at all times Simpson showed weariness
! when the gong sounded. Riley’s round.
not accept ft that way, saying McKee p'uni'er 'tri.jd to cover
had the best of the fighting all the way. neRro from thf cal)jto1
uppercuts time after
Miller’s round.
Tenth rr.urfT! and last
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NEGROES FIGHT
Ben Miler Wins Over Cyclone
Turner In Fast 10 Round
, Bout
- iivkiu ii.,n. .... ..............tilcl send
California Kid was to have been here llnnercuts time af„r time to the chin,
but the illness of ms wife in ( antorma
caused him to cancel his engagement., r0UItfj and 1ast-Turner bleed-
Fifth round-Ha^ng.gotten the worst ] ^ ^ i^in^
of the fourth round, Simpson waded in fought clean. 'S the ^ bu’t thT, olH time fight was
-uL* laudingi . »nt<‘restine fight outside of gone. Miller was unhurt. He seemed
* the Riley-Simpson fight, was Ren Mil- to have regained his wind and would be
to the
to the chin, and followed by
body punches. This caused Rilev
suffer a great deal, but feinted and re
KIR? WU*4
HOW MUCH ?
Ask first: How much style,
• how much quality? Then:
How much is
Figured that
only right way—Kirsch-
baum Clothes cost less.
the price r
way—the
$
25
^45
iMttlf&Xnnitman.
DEPARTMENT STORE
With at least five hundred raving
I son, wi(h blows that told. Simpson
soon became in such a condition that he
___could not cover up, and Riley took ad-
fans, Sam Rilev, local lad. and Toughie vantage of the opportunity. He hit
Simpson of Snyder, battled six rounds hard, and showed clearly who was mas-
at the Altus Athletic Club here last
Friday night, a week ago.
punches to this place. The Memphi
m gro co-id, do nothing l*ut take punish-
ment. Miller being active on bis feet,
sidestepped every lick, and would come
in with hard blows to -he stomach and
The
of all
a
card for the evening consisted
first-class boxers and Manager
Pendleton is to be congratulated for
bringing the-* men here. Everyone was
well trained, and put up a fine exhibi-
tion of boxing. Sam Riley, who was de-
feated here bv the Snvder lad recently, !nf, aaf
•won the ........- ..... .
last week.
First round -Simpson waded
Riley at the sound of the gong, but Ril-
ey sidestepped, and landed a hard blow
to the .bin. Simpson laughed and land-
ed one in the abdomen. They both
fought close in, each exchanging blows.
Liven round •
ter of the battle. Riley's round.
Sixth and last round—Riley waded in
BLAIR ROAD WILL
BE GRADED SOON
STATES OVERSEER
entered the ring. However, fans want
ed to sec him mix it with a good scrap-
per and they did. Ben Miller of Okla-
homa city, said to be the negro cham-
pion of the state, gave him a thrashing jeft pyr Miller’s round
during the twelve rounds. Age told on j T^e main event saw T.cc Morrissey
the Memphis. Tennessee negro, and the and Sailor Williams enter the ring,
to Simpson with that old telling punch youth won out. Morrissey was the favorite over the
and had the latter breathing heavily. j-'jr-t round -Cyclone Turner waded Snvder fighter, having won easily lAre
Simpson in this last round failed to land jnto the Oklahoma City negro by land- .recently, owing to a broken thumb of ...
any blows that told, but Rilev was after jng a ]Pft to tbp ,tomach flowed bv Williams However. Williams fought | statement that since the story of last
the Snvdfr lad landing hard blows to sending an uppercut to the chin. Mil- gamelv this time but the Salt Lake .week pertaining to the had condition
abdomen and chin At one time it i,.r retaliated by sending a straight jab City man was too much for him. Ex-1 of the road, it would he put in shape
won the decision over him at Snvder i00*?1 a* '! R,'lry, T^ld /' TT1, 3 landed a hard blow1 nerience of the Utah fighter w as clear-1 just as soon as they could arrange mat-
knockout when he landed a hard blow |b(, stomach. Cvclone came hack lv shown as he sidestepped some of
into ,fle chin' hut fai,,■', to ,a^r ad'an*aRP however, and sent another to the stom- William- licks. Morrissey landed many
of the opening, thereby saving the Snv- arh Cyclone was fully the agre-sor blows at will on the fighter from Snv-
der lari from a knockout. This round Miller, could not figure out where those 'der. Ow ing to the difference of 'be
showed conclusively that Riley was the ]jcVcs were coming from, as the left arm two men enthusiasm was mis-:n*r. Mor-
winner. Rileys round. |,,f Cyclone was doing damage. Cyclone ris«ev was easily wiven the decisinn; I
The second bout was between Mutt took this round. | Manager Pendleton has certainly!
Did you now we
famous hot lunch?
and from 5:30 to 8.
South Side Square.
have started ou
From 11:30 to
Royal Drug Co,
Good Bols D* Arc Post ana narb wire
W. O. Hill Lumber Co.
A TEXAS WON’DF.R
For kidney and bladder troubles,
Tliat in a short time the road to Blair jgravel, weak and lame back.
will be in first class condition is the
statement of John Riley, overseer of the
roads for this county who gave out the
ters to work it.
Riley stated many improvements on
other roads have been made, which re-
late- to the road leading fro.Vi Duke
to Eldorado, and from F.ldorado to
(Mils tee. These two roads are in good
shape now, and other roads throughout
McKee and Dickey Dixon. This bout Second round Miller having recce- lived m> to his word ♦! at he w • ia\ county will be in the same condition
McKcc from the hoHv punches, procffdfd card that would please. *t is oou ^ *j.. ~~~ —*w-«s di-J-
Srrotid round—Again Simpson rushed resulted in the fans hooting ......v. ,,,,, ....... lllr ,,u„<.„e-. po-ee.ieo - ------------- . ...
things and landed a hard blow to the practically during the -ix rounds they to land a few of those blows himself, i ful if there was ? tan there who du
chin of Riley: this had very little effect fought. McKee kept hitting below the and hit hard, then followed by sending not enjoy every fight According to,
«>n Riley. Riley returned the blow by belt and did considerable damage to awful wallops to the chin Cyclone by one of the fans Pendleton has placer
hitting with an uppercut Both men Dixon. It must be admitted that Me- this time was fighting on the defensive Altus on the map in
fought close-in and it appeared as if Kee would have won as he had more appearing a- if he was trying to figure
Davis Gin
soon as thev can get to them. Blajr
road is the worst of the whole Tot. but
the public well-knows that Riley and
the «por*;-~ world j h^s Ka"1 wiU have lhis road in finc
, , chape soon,
as one of the he«t towns for boxing
bouts, and every tan. he thinks, should | There being no rainfall for the past
attend so that it will give the promoter several months has worked a hardship
an opportunity of still Retting better on the road graders They could not
fighters. build up the roads sufficient to hold up
Plans for Thanksgiving Pav here will under the heavy traffic. However,
see other g-od fighters, according to, Riley states they are going to do their
Pendleton He asked the fans Friday ),e-t t. make the Blair fVtd one of the
night how thev would like to see Ben > best nithe county and while he realizes
Miller and Cyclone Turner engage in » the condition at present, believes how-
return l>oiit. Some of the fans at least (ever, the plan he has for this road willl
the majority, assured the manager they result in it holding up—at least until
would likr to «ee them fight iid it is (rain falls and then it can be made bet-
believed the two can )>e signed for a re- trr>
turn on Thanksgiving.
HEADQUARTERS here
weak and lame back, rehuma-
tism and irregularities of the kidneys
and bladder, if not sold by your drug-
gist. by mail $1.25. Small bottle ofte»
cures. Send for sworn testimonials.
Dr. E. W Hall. 2926 Olive St., St. Louis,
Mo., sold by druggists. 43--52t
“Happy” is alwys happy to serve vo*
our famos hot lunch. From 11:30 to
and from 5:30 to 8. Royal Drug Co
South Side Square.
THE HELPING HANDS
The road leading from Eldorado to i The Community Interest A MO*
We give real service in sample and turnout. We pay the
highest market price for our customers cotton.
Duke, while it was in fairly good shape
was beginning, however, to give way
under the1 heavy traffic that passes over
it each dav. It can be found todav. how-
_ . ever, to be in fine shape, and this soil
Houston. Te««, tight, assures the road men of it
*-ri " holding ttp for several months to come.
Possibly more traffic
a— • I t
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GIN WITH US
Repreaentative of Coffee Company
Reside in Altus
F. T. Anderson of
representative of the Cheek-Neal
fee companv of Houston, has opened up p ...
™**«°*° «-«* «>•» x
j brand of coffee for this firm and it is
I already being sold in this territory.
Blair-Maupin Wholesale Grocers are
the jobbers.
Geo. B. Davis
South Main Street Altus, Oklahoma
Will You Spend 6Sr On Rat Snap to
__ ______Save $100?____—— —
One 65c pkg can kill 30 rats. The aver
jrrage rat will rob you of $10 a year in
.feed chnk» and property destruction,
j RAT-SNAP i* deadlv to rats Cremates
< after killing leaves no smell. Comes
'in rakes Rats will pass up meat, grain
!«heese to feast on RAT-SNAP Three
|si«es 35c 65c ?! 25 Sold and
iteed by Royal Drag Co.
one to Duke, and_ the soil is not quite
so tight, but this "road has been nut in
good shape and thev believe it will hold
up until the rain falls.
Another help to traffic is the improve
ment made in the road leading south of
■ the city. For a time this road was in
had shape, hut the road men worked on
.this where now it is in fine shape.
“Theae Vats Wouldn’t Eat My
Grata,*' Says Fred Lamb.
“It’s hard to keep rats out of
store Tried for years.
* .:‘u v*»a
"*'ir i i ■ iiiiyw i h i »npn f ■
a feed
A neiahbor-
P“r*n',in* store sold me some RAT-SNAP
:It worked wonders. Gathered up dead
* — ! rats every morning. Bought more
George Ledbetter of route 4 near RAT SNAP. Haven’t a rat n*>w They
Martha was in town Saturday he savs WOn!dn't e*t my best gram when I
the cotton is practically all osrt and threw RAT-SNAP around.* Three
made from owe third to one-Half bale styes, J5c 65c. $125 Sold and guaran-
per acre. .. io 'md by Royal Drug Co. •
ciation Cornea to the Aid
Of • Distreaaed
Member
Ouster, Okla.
Community Interest Association,
Box 310. _ j
Altus, Oklahoma. <1 ^
Gentlemen:
I wish to acknowledge receipt of your
check for $1,00000 handed me today bv
Mr W. Y. Feeley, for which I extend
my hearty appreciative thanks
This money could not have come at
a more needy time, as I am totally un-
hale to perform any kind of work what-
ever. . ,
I wish to state to my many friends
and member* of the Community Interest
Association that the promptness and
manner of handling this claim for total
and permanent disability is entirely
satisfactory to me, and worthy of much
praise. The contract embodied m the
policy allows a period of sixty da vs
from notification of disability for pav-
ment of same, while my claim was past
within thirty-four days after the home
office had been notified of my coodt-
a
Sincerely yours.
'AM Insured
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Forgy, Burney B. The Altus Times Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1922, newspaper, October 19, 1922; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc825800/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.