The Washington herald., 1911-01-15

The fact that the Tulsa Athletic club,
IN Tulsa, Okla. has announced through
its matchmaker. II. {. POuder. that the
club management will hang up a $lo.W'
nurse for A fight between Carl Morris
and Jim Flynn. Tony Ross. Al kubiak.
Jim Perry, or Al Kaufman makes the
followers of the fistic art throughout this
section wonder whether a future cham
pionship possibility will really come out
OF the West in the person of the young
giant from Sapulpa. The Tulsa promo
tors state that in event of such a battle
being held they are prepared to build an
amphitheater capable of seating D."
spectators. They believe contest OF
this character would net $4,000 in re-
ceipts and thus repay the necessary out
lay.
A meeting with any OF ihe men mem
toned would give the general public a
better line on the ability of Morris than
is obtainabe at the present time. His
fight with Marvin Hart was no criterion
as that fighter had long passed his top
form. and Har, was never in class
with men like JefrleS. Corbett. ftZSim-
mons, or Sharkey.
From what can he learned of the per-
sonal history Of Morris. he was born in
kentucky on August ). 1886. and spent
most of his past life on the farm OF his
father. He worked on the farm until
1904. when he came to Sapulpa and ap-
piled for position as helper in the
roundhouSe His work attracted the at
tention of his employers. and il was only
a short time until he got a position as
fireman in the yard. He soon became
fieman on the road. and was promoted
to the position of engineer.
His First Encounter.
He served in that capacity faithfully
until little occurrence one day at Ok
mulgee. when a negro, who had some
trouble with brakeman on Morris
train. attempted to strike him. Morris
stepped down from the engine and inter-
fered. with the result that for a time it
looked as if the brunette gentleman was
going to need glass carriage with black
plumeS. Occurrences of this kind caused
p, ople who knew him to spread his repu-
tation as a rough-and-tumble fighter,
and those who were not acquainted with
him seldom pushed a dispute to extremes
more than once
Carl began to think of taking up pugil-
ism a profession. and as soon as he
learned that Jeffries had been defeated
by johnson he asked for and received a
years leave of absence without losing his
standing in the line of promotion by the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. OF
which he is a member. When he began
training every railroad man working out
Of Sapulpa became a Morris booster, so
that the giant was soon heard of
throughout the State.
1t is probable that Morris has physical
advantages over every other heavy
weight in the world. He Is s feet inches
tall. has a reach of 81 inches, and he has
trained down to ..S5 pounds. He weighed
500 last June. He has never INDUCED in
liquor or tobacco in any form and is
stickler for health rules. He is married
and owns a home in Sapulpa- Ever since
he disposed of Hart with two broken ribs,
a fractured nose. and other injuries Nor
ris has been discussed all over the United
States.
In spite of his size and weight. Morris
Is said to be extremely fast and active.
1t is rather interesting to compare such
OF his measurements as are known with