The evening times., 1911-08-11
(By w. w. Naughton.)
San Francisco. CAL, Aug. IL
"How we'll do remember;
1t was in the sad September. {"

September should be remembered as
a red letter month. In the wrestling
match, a worlds championship is to
be decided. In another event-the
observation-disclosures bout-a champion
Is taking chances of having his rep
utation irreparably damaged, even
though he may maintain his title. In
the other. white hope" is risking
his all, which. by the way, is not very
much. He-I mean Carl $Morris-is
radically hopeful that he will prove
himself fully entitled to a crack at
Jack Johnson, the undisputed cham
pion Of the world.
Morris is the most petted and most
prominent of all the novices who
have been mentioned as possible op-
ponents for Johnson. The majority
Of the others have either disappeared
entirely or have had their dreams
shattered by defeat.
Carl Morris Confident.
Morris has millionaire manager
at least, 80 they say-and this man
ager with seeming seriousness and
sincerity, voices his belief that Morris
can defeat Johnson. It goes without
saying that Morris feels the same way
about it. Morris is to go against Jim
Flynn somewhere in New York on La
Dor day (September A., and by that
event he will stand or fail. If he loses
to Flynn, he will be joke, for Flynn
Is q pronounced second-rater, with
but one fairly bright spot on his side,
namely, his victory over Al Kaufman.
II Morris should do away with
Flynn the future will be luminous
with promise for the Oklahoma heavy
weight. Flynn apparently has his
limitations. He can never hope to
be champion while Sam Langford and
Jack Johnson are actively engaged
In fisticuffs, but he is very formida-
BILE trial horse just the same. He is
right willing worker, possessed Of
more speed and strength than ac-
curacy, and he takes kindly to close
milling. He is heart-breaking sub
ject for any inexperienced fighter to
tackle. and If Morris should defeat
him decisively there may arise de-
mand for Johnson-Morris match.
II things go awry. Morris may as
we'll turn his thoughts to some pur-
suit other than pugilism. Occasion
ally fighter Of proved quality, who
has met with reverse, Is given IAN
other chance" but an untried and
practically unknown man like the
Sapulpa giant is not due for any,
thing of that kind. II he is found
wanting in his first test, it would be
considered waste of time to try him
again.
The Hackenschmidt-Gotch worlds
championship wrestling match, which
Is to be decided in Chicago September
4. is Of vast importance. Even though
Gotch won from the Russian Lion" a
couple Of years ago, and has enjoyed
ever since the prestige that attaches
to the premiership, It has always been
felt that the circumstances attending
the first struggle call for another.
Hackenschmidt has moved heaven
and earth to secure return meeting
and has publicly charged Gotch with
being afraid to wrestle again. In ev-.
erything Hackenschmidt has done he
has displayed spirit of defiance and
supreme confidence, and the public
has watched the slow progress of the
matchmaking with much of the inter-
est that was manifested while Jeffries
was, still undecided about tackling
Jack Johnson.
Wolgast Risks All.
There will be excitement galore,
though probably not of the suppressed
kind, when Gotch and Hack" ap-
proach each other with STOPPING
shoulders and begin to claw for the
first hold. The result-providing the
contest Is fairly wrestled and fairly
won-will be q glorious triumph for
one man and bitter, bitter disap-
pointment for the other.
Then there is the Packey McFar-
land-Ad Wolgast affair at Milwaukee
later in September. The outcome of
this will mean "all the world and
more besides" to the one who van
quishes.
II Packey wins, Wolgast's cham
pionship laurels will be sadly tar
nished. What he did to Battling Mel
son and Owen Moran will suffer when
compared with what he failed to do
to Mcfarland.
It will be useless for the "Michi-
gan Wildcat" to speak Of Packey as
q near-iightweight and then claim
that the fight was something that was
not in accordance with the orthodox
scale Of weights. Packey will be
pointed to as the man who beat the
champion, and that will be almost
as great as q championship diploma.
Anyone who contends the hack.
harry n n fPt1if Il tn lahovaI q. ~