The evening world., 1911-06-07
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Carl Morris Isn't a Lemon"
Says Joe Jeanette, Who Has
Been Training the Oklahoma
Giant for His Fight With Fire.
man Jim Flynn.

&c, indeed said Joe jeanette.
YIN "Carl Morris isn't a lemon"
with that dictum we In the
anxious and p~alpitating Fast have our
mt real dope" or the latest claimant
Of the white hope title.
Soc 10 back In New York for . ten
dav stay-baok because he grew weary
ma strange although hospitsbls hnd
80 hungry for . look At hi wffs and
children. Ten days from now he goes
ven to Oklahoma again to pick up the
- where he dropped II and Try to
mDsld the giant riiroadsr into . at
challenger for Jack johnson.
They treated me nns but there" Joe
wat on. when I frst landed and saw
everybody going around In big felt hats
A. flannel shirts and boots I thought
was In . wild country for fair. I
va almost afraid TO walk down the
stSsst. But they're the nnest n most
hSGpitabie people ] eve met anywhere.
Mensy cuts no figure. Why. Mr.. Ufer.
CITE new manager paid the old man
aoar $4,000 cash for his contract Just
heeauss he wanted to see Morris get
49,. Then he sent for me to coach
hha and he wal willing to pay me any
thiag ! asked. He 10 one Of those oil
~miiiaonairss. with an income Of $500
Gay. They've got oil wills out there
a9thiek a. trees around here.
az oRRIs 10 . me b1g fellow. He
~YsIN stands 9 feet Z and weighs eo
pounds stripped now. He
has only been at II for eight or nine
mehths. Before he started training for
d13Ats he was . railroad suginesr-not
a'nrsman-running West to San Fran.
ci{ep. and he weighed as pounds. He
mple have been pretty fat. but taxing
u ~ hasn't weakened him any.
if01erris isn't . cl0vsr bexsr yet. Of
cefrss. but hs has svsrything TO make
eooa fighter and he 10 improving very
fat He thinks quickly. ana IT'S sssy
fse. him to lsarn. That's who're he u
hAA1g than most q The Other big tel
loSb. For instance. I told him mat
y1S1n holds his hands in . certain Pc
HIN how to shoot hAs right through
WITH an upper-cut. I told him to Try II
the nrst time he saw me In that posi-
tifa, We went on boxing fast. and
aftr . little I tried II. He shot that
riebk through 30 quickly that Il sur
petsed me- He didn't have TO b told
tv1os.
Morris 10 very strong and he hits
he'd. He 10 quick OF his feet and quick
wstA his hands. and he's game and WILL
IN and confident. OF curse he
Y6nidn't stand any chance with John
senfnow. and II will take . lot Of night
inc 70 teach him all hen need for .
chempionsh.p night. They have been
b3aging him along with easy lights.
pisking out good mark for him. That
VS. al right at the s~tart-very wise.
But ] advised them from this time on
nytek the hard ones He knows
sns0OA about fighting now ana has
saGoOA experience. and II 10 time to see
~ can make good among the top
nceDoGs. That's why they made the
match with Jim Flynn for July
MrHE nr.t. day v. boxed , mad.
k Morris chase mo round and
didn't let him put a glove on
M He was awfuiiy discouraged. BE-
fds that he had beer knocking them
or their feet with q punch. Then ]
stood n let him hit me IN the stom-
ach. When he didn't put me down hs
couldn't understand II. but you Know
I'm hold my hands up and lot Lang.
ford wallop ne there ~ hard as he car
hit. ! told him to punch me On the
Jaw. n Just let my head roll with
the smashes n stood up to them. II,
couldn't understand hat ,either. But
,uxt said. IF you knew as much abou'
these things IA I do there wouldn't b,
any use In sending for me to teach you
would there?' He saw the point. ant
settled down TO hard work.
well. the first few days he was jus
q big fellow with a punch who didn'
know how 70 a N II IN u clever man
B0 showed him n thing after an
otner, and ne was quick TO learn. A
nrst when ! punched him hard IN IN
STOMACH he vinced and showed tina
he swas hurt. ] made him lie on hi
ban and so through all the stunts
use 20 harden my body. II was toug
.wotk for him, but he stuck, and sf,e
q while he didn't mind being hit. whe
ne WAS uuft ne came III ilSkchu OF &c
Ing back. He got so hat he knew whs
- % all the time. instead OF being 10,
Whenever he couldn't Land q punch. an
thn he'd get TO me oftener and oftene
Afslr . while no oouh give me = har
Ag4k. When ! was there nrst We hs
anAther fellow who could box cleverk
and for a while he showed the big fe
low up. But Il wasn't long before Mo,
ris put II all over him. on the day bl
fore ! zane East Hea!n We had a min
roAsd iryoui-a regular figat. We Rot
wcft ~ Il sool and hard, acd DEE wet
tho zine roGads ard fought fusfhr a
the MA from start 10 hnish, cndiF
up stronger than when he started. /
going pack now to give him the la
two s.Aeks' training for his fght wit
Flynn. ] think he'll beat Flynn. al
he's dead sure Of II. II be doss. tn
m&nas thae hsO among H. ohAmpios
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