Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-07
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ms tho great white hope" OF pai
ago reelod heavily back
yes said Ufcr. breaking the III.
ence NJ last, Il want 10 get good
stake for Carl. Too had the COVER
nor intorfortd with the Flynn fight
/ ont IN oklahoma, We had arranged
for special trains for all the big cit
les around, and we would have had
at least 10000 people After payI
/ fbn"'s end and an expenses I'd have
handed Carl sixty or seventy thous-
and dollars
What"
'oh Yes; maybe more than that.
We'd have taken In a lot Of money"
"Hut how about your end?"
"ph" said Mr. Ufer u was run
Ming the show and I'm Carl's manager
but / didn't want any Of the money.
! iust wanted TO give Carl a good
stake"
Now, what do you think Of that
for a manager Of a Fighter Can you
beat II?
We arrived nj Allenhurst and In a
couple of minutes had walked over
TO Jim he Forests training quarters
situated AT the edge " a green wood
and on the bank OF a lake Jimmy
took me upstairs and hammered on a
door. Morris was taking nap.
Come In doomed a big voice, and
We pushed open the door. Morris
was Just rolling up TO n sitting posi-
ton. rubbing the sleep out Of his eyes.
Il was my first sight Of him. A giant.
huge shoulders. great thick limbs,
thick neck, large well-rounded featur-
- and smile as vide as all out
doors. He was SO huge that he fill
ed the room. When he stood up the
floor creaked.
Joe jeanette arrived with Al Ben
edict Williams, one Of the regular
staff-and the last oni-was on the
crippled list. Morris knocks out his
sparriug partners every day.
The fighters put on their fighting
togs and soon the work began.
Now, the first impression Of Nor
r's is that is a tremendously broad
man Of medium height. Only when
he and jeanette began to spar did
his real size show. for he is full 6
feet 4 inches tall in his bare feet. I
measured him. He is symmetrical,
and not Fat. When he began train
ing for his first fight. eleven months
ago he stripped at 315 pounds. Now
he weighs only 235.
They began roughing at once. Nor
ris moved forward steadily. For such
a whale Of man, he was light and
graceful. He didn't do anything
fancy in the sparring line-just lean
ed in and punched. Jeanette was
small beside him, and Morris tossed
Joe around and showed him out Of
clinches with apparent ease Joe wal
lopad him hard. and he walked in
against the blows without blinking.
He hit Joe. and Joe backed away
with the side of his nose skinned.
They mixed for two rounds. Morris
has lot to learn about boxing. but
he seems to have an effective fighting
style that shows the influence of
Jeanette's coaching. He is the ma
terial from which great fighter may
be made.
Hes hitting harder and faster
than when l boxed him last out in
Oklahoma, said Joe between rounds.
Benedict went on for two rounds.
Az they met, first Benedict sent a
smashing right to Carts chin, and the
giant walked in against it, and dug
his fist into Bened.t's stomach. After
that Benedict was content to wrestie
about and fight in clinches.
Morris isn't a muscular marvel like
Jehries. He is as big as jeff. with
lighter legs and arms, and all round,
smooth muscles. He looks as II he
might develop lot Of speed for big
man. What be needs is work. and
plenty Of It.
took his measurements. Height, 6
feet inches; weight 2S5 pounds;
chest contracted. AZ inches, eXpend-
ed a. inches; waist. 81 inches; upper
arm. 10 "a inches; forearm II ga
! inches; thigh. 26 IA inches; calf,
| Is l-2 inches; neck, II Ia inches;
reach. 10 "a inches, which Is in
ches more than Jeff's and Fitzsim-
mons"