The evening world., 1911-12-14
Carl Morris ls Sure to Be One
Of the Greatest Fighters in
the Business-Is a Sucker.

TN New York Wor6).
- won't surprise me II Can Morris
some time becomes Q great heavy
= weisht-best OF the "white hopes"
aA1 no imitation white hope at that.
WY?
n answer Is plain. He's the most
poBostsnt man in the world. And n
mnn with even ordinary qualifications
o. make good II he 10 persistent
soough. Morris has very unusual nat
uWi advantages.
yhysicaiiy extraordinary. Q giant. but
vth only ten months Of ring exper-
iNncs behind him. he came to New York
to dean up the heavyweishts. The drst
noa he fought was the ~icng.exper-
imced jim flynn. who had shown his
aGoe ability by giving big Al Ksufmes
terrific beating that ended In . knock
~ IN the tenth round.
Uynn slaughtered Morris Just as he
ho1 slaughtered Kaufman out In Kan
80 City. For ten rounds he landed
ssssinc swings almost at wiii. IT'S true
tAae Norris took only n backward
stsD In the fight. that he was always
seoming." and that F1ynn's hardest
sU1ngs didn't upset him or even make
NJ knees shake. It's true. too, that he
diced Flynn's left eye tight. and that
ne courage and aggresSveness made q
Ait Win the crowd. Yet there was
eoDething absurd In the s~pectacle-a
giant having his head hammered on by
Q oan Vho stood shoulder high beside
hin. And Norris showed no knowledge
Of boxing or Of the art u putting his
sessagth into . snappy puaeh.
AnEsr that Aght. every newspaper.
svu1 spssiag osat1e proaounosl him
10 otDsloDA 'JGeps." He vss oritic,eeA.
'lAlAtu II (v3th . nttis ooasmsaAaAoa
~ the slds Tor his OAmsuess). and.
anaeiy. within TIVE OF thrss days. for.
Uoeoon.
- nust have been morn dishsart.
suong for Morris than ne beating Flynn
sOneD ham- beating that kept him In
hh eeom IN . Hsmmaa bath for . week
afone the night Every enc VINO gave
Nm another THOUGHT took Il for granted
thne he wovid hlks homs to oklahoma
on she hrst traiA - room - he ~.
gained some vsstlgs Of his natural sp.
psoeance.
~ although he didn't make the
rouods Of the nevspaper ofices. Aks
otoor beaten nghtera 70 ofRs explana-
stieoo and excuses. he DIDN'T 20 10 Okla
heua- He very quietly began ta,ning
tr3gA1 here In New York. where he had
tst1n his beating. There wasn't q
thsaght Of Suittias the ring. This 10
the most extraordinary case Of stick
4nSs on record. II shows that Morris
he the real stun In him somewhere.
lciaoty-nins men out Of a hundred would
have been running the engine again by
thu time.
1Dens Of the promoters wanted 10 give
bin anothsf bout because they thought
ne night ~ cut W a. he wa In the
F1ynn night and they didn't want 70
couse trouble WITH the Boxing Commits
siea. The public didn't want to see
aneeher such exhibition. and nobody
wse particularly anxious TO see Morris
beaten up. But at last he was given q
chance against 0eyer Of Denver, 9
Wsstern heavyweight. who was brough,
Asse to clean up" Morris stopped
psyer In nine rounds. beating him
BABY and not being hurt NJ all him,
feik &nce that time he knocked on
Pun Bass In Philadelphia "a big fellow
tRhe had Won = white hope" tourna
meQe there and knocked out q lot o
-hsevyweights) In one round. In his mex
5nght. In Cleveland. he stopped William
In three rounds.
Thsse were not important Nights. mar
ticusariy. but Morris came through then
Without . scratch. and he stopped hi
nea. II his confidence was ever shake,
ta thing he hasn't shown these thre
knoekouts will restore It. He may re
the habit. II he knocks out Tom Ken
nsey hs'n be right on top OF the whit
hope heap again. And Morris has on
desire. He want to tight Flynn ayai
as o az possible. lie may get
chance 10 do that-but not In New Yorl
Norris has been working hard eve
since he lost his fight with Flynn. n
ambition 10 stronger than ever. 1t won
be suruisins 10 a mar like that even
ually gets what he wants.
YIAhY BRITT says that he has r
cslvcd = message from Hugh Nell
tosh. who wants Jimmy TO ngl
AeaEhan In Australia. Meaghan is a
Australian lightweight. who has cleans
up unholz n a o list OF other llgh
Weights. In Australia they call him II
little iron man"
TIN not going to accept" says J!mm
''Ysu know. ! can nght still. But tn
MeaShan In no slob himself. and II won
mean . long period OF training as we
- . long trip. I'm kidding myself thu
have brains enough to get along wit
out nghtins. I've been ct the game lor
sncugh to YEA on the novelty. althoul
used TO hght for fun. ! have a GOO
theatrtcAi OFFER here an New York. ar
la going 10 take II and show that ! ca
DO ether things just a. well as ! cou
AGAt when ] boat Young corbett al
Nstteng Nelson and the rest Of Il
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