The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-21
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New York, Mar 2D.-l am told that
down Oklahoma way there is one sub
ject OF all absorbing interest these
spring days the coming contest be-
tween Mike Schreck veteran heavy
weight, and Carl Morris pride OF Ok
lahoma, and the only white hope toI
uncover anything worth while since
the epidemic OF youngsters with the
championship fever.
Morris home town is Sapulpa, bu
to tell the truth the entire state lays
claim To proud ownership of the
youngser whose admirers prophes
he will be the man TO take the itle
away from j Arthur Johnson Whe
a stranger alights in the hustling city
he is Immediately grabbed at the de-
pot and forced to join the club OF
Morris boos, ers whether he viii or
no. The most popular form OF en-
tertainment in Sapulpa is visiting the
trailing quarters Of the foremost cit
izen ana the first duty of the loyal
natives is to drag their visitors out
to the camp to have a peek at the
coming champion Of The world as
they like to call him.
The entire state apparently has
gone daffy over the prospect OF de-
veloping a real, live heavy weight box
err who may some day have chance
a. the highest honors of We ring
In sapulpa they are building an arena
to seat more than 10000 people and ID
is the belief OF the promoters that
it will scarcely be large enough to
hold the big fellows admirers on the
night Of March 2S, when the big 90
ings are scheduled If Old Mike should
drop enc over oh Morris jaw aud Put
the young giant down for the count
it is feared the Oklahomans would
nveer got over tAe SHOCK and sur
prise.
Con Riley, now in charge OF Morris
| training, also has under his wing a
young Cincinnati heavy weight who
is lookei upon as a conner Harry
Wuest is the boys name, and he is
/ the hero of several battles, all Of
which he has won by the r. Q route.
Last week he trimmed a Kansas City
hope" in two rounds and the news
papers say acquitted himself like d
! champion. Oklahoma sports, who are
not given to doing things by halves
are now offering to back tie Cincin-
natl boy against any heavy weight
| in the country, barring Champion
Johnson and their own particular
pride, Morris
III will be observed that Kaufman
! and Langford are eligible under thC
terms of challenge, but ! guess there
is little to be feared from either o
those gladiators, as both have othel
contracts ON hand which promise tC
i keep them busy for a Long time. How
ever, am inclined to the opinion
that Con Riley would have blue pen
ciled the challenge somewhat before
giving it to the press hal he the op
! portunity. Con is too on bird am
too foxy to send yUungster out tC
tackle the toughest nuts in the game
lwithout proper schooling and expert
ence.
That Wolgast-BroWn Battle.
New Workers are Still talking abOu
the recent Wo,gast-Brown battle, anc
hardly knew whether to give KNOCK
out credit for being a crackerjacl
or to figure Odolph according to th'
Battling Nelson dope. Nelson, yol
will remember, referred to Wolgast a!
a Cheese champion" and not fc7
are OF the same opinion All arr
agreed that Ad was the lucky It'll
boy 10 catch BAT going instead o
coming, else there would have beei
no championship title Ii the Wolsas
family
Some few of the critics handle th
boys without gloves in their paper
and one or two go 50 far as to sa,
that both be.ong in the preiiminar
class. Bat Masterson says Brown il