The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-28
MORRIS
COMING
STRONG
sAPULPA PUGILIST HAS
SOME KICK, ACCORDING
TO RING BUGS


AS Engineer" Carl Morris is slow
AZ climbing the pugilistic ladder y
fame and a chance TO knock JACK
Johnson head Off, he Is receiving
more and more attention from the
snorting public which has been como
ing the world over for someone ~
stand up against LII Attn.
Morris has demonstrated TO me
many that he has a kick that woula
make even the kick OF one OF the pow
erful drive wheels on the big Frisco
engine pale into nothingness or tne
size OF the wallop Of a dying glads
ator.
II the Sapulpa hope can show that
he has the ability TO master science
and the finer points OF the game ne
will be hailed as the real hope ana
the center of the stage cleared OF eV-
erything else for the next two years
IN order that the big Oklahoman may
he groomed for the event. Morris mas
nIenty OF stamina, is fast for a man
az his size and has demonstrated good
zee 81 his head in the six bouts he
has so far terminated with knockouts
in early rounds. II will take many
months OF hard training to become
the boxer and scientific fighter Oh,
lack .Iohnson's calibre, but what Nor"
rls NAV lack in the boxing lines he
will make up in the kick OF that
salary wing of his.
Here is what Sporting Editor f.
Nv. Cochrane OF the Kansas Guy Jour
nal has to say OF him.
while his victory over Spike
Kennedy does not brand him as a
first-rater by any means, st.l II ADDS
one more scalp to Carl Morris list
which now numbers less than doz'
en-. and the Oklahoma white man
hope" is pursuing the right course IN
aisposing OF quantity OF lesser hghts
in the pugilistie circle
when Kennedy went 10 Oklahoma
10 fight this giant, nearly every FOL
lower OF the sport IN Kansas City ex-
pected to see him lose and many be-
leyed he would not last ten rounds.
They did think, however, that Spike
considering past performances, would
be able to stay longer than he did
Kennedy's best fights were with Den
yer Ed Martin and Young Mahoney
both of whom whipped the Kansas
City scrapper without trouble. He Is
far below the topnotch in the heavy
weight class and in fact is not q
heavyweight He always has been II
the rniddleweight division. although
trlfle heavier than that now.
Is Morris proved by defeating Ken
nedy that he Ii able to put his oppon
en,, awas fairly easy. He appears (
have little trouble in landing th'
punches he starts, for he floored Ken
nedy four times In the round and
half the bout lasted Kennedy has al
ways been capable Of lodging punch
es for a few rounds anyway and Ii 4
surprising 10 see a big awkward fel
low like Morris put him out so early
II merely shows tnat Morris Is hardl
as awkward as he looked in the X. {
IA. G. gymnasium when he worked on
here with a few local boxers som
time ago.
Billy Some. who is managing MOI
ris. Is elated over the .howing OF nj
man and he has perfect righ. TO bt
Morris really looks good. He has wo
every one of his fights In four round
or less and to be exact we believe n
has had seven battles. IL would b
we'll TO match him with few nor
heayyweights who are not top motel
ers before taking on the best of ther
providing they want Morris TO elm
gradually and do not think OF takin
a chance with a top-nOtcher too earl
In his career.
Few outside OF his immediate fan
ily know that Morris Is part Cherokee
There Is just trace Of the red ma
blood in this giant fighter who
knocking out all OF his opponents wit
comparative ease. hut II is just poss
BILE to see the trace of Indian in hin
When Morris was In Kansas Cit
not long ago | remarked that he al
peared to have considerable lat 0
his cheeks and over his eyes. 'Tha
is not fat said Morris Feel of i
That is bone. | have higher chez
bones than the ordinary man and th
bone over my eyes prOtrudes farthe
This is because of the fact that hay
Cherokee Indian blood in my yein'
hs iVkutl was poAt lhhiah+ D|AN'
they claimed only onethirty secon
OF her blood was Cherokee Indian. Nj
father being Yankee, imagine
have but little OF the Indian bloot
but il appears to be enough to civ
me rather high cheek bone
Morris was right 1t was not fa
This will fool a lot of his opponent
however when they try to cut tina
supposed fat and make the bloc
stream over his eyes In an effort
blind him. But the man who wi
have time enough to chop Morris !
the eyes will be a whole lot bette
than Kennedy or any OF the others h
has fought TO date Morris reall
looks ike the best OF the lot of whit
hopes" and ii Is safe to predict thu
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