Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
TRIAL FOR MORRIS
Tulsa, Okla, Anxious to Know
if Carl Can Fight.
GIANT TO LEARN BOXING
Westerners Ready to Build Amphi-
theater and Hang Up
$4,000 Purse.
GIANT TO LEARN BOXING

decided to find out whether Carl Morris.
the two Observation-Disclosures five pound
giant who recently pulverized Marvin
| Hart in three rounds, is a real pugilist
or not, one who may be regarded as
possible champion of the white race. The
! Tulsa Athletic Association has opened ne
1otiations with Morris and his manager,
Bill Stone, a former railroad telegraph
operator. II. c. Pouder, the matchmaker
of the Tulsa Athletic Association. is anx-
ious to put Norris against Tony Ross,
Jim Barry, Al Kubiak. Jim Flyii or even
AL Kaufman, and says that II he can Sc
| cure one of these men to fight the giant
| the club will hang up fifteen-thousand-
dollar purse. Morris and Stone have au-
| thorized Pouder to go as far as he likes
| in this matter
| Fouder figures that the next fight Morris
| takes part in will draw an immense
| crowd, no matter who may be his OPP
| ponent for all Oklahoma has gone wild
over the former locomotive fireman who
! decided last July that he would fight his
! way. to the top of the heavyweight heap
| with a view to finally conquering Jack
Johnson. Morris, though an unknown at
| the time. drew 1000 persons to the ring
side when he disposed of Hart at Sapulpa
several weeks ago. With interest In the
| big fellow now increasing by leaps and
bounds Tulsa is prepared to build an am
phitheater capable of seating 2o,oOO spec.
| tators, it being estimated that Morris,
next battle will net at least $4,000 In re-
ceipts.
Showed Some Glass.
| Two Of the five battles Morris has in
dulged in since he began fighting as
| professional last July took place before
the members of the Tulsa Athletic Asso-
| citation. He knocked out a heavyweight
named Ed Anderson in five rounds and
stopped Jim Harper of Kansas City in
| three. At Muskogee Morris hammered
| Tim Hurley to the floor unconscious in
three rounds. and at Sapulpa, where he
stopped Hart, he put burly Fellow
named Battling Britt to sleep with few
terrific punches.
| When Morris first distinguished himself
Euchre Joe after the redskin had routed
the entire police force of Sapulpa. he was
at once hailed by his fellow-trainmen OF
the Frisco road as "a fighter Of great
| hope Norris as soon as he learned that
Jeffries had been whipped by Johnson,
asked for and received a years leave OF
absence without losing his standing in the
line Of promotion by the Brotherhood Of
| Locomotive Engineers, of which he Is g.
member. When he began training every
railroad man working out of Sapulpa be-
came Morris booster, SO that the giant
was soon heard of throughout the state.
Many Advantages.
| Norris has physical advantages over
every other heavyweight in the world.
He is 6 feet inches tall, has a reach of
SO1s inches, and SO far he has trained
down to 235 pounds. He weighed 300 last
June. He is twenty-six years old. has
never INDUCED in liquor or tobacco in any
form, and is a stickler for health rules.
He is married and owns home in
Sapulpa. Ever since he disposed of Hart,
with two broken ribs. a fractured nose
and other injuries that put the former
| heavyweight champion a week in the
house. Morris has been discussed all over
the United States. Sam LangfOrd's man.
ager. Joseph Woodman. and Wolgast's
manager. Tom Jones, are trying to sign
Morris to longtime contracts, but the
giant says he will not go back on Stone,
| who threw up his job as train dispatcher
to handle Morris affairs. Woodman
| wants to take Morris abroad, where he
can fight Sam McVey. Joe Jeanette. Ian
| Hague or some other heavy, but Morris
says in the first place that he will never
fight negro unless it is Johnson, and
! furthermore he is anxious to do all of his
fighting in America Morris is not brag-
CART. and is by no means in hurry.
When asked to tell something about his
plans the other day he said:
Willing to Learn.
Il have won five battles in hurry. but
1 know that, the quality Of the men I've
whipped isn't much. Marvin Hart was
the bst man ever met and l stopped him
in three rounds. He hit me good and
hard several times. but l got him just the
same. I've been lucky enough to fight
men that have come to me. That's what
I like. But 1 don't know what l would
do If had to get after a man who was
strictly OF the defensive. That is the one
thing I've got to learn if I'm going to be
| successful.
Il know that fighters are not made in
a day. SO that I'm not going TO try TO beat
| everybody before / learn how to box.
From this time on I'm going to devote my
time to learning what science means.
I'm going to secure a good man to teach
me how to protect myself and how to use
my strength without Overexertion. I've
got plenty of strength and stamina. but
I've got to know how to use these quail
ties.
II expect to fight Jim Flynn inside of
j the next six weeks. That will be a severe
test for me, / am told. They tell me
Flynn puts up a rushing fight. I hope he
does, for I'll win. If I beat Flynn I'll
prepare for tougher game. AL kaufman,
maybe But I'm going to climb the ladder
slowly. There's no need of hurrying. The
more experience l have the better I'll
be-"