Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15
MORRIS READY TO FIGHT NOW
White Mans Hope Soon to Be Seen
in the Ring
FIGHTS FLYNN IN FIVE WEEKS
woIEsst says lie VIII Journey 60 Aus
trnIia or England to Pull or
Match-TeIIs OF HIS Career
In the Arena.

Carl Morris. the latest heavyweight to
loom up as a possible successor to James
}. Jeffries. apparently believes in the old
adage regarding making haste slowly In
a recent interview he said
u have only engaged In five battles,
and while ! have won all OF them in
hurry. I know that the quality Of my op-
ponents was not such as to set the world
on fire. Marvin Hart was the best man
ever fought. and / whipped him in three
rounds. He hit me, and hit me good and
hard. but l finally stopped him. 1 have
been fortunate in fighting men who came
to me. / really don't know what 1 would
do II I had to get after the other man.
That is the one thing 1 must learn II
expect to be successful. 1 know that
they don't make fighters in a day, and 1
am not going to try and conquer the uni
verse before I learn to box. From now on
1 am going TO devote my attention to the
fine points OF the game. / am going to
secure good man to teach me how to
box and how TO protect myself. ! have
strength, the determination and the
stamina. Those are valuable assets but
they won't go far unless l master the in
side end Of the game
When L first began training" said
Morris, who is only q years old and
weighs 2S5 pounds in condition. Il weighed
more than 300 pounds. 1 thought 1 was
| in great shape even at that time. but
/ have learned a lot since then l don't ex-
pect TO get down much lower than / am
at present, however"
To right soon.
| Il expect to fight jim Flynn inside Of the
next five weeks. That will be a severe test
for me, l am told. They tell me that Flynn
comes rushing in and II he does 1 believe
III win. After the Flynn fight-if 1 win
Will prepare for tougher game Al IIauf.
man, maybe. 1 was offered match with
Sam LangfOrd, but / am not going to fight
any negroes, unless / develop enough tC
| fight Johnson"
! Al Wolgast the coy champion Of oui
lightweight division writes promislngly Of
his ring future, as follows:
During the year 1911 1 expect to face a
least half dozen of the worlds creates
lightweights IN the ring and have ever,
confidence that l will be able to retain tn,
title, IL | should go down to defeat +
would most likely be before an Engishman
for the class OF the lightweight division a
the present time undoubtedly lies between
Freddie Welsh and own Moran.
Il am all right once more. MY injured
arm has almost regained it's forme
strength and in a month or two [ VIII b.
just as good as I ever was My hands hav,
never hurt. Breaks and bruises in othe
parts of the arm may be healed, but wher
fighters hands once 90 to the bad it il
about all off with him. 1 have nothing t,
worry about on that score.
VIII Meet Any Six.
AS l said before, l will be open to NEE
six of the worlds greatest lightweight
during the coming year leaving il to tn
public to decide whom they shall be. |
necessary l will journey to Australia o
England TO carry out the program and tn
mills can be showed together just as fas
as promoters care to bid for them, so Ion
as they are not closer together than a week
Welsh, Moran, Knockout Brown, one
Round Hogan, Tommy Murphy and Damn
Goodman are the men 1 expect the publ
TO select to meet me, and l want to pu
myself on record now as being willing
meet the entire six in fights to a finisl
all inside Of three months, and the soone
the better suits me once l am tit again.
Welsh is one OF the greatest boxers VIII
ever drew on a glove or broke resin. a,
, cording to my own observations OF him
: action. Moran Is also a great young mgn
weight II remains to be seen how niue
[ real class Knockout Brown and One ROM
, Hogan possess, for they have not bee
, pitted yet against real class and may ia
, down like the selling platers once the
> are. Murphy and Goodman are class
, performers, just outside the championship