The evening world., 1911-09-18
Carl Morris Won't Give Up
Fighting Game, but Will Go
Home and Start Training
Camp SO That He Can Sc.
riously Study Art Of Fisticufs.

'touS'y SNuNy ~ W 'St'Su''Ss
: Copyright, 1911. ny The .r-c,. Publishing 20.
The New fork World.
~ARL NORRIS says that he will
not s!ve UP the lighting game.
He will 30 10 his Oklahoma home
for several months. start a training
camp there. hire two or three good biz
nghters MS sparrlng partners and settle
down 10 a serious study OF the science
OF hsticuffs. lie viii learn how to hit
and put the real jar into his punches.
and how to avoid being hit After all.
that's the whole game.
Norris doesn't admit any sense Of dis
coufagemen,. Il didn't know enough to
AxNt sn experienced MAJ IKE .5yna.
tAsts ALL" he says. I didn't know
~hat q lot Of difference experience
nAakss. The other men I fought were
all Sasy. Flynn knew how to night IN
o1ase and how to hit. I'm going to learn
how 70 hit, and a whole lot Of other
tnlnks. n then I'm going TO make .
ffsSA start. I'll get to the top yet"
right followers are discussing the Dig
name chances. Many are Of the opin-
IN chat tho hammerinG given him by
11yna Friday night will affect his nerve
IN the future.
"HERE u some discussion. too. q
70 whether or not Charlie White
should have stopped the night.
Il y ny opinion that he should have
sssptsd It. His rssson for letting II
6 o., I believe. was that Norris. while
tdsTibly cut and bruised. Wa still
stross. and that Il would have been An
iabustcs to him 10 sop the Asht and
~ Flynn credit for . tschnical
'knockout." ''
whoh ID ali very we'll. but what about
ths injustice done the sport ~ Letting
such . bloody and brutal exhibition
20 on when . word from the rsfsrss
could have stopped It? The spectators
They were sicksned BY the SIGHT Of
beth msn covered with blood. the b1s
mans face beaten out Of shape and
p6ksd Ike . balloon. Fiynn's blows
constantly directed at the damaged
spots. ana Charlie White skirmishinS
around the outs,irts OF the fray. his
shirt drsnched with crimson and stick
Ing 10 his body, HIS hands and fore
arms covered with blood from pushing
between the men-so much blood that
Il dropped from his extended finger
tips Ike water from . leaking faucet
ND right hefs I want TO call the
"a attention Of the public to one
thing that was really responsible
for Friday nights d~isgraceful exhib-
ition.
The Frawlsy law provides that: The
et='-rtants shall wear. during such ? -
tSsts. gloves Weighing At least eight
ounces"
Another clause. NnA: THE msmbsrs
for the administration OF their ONCE.
NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH.
a. they nay deem expedient"
, To show how seriously they regarded
the Intelligence OF the legislators. or
perhaps because they hadn't read the
law Ill the way through. or perhaps
hepAuss Charlie Harvey advised. the
Boxing Commission, consisting Of Jim
opllivsu OF the A. A. u. Major Dixon
AHd Frank 8. O'Ne!i. passed and pub.
iishsd the following rule: Each glove
must wedgh at least FIVE ounces"
Now. whether or not all three mem
tors Of the Commission voted for tina
rule ] don't. know. But i've OF then
dlA. 1t any rate. for Il required the
vote Of two to lass t.
0ight-ounce gloves would have bsss
email enough for heavyweights. Witt
s~lkht-ouncs gloves, Morris and FiynI
might have gone through their tes
rounds without excessive mutilation Of
either side. The law expressly pro
vidsd for eisht-ounce gloves Just 70
the purpose Of preventing brutality. an
IN Commission. n II didn't invent It
Illegal five-ounce-glove, rule for tn
purpose OF promoting brutality in IN
shape OF Unnecessary cutting and bruis
Ing, did Il through sheer ignorance G
the game. The latter possibility 10
fairly good argument for the appoint
ing IN the future Of men who kno'
something about boxing and ,boxln
contests.
A MOTHER rule reads: The refer.
- mus, stop the contest VIXEN eth,
contestant shows marked supei
iority."
Fiynn's superiority was marked
enough 20 be apparent TO tho specti
tors. at least
-
THE moral Of all OF which 10: Er
force the'law. or the natural col
sequence of Ignoring It's pr owl
ions will be the death OF the game.
TEN people killed outright al
many mutilsted by a wild" a
tomopile' driven by Leo Oldne
IN q race at the State Fair Grounds
Syracusei I've expected SONS such "a
cident'' for quite a while. Usually &
autos that leave the track kill on
n or two NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a II
cor That's 30 common an ~oecurren
a. auto races that we hardly mott,
81. But ten killed outright Is q hea,