Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-16
HARD FIGHTS FACING
NEW HOPE MORRIS
Carl Morris Will Be Asked to Meet
Some of the Best
Heavyweights.
MANAGERS ARE ANXIOUS
TO GET HIM SIGNED UP
Oklahoma Fighter Admits That He
Needs More Experience-Must
Learn Defensive Work.

Tulsa. hustlins city I'm Oklahoma. has
decided to find out whether Carl Morris.
the 235-pound giant who recently pull
verified Marvin Hart in three rounds. is
a real pugilist or not one who may be
regarded as a possible champion of the
white race. The Tulsa Athletic Associa-
ton has opened negotiations with Morris
and his manager. Bill Stone. former
railroad telegraph operator. II. c. Poud-
er, matchmaker of the Tulsa A. A., is
anxious to pit Morris against Tony Ross.
Jim Barry. AL Kubiak, Jim Flynn or
even AL Kaufman. and says if he can
secure one OF these men to fight the giant
the club will hang up a fifteen-thousand-
dollar purse. Morris and Stone have
authorized Pouder to go as far as he likes
in. this matter
Two of the five battles Morris has in
dulged in since he began fighting a
professional last July took place before
the members of the Tulsa A. A. He
knocked out a heavyweight named Ed
Anderson in five rounds and stopped Jim
Harper of Kansas City in three Morris
hammered Tim Hurley to the floor un-
conscious in three rounds at Muscogee,
and at Sapulpa, where he stopped Hart,
he put a. burly fellow named Battling
Britt to sleep with a few terrific punches.
First Whipped Indian.
When Morris first distinguished himself
by whipping huge Indian known as
Euchre Joe after the redskin had routed
the entire police force OF. Sapulpa, he
was at once hailed by his fellow-tranmen
Of the Frisco road as "a fighter of great
hope. Morris, 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 a
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.
His Wonderful Physique.
Morris has physical advantages over
every other heavyweight in the world.
He is 6 feet inches tall, has a reach of
sou inches, and SO far he has trained
down to $40 pounds. He weighed 800 last
June. He has never INDUCED in liquor or
tobacco in any form and is a stickler for
health rules. He Is married and owns g.
home in Sapulpa. Ever since he disposed
Of Hart with two broken ribs, frac-
tured 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
manager. Joseph Woodman, and VOL
CASTS manager, Tom Jones. are trying to
sign Morris to long term contracts. but
the giant says he will not go back on
Stone, who threw up his job as train dis
patcher to handle Morris affairs. Wood
man wants to take Norris 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 a negro unless it Is johnson,
and Furthermore he is anxious to do all of
his fighting in America. Morris is not q
braggart and Is by no means In hurry.
When asked to tell something about his
plans the other day he said, according
to the New York Sun:
Lacks Experience.
II have won five battles in a hurry. but
know that the quality of the men I've
WHIPPED isn't much. Marvin Hart was the
best man / ever met, and 1 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
like. But / don't know what / would do
II ! had to get after q man who was
strictly on the defensive. That is the one
thing I've got to learn If I'm going to be
successful.
II 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 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
Il expect to fight Jim Flynn inside of
the next six weeks. That will be a Sc
we're test for me. / am told. They tell me
Flynn puts up rushing fight. l hope he
does, for I'll win. If | 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 I have the better
I'll be-"