Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-08


white hope"
That was about all he did, however,
for his showing was not such as is
calculated to indicate that Chapmion
Jack johnson is in imminent danger
of losing his title to the former en-
gineer Of Sapulpa.
\ right hook to the jaw won for
Morris
Morris beat Schreck fairly enough,
bit the fight was slow. About all
SChreCk did was to act as punching
bag for Morris, and await the coming
of the end. The records show that
the Flying Dutchman" landed in all
about half n dozen punches, none Of
which was hard enough to Jar even n
middlewcight. And Morris is far
larger than a middloweight, for he
weighed in ut 2i5 pounds.
SchrcCk was fat and slow. He took
Il bad beating and was a bloody and
pitiful sight when the final count
came. There are those who are will
ing to intimate that SChroCk was glad
To hear the ten" rolled on But If
he was, he Is not To he ccnsurcd
One thing Morris did prove in this
! fight is that he can battle with both
hands. lie hit Schreck with both
rights and lefts today. This Is the
first fight in which he has used his
! left punch to any extent.
Morris is slow. He has punch.
true. brt II will take large amount
of training to put him in n class with
any Of tho leading boxers in the
! heavyweight division. Morris. how
ever, says he knows his limitations.
and he intends tn train from now on
! for speed.
Morris left hero tonight for Tulsa.
whore lie will make his home He Is
! now under the management Of Frank
Ufer, an GILMAN. who paid s25 .OOO for
the right TO handle him
Fighting has not been poor game
for Morris. lie stepped down from
the cab of an engine last July to en-
ter the ring. Today he stepped from
the ring into new $4,000 auto he
had purchased with his earnings
! Fearing that the machine. which
: he bought in Kansas City. would not
be here today If it came by freight
Morris had It shipped by express
That cost his Si20
The fight today drew approximately
$4,000. OF this the fighters get 40
per cent.
Jim Barry challenged the winner,
but his def was not accepted.
A light rain was falling when the
gates of the giant arena were opened
at o'clock and tho crowd began
filing in. 1t did not appear. however,
that the rain would interfere with the
fight.
= Hundreds of sporting celebrities
from all parts of the country were in
attendance. More than GOOO reserv-
ed seats had been engaged when the
ticket office az the arena opened. The
general admission tickets were not
placed on sale until today. The to-
tai attendance was about 1000
: There was practically no betting
at the ringside Morris money was
offered In abundance, but no hackers
for Schreck could be found, A few
small bets were placed at to on
SChreck's ability to last five rounds
On account of rain, il was decided
to dispense with the preliminaries
II was n noisy audience that await.
ed the beginning of the fight. Hun.
drcds of cowboys, dressed in the garl
of the plains, occupied ringside seats
There being no ban on noise, they
frequently gave way to their enthusl
asm, whooping and yelling.
Several Indians We're In the audi
encc. Morris himself is part Chero
kee, and he has many faithful friends
among the red men. Few of the In
dams had ever attended fight, anC
this, added to the fact that their loca
pride was one of the participants
made them keen for the battle to be
gin. They, too, yelled unrestraincd
Hundreds Of railroad workers VIII,
knew Morris when he was an engi
necLand had no thought of becominJ
an asplrant for the crown of Cham
piOn Jack Johnson, mingled with tn
rinSside throng. They brought witt
them the bell from an engine tina
Norris was running when he mad
his last trip over the road This bel
was hung near the press box an,
rung whenever Morris friends raise
Il cheer for their favorite.
Round THE fighters rushed a
each other like panthers Morris le
OF with Il hard right swing to tn
head, but missed. They ,clinched, MOI
ris landing lefts to\'the body. Tn
referee broke them, and Morris droy
right and u left swing to the heat
Another clinch followed, and in CON
ing out of It the engineer swung IN
other right 10 the head and fOllows
1t with right to the stomach an
left TO the head SchreCk swun
wildly with his left and MISE,
Morris put a left and right to Ill
face at the bell.
Round ? Morris Iod with n left