The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-02-20
SAYS CARL
MORRIS IS
COMING CHAMP
BATTLING NELSON SAYS
OKLAHOMAN is HEADED
FOR TOP OF DIVISION

! Battling Nelson. who meets Youlg
Togo, February %, predicts that Carl
Morris viii one day be the champion
heavyweight OF the world He aso
says he has plan to win back tAe
lightweight championship from Al
Wolgast.
/ Il have been told that there are a
number Of Sdpulpa friends OF Carl
Morris IN this city, said the BAT
Tier. Il am an admirer OF the Sa1ui
"a engineer and shall give you my
opinion OF him Some several years
ago when | was in Kansas City re-.
ceiNcd 4 letter from some point on
the Frisco in oklahoma telling me
ol man who had the raw material
in him for champion. | was offered
$500 and expenses just TO come dow
there and give my opinion of him
was not aDIe TO leave at that time,
but / have regretted it since for had
known that the man was Carl Nor
ris. | would gladly have gone there
for nothing, and had the privilege OF
starting him in the pugilistic game
Praises Morris Gameness
There were great many people
who cast Carr Morris from Their
minds as a championship possibility
when jim Flynn so unmcrcilully de-.
feated him last fall in New York
want TO tell YOU that 1t is from that
fight that | base my belief that Nor
rs has every qualification for cham
pion except experience. Morris Was
one Of the worst beaten up men that
ever fought In a prize ring His head
was almost double size after the hSar,
his eyes were closed. and his body
was black and h.ue from the terri
fc punishment administered by the
hard-h,Lting fireman. In the tlArH
round they advised Morris to quit as
a knockout appeared inevitable, ana
he had no defense against the ma
now matched TO meet Jack Johnson
But Morris would not thinil Of quit
ting. but said that he would get the
fireman in the end Morris was ncy
or floorcd during the fight, and it is
my honest opinion that II he bad
gone twenty rounds or 10 the limit
Morris would have been the tinal we
ter
After the fight instead Of making
excuses he said nothing but began
to prepare to win back the aurcls
lost in the Flynn contest. His fights !
since then have been easy victories,
and he is improving with every fight |
and believe that il will be only a
question Of time till he will be the |
heavyweight champion
Hopes to Regain Grown
Nelson gives an interesting ac
cunt Of his fight experiences in Ar
sansas having engaged in several
,ontests at Hot Springs He said that
me Of the hardest fights he ever had
ook place many years ago ct Hot +
Springs with Christy Williams He I
aid he was ticldcd to death to final
y win this Gght in the seventccnt
'ound as Williams more than fought
lim TO a standstIll during tho entire
SIGHT
Nelson said that the newspaper ,
we're wrong in saying that he vas all
II and was going around the cQuDir'
,icliing up easy money lighting dubt
-Ic said that when he lost the cham
he realized that he was not
he man he once was aud he planned |
/ systematic campaign to regain the !
He said the only wa |
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lighting condition is to fight often
Ie was taking the best care Of him |
ieif. he said and every movement hr
made had one idea in mind, the aecur
ng OF another dSht with AL Wolgast
md the winning back Of the champion
ship
Il don't claim that am US g)oa
today as was in my prime, he
iaid II realize that haven't as snap
)y punch as ! once had but other |
wise believe am Just as good,
I'm in perfect physical condition nov |
md never felt better in my life. III,
light my way up to where WolSas'
xiii have to give me another fight.
The taste Of turpentine YOU some
ines get in Lemon Flavorcd Cakes |
Jr Ice Cream. comes from the manu-.
acturcr no. removing what Is cailei
3alsamic oil from the flayoring, TO
,c sure vou get absolutely Pure Lem |
IN Flavorine, always b1v THE Az
TON GOODS.