The evening world., 1912-01-17
Carl Morris Doesn't Want to
Fight Johnson lust Yet.
ospyrisht. 1912. b, The Pr.ss PnSlhhlns ca.
fThe New York World.

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have put him back near the top
OF the white Hopes. Ia something
OF . philosopher. Carl IL n big. quiet
fellow. who TALKS with a smile and has
q sense o. humor and a sense Of pro-
portion usually lacking IN 6xhtIng men
"Johpson?" he echoed 20 my question.
We'll. III tell you how ! stand on
tho question Of nshting Johnson. OF
courc. ] hope TO night him some day
and to beat him. Hut no Induce.
ment would force me 10 nght him
nov. II isn't that I'm afraid ot him
or Of ANYBODY. It's just plain common
tense. The iiine 10 look for "a match
with q champion IL when YOU feel con
ndent that you can beat him. ] know
that johnson II a remarkably clever
ooxer and n great nghtcr, I've only
seen hghting n NH. over a year. and
I'm Just beginning to learn tho game.
Every day | learn something new from
he little fellows ] box with. In another
rear I'll be ten times the boxer ] am
now. Perhaps In less than "A year I'll
eel that ! can beat johnson, Hut mrs,
I want to bea, every other man In the
country who stands bctwcen "a. When
' Nhu w tHul q ~ alN'l 1I'-Ho wv
.ors. III not add my name TO the list
81 white men who have Sone down be-
.ore him. But until ! feel that my
chance has come l have nothing more
to say.
"E'H' rs ben, M2 T',..' went rs on; .. =. T nlm
box twice. and ! feel sure l
con DO II. II ! can't. vcry well. ! wnnt
10 know I, as soon as possible, for X l
can't beat Palzer Ia better 20 back 10
Oklahoma. WHERE there's u good job
waiting for me. You had a cartoon OF
ne once. back on the locomotive. That's
whore ] belong II ! can't 20 10 the top
n the lighting game. I'm In Il only for
,ne thing. and that's the championship.
ID rather be a good engineer thai .
sscond-rate heavyweight. any day.
I'D like to take palzcr on at once. In
any club The only requirement I make
10 that the ,crms shall be fair and that
We shall both have fair play. | feel
that I could beat Ialzer In a washtub.
hut ] prefer n ring Of ordinary size. !
want an unparalleled referee and "A club
that win not show any iavors to either
VI We. H'''' "'H'' my NV -
10 get Flynn again. ! thought before
that ia beat Flynn. his beating ms
never entered my head. but he surely
sid give me n Gne whipping. I didn't
know anything then. I've learned some
thing about nghting since and I know
! can beat him. | suppose my nght
"us' ""'e 'o'" o"e W '"" ""'''
anybody ever saw. Yes. u must
havs been II pretty sorry spectacle.
but. badly as / WINS beaten, can
.av fairly tina, I n.xer felt x.ok ar
-. 49,. a., .n,.,, o., a.. III,
80 ~" - $50
eHt pain i'oh 'ho punishment i'Fhaps
The excitement prevented mat. ! don't
know what II was, I've never been hurt
Yet by ANYBODY. and 1 don't know jus
., You've .NS,, been emma, "ay'" as. son" "sns s,Sa a''',
thin. vo, ,,v, IA. ,,v,, ,I.o VIVA,
trained Ia, FLYNN dawn N, Allan.
hur., MN. ,,rv h,aiy h.ral.a /,
~.. a noor Mac. "a ,r.In ,nvy,v Ia,
there WAS nothing 10 k..n . man,
active brain engaged. II xa. t,,, pluu
p,ux. ana .fteru,rd nothinx To- do In,
70 10 bed or walk down rom. lionel,
ros6 On. aay ,hsv ,rain.d ,w,lv,
pounds OF me. The best way To &c
into shape. JUS, as YOU hay, written
4, 10 work naturally. no, plug unit,
von're Tired out ma f,v.rsh ana hu,n