New-York tribune., 1912-03-07
GIANTS GIFT SOME WORK CARL MORRIS WAKING Up
Shows Big Improvement While
Training to Meet Palzer.

While the rival club managers dIo WIN
ing themselves into a frenzy ana oneII'e
fabulous sums for a ten-round bout be-
tween Carl Morris and Al PalZer the DON
ers are quietly training for the battle
Those who saw Morris box Jim Flynn IN
Madison Square Garden would never recos-
nize the man who stripped for action In tho
New Polo Athletic Clubs gymnasium yes
terday afternoon. From numbering, soI'
and painfully slow boxer, Weighing alinoS'
250 mounds. Morris has worked down 10 ~
pounds. and is almost as fast as hi''ei'
He easily outplaycd Eddie Sherman anu
little "Scotty" Welsh in a spirited game W
bandbalI and at the end was scarceN
drauinr a long breath. Five minutes
work at the chestweights and a fe" MN
utes punching the sand bag wound up t"o
rou,,na work. rcd then he and Ray Simon
boxed three fast rounds
Then II WAS that Morris showed tho vast
,nnrovement which has come with noll'"7
OF conscientious training. lie idS.'eu
speedv left hand punch to the n'du '''",
snapped homo in a manner WhiCh Nv
ehor,ed before. His shoulders ana pouE
went i'm behind the leads. ana II ne hdu or'
loose Simon would have taken p'"'''r'
His right hand punch was someth'"s ''
than n push. and he uppercut !"
clirches with a free, easy snap ''o
,a,r,,, fast IN his feet. and repcatcdE
feirted tho syrian into making leads "i''"
were easily slipped and countcred.
,torr,s sbovd weakness at lnighlnS anu
80. ,.ta,.o,, omen 10 many leads Dt winch
a. Ice man would take telling ad-
,.,,togo After missing he was $40" AT
,ovcrtng. and he has much to learn III w
art of smothering short upporcuts lo' '''
head. Several times Simon caught nun o'
| tho face OF an overland right hooh' pu''
of,er taking few. Morris picked OF
root many before they really started. oh
.,a whole. Morris is a much better man TO-
dav than eyer before In mis- career ana lI'e
, time ,s coming when he Will have TO Do
reckoned with.
The challenge OF Dan McKetrick on oe-
balf of Joe Jeannette to box any two whte
mon I'm the same ring has brought speedy
resnonse from Al Lippe' the pugihs,l'
mentor of Frank Moran, the heavyweight
hoxer of Pittsburgh Lppe says that jean
! nette need not sigh for action, nor need ne
tax his strength by meeting two men IN
ono ring. Moran Will box him before any
club in the country If the proper induce
ments are offered
| Jeonnette will have his hands ful on
Wednesday night, when he crosses gloves
with Nat Dewey, the giant negro from
Tennessee, who gave him such great bat
tle i'm Memphis a few months ago Dewey
knocked Jeannette through the ropes IN the
fourth round, and many OF the local news
naner men declared him the winner on
points.
Andy Parker, the weterwe ght boxer Oh
New England, is having a hard time of 1t
IN secure matches Within the last few
months Mike Gibbons. Billy West and Jeff
Smith have refused to meet him. Gibbons
refused a purse OF $3.50. with a privilege
of 90 per cent Of the gate receipts. Parker
probably will be matched to box young"
Hickey at the Olympic Club in a few
weeks.
| Two bouts will be held in the local clubs
tonight. Johnny Mario Will face Matty
baldwin at the National Sporting Club, and
Jake Froelich will cross gloves with Jack
! Hanlon in ten rounds at the Maspeth Ath-
letic Club Of Williamsburg.
! Johnny Kilbane, the new featherweight
| champion says he is willing to give Abe
Attell a return match and the chance to
regain the title lie suggests Labor Day
as convenient date
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