The evening world., 1912-03-18
'1hoss Two Active White Hopes,
Carl Morris and Jim Stewart,
Meet Again Wednesday Night.

Copyright. 1912. by The Pre-. Puhahhins %.
The New Yorh World.
"HIS will be an important week IN
ring Affairs. in hat II will bring
together two very active white
hopes. On Wednesday night Carl
Norris meets Jim Stewart.
Jim Stewart hasn't been taken ssri-
eusey for . long time. a. . hope
Ne started his fighting career like q
champion. became very fast and clever.
and had . r~ib-cracking punch. But the
bard knockout he found at tho end OF
I'm Barry's right arm seemed to take
sway his nEhtins confidence. and for
. couple Of years he didn't do we'll.
Then he stayed out Of the game for q
while. went numbering up In the big
wc0ds. took of some fat. and very
euistly went at his training again. lie
osd . few Nights out OF town. and
ven them all with quick k~nockouts.
After that he came back, trained In
osooklyn for q few weeks. md fought
Norris.
That was one OF the fastest ten
round hghts between heavywsights I
ever raw. Stewart showed amazing
s~eevseness. plenty Of courage and az
or~esstvsneO and c~onhdeace. and . punch
81 Wsuid have been . knockout IL
4 had landed on the average heavy.
veight instead Of Norris. There was
aoehAng about him 10 suggest the Stew
- who made hak . dossn jump-away
Mats around New York . couple OF
yoefs aSo.
~ for Morris. he had the supreme
ooo0oe0ce that y usually the property
q . champton. He went In steadily
- fought without letting up q second.
H had taken on al Of the unwisldy
ooek that hampered him IN his FIRST
two o. three engagements here. lie
~ speed and q punch and q lot Of
0Ued. straight hitting. hghttng clever
ness.
They fought ten rounds without a
eoew moment from start to finish. II
ooemed impossible that a night between
soah big men. carried at such q pace,
eousd Last more. than three OF four
seands at the most
OF course. this 10 q second meeting.
Often nghtsrs have % much respect for
eoch other the second time they fight
taet hey don't 60 At Il nasf a. hard a.
whsa they strangers. Stewart and
Nosv6 may not aght ~ hard this time.
Dut u they do-weli. i'm bs some
sesaol
TvHE knocking out Of Jack White Of
Chicago by Mexican Joe Rivers,
and the Easy style In which he
ooeoe1pushsd that trick, shows that
thsrs 10 another lightweight In the run.
~. Rivers made his start In the
0ost h Los Angeles. about . year ago.
- 'fnocksd EN- all Kicking until he
Johnny Klsbane. and then he met
NJ nvst dsfest. Since that time Rivers
hes beea growing out OF the feather.
welsht class. He fought White at ia
pounds Il 3 O'Clock. Before long he'll
vs(th " 70 the lightweight limit, and
aoy boy with such . punch a. the
3easean Possesses u likely to upset a
coomeeon. Nvers 10 the second great
1Gsxtcaa fighter. The irst was Aurel,o
8ssvsra of Bakersneld. Cal, who wss
~ hardest hitter OF all the Light.
WEIGHTS. II Hsrrsra hadn't picked up
. hahat Of drinking . bot&ie Of whlskey
. Aay. n and out Of training. he'd have
been champion to-day. As 1t u, tho
last heard Of him he was dying Of con.
sumption IN his old home town.
d WOLGAST announces that he's
~ thinking OF taking up the ten
round boxing game In Now York
t. . while. Just to try out and make
sue that he has entirely recovered from
hs operation for appendicitis.
Woagast may need q little change
a1tr putting two or three thousand dol.
lavs on Abe Atteii in his night with XII
6aas. New York Is the place to get the
change. The sport never has been more
preductive' Of wealth for the boxers han
Il = now.
- JIM FLYNN goes around getting
wanoped by nsiddlewe!ghts Ike Bob
. Ncha. Jack johnson won't be able
even 70 talk about nghting him. And
thAk's al that Jack intends to DO. He,
taDe talking. He doesn't intend to fsh,
saxoody. big. little. thin, fat. black
wolts or yellow. Jack doesn't admit n
~ IN eject he's = retired champion
h talk about lighting Jim Flynn 4.
tuot Q stall intended to postpone an,
puk1ic demand for his appearance. II
Jazz wa q real. live champion n,
wouldn't let two years go by without de
fsaAanG the title. Right here I wish I,
add a more ring rule. to those I sug
gested IN Saturdays edition OF the Eve
Mig World:
~ A championship ,'tie shall he for
fsttsd when the holder 'ails TO defend 4,
II - receives any challenge whatever
during period OF six ccnseeutly
moatas.
Merchant Defeats Reyn0ids.
PHILADELPHIA. Msrh 1s.-Biiy Msnchsn
~ Eagnsh fsafhsrwsisht. dsfestsd Bobby Ne
= tbs city 1t the Nstioal A. q.
lGosdAssG started . uio Lov In tLs ns
- ~ sattAisd htnadf With On even bns
800. Afsss u fant h .sat N
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