The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-21
NO REAL HOPE"
on THE HORIZON
Boxing Critics do not Think
Morris Can Take Cham
pion's Measure.

New York. March e1.-The futility'
of the white hope" brigade grows
more palpable every time any of
those big fellows get into the ring
to battle each other. or when Joe Je-
annette, the generally conceded run
ner-up to Champion Jack Johnson,
starts against n of the so-called
nette made such d play-toy out Of
Andy Morris, the Boston heavyweight.
that before the second round was
nver the crowd was yelling for d ces-
sation of tho Slaughter.
A few weeks back Jim Stewart.
who had passed out of the hope
ra nks after some Convincing on the
part of Sam Langford, but who. be-
cause he 1attened a few n~o-accounts,
met Carl Morris. the Oklahoma cngi-
neer. in a ten-round bout. There
were those there who declared that
bout a most wonderful piece of work
and some people who ought to know
better talked ahout a willingness to
walk twenty miles through a binding
snow storm to see such a battle again.
Some expert said that the hope of
finding a white man to give johnson
the battle of his life and u licking in
the near future was not dead: that
the hunt need so no further. because
either Morris or Stewart was the man.
'Tis to laugh. isn't it?
Morris Lacks Punch.
Carl Morris has had many a fight
around here. and has not shown any
thing that would cause tho most OPP
timistic white hope" chaser to grow
enthusiastic. lie is not Il hitter. or he
would nave stretched Tom Kennedy
fat with any onc of the dozen blows
he landed on his chin i'm their ten
round bout at the Empire Athletic
club. The only thing VIC find tina he
is improved in is stepping around. IIe
ment that he was in his fight with
Jim Flynn. He can't lea out pun
ishnnent himself. so his only recon-.
m%cndation is his ability to take Il
beating. ~
rnlzcr Looks Good.
OF the new white hope list. AL
Palzer is, the only. one who looks to
be. pointed for the championship.
This fellow is improving all the time.
He can hit as hard as any heavy
weight. and when r. Its a little more
experience he will likely beat m
white ma who at present is in the
list of the hopefuls: He fights Bonn
barber Wells. the English heavy
weight CHAMPION on. the coast OH
July 4. 1t will he his first fight over
a route and it will SER him we'll in
his study of the game.
or the old school of heavyweights
there is one man left who would
make trouble for any of the big ones
today. He is John Willie of Chicago.
who has been in the game for about
twelve years. Willie is built on the
lines that was Sharkev. He weighs
210 pounds in condition and is five
feet nine inches in height. In his
career he has engaged in about 200
fights and met the best men in the
country in his day. In his last sew
enty fights, which were fought In the
last eight years. he lost but three:
one of them to Mike Schreck on a de-
cision in twenty rounds and the 9TH
er two to Sam Langford, whom he
boxed both times on a couple of
days notice. After losing to Schreck
Willie came back and Knocked out
Mike in seven rounds.
Willie Has Good Record.
During his fighting career Willie
has beaten Jack O'Rrien. Jack Black
burn. Al kubiak. George Cole. Frank
Moran. Jim Stewart. Hank Griffin.
Marvin Hart. Jack Roo and his last
victory in New York. a month or so
ago. was over Andy Morris the fell
low Jeanette polished off the other
night.