El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-19

about a year ago. Jess is too easy
going IN his methods to accomplish
much On the Othec hand. Morris is all
business IN the ring and never loa1S d
minute Naturally with his weight and
size he is on The aggressive from the
tap Of the bell. Furthermore he has
learned considerable about boxing and
for such a huge Diece of humanity
moves around fairly well.
There is nothing flashy about the
OklahOman. He is a steady DlOdder,
but his style is effective just the same
Give him another year and / think
he will whip any heavy now before the
and it will take a tough man to stand
up before him any great length Of time
He has the strength and he has the
wallOD. too. but he dOn'S Know how 10
use either to the best advantage as
yet
But for a man who was whipped to
a StandStlH two years ago by rOly
poly Jim Flynn. so pounds lighter than
he. Morris has done remarkably we'll
One thing to his credit is that he did
not permit the set back by Flynn to
discourage him in his ambition to be-
come champion. In spite of all the IN
kind and thOughtlesS- things said about
him Morris kept steadily on the Job
until today he would enter the ring
favOrite over any other heavyweight
in the business. not excepting the Gun
boat" who has Just been awarded
victory on foul
WORD or TWO about the Gun BOAT
He put up a wonderful battle while it
lasted. according TO all accounts. He
may have been fOuled. as he saws. and
he may not as others say He knows
better than anyone else. But he must
be given credit for putting up such
a grand contest against such great
physical odds. It must be remembered
that he was outWelShed about 90
pounds and If he was really hit low by
Morris he should not be accused Of
"dogging" it His record has been so
e~NTa h. h1- e-E-l raF IL.
termination and courage in all his pre-
vious starts that he should be given
the benefit Of the doubt
Still If he does not grant Morris a
return match it will give his enemies
the chance to say that he is afraid
Of the outcome Of a second engage
ment-
Evidently it is the proper thing in
heavyweight society to 20 abroad at
this time of the YEAR "Gunboat" Smith
Moran, accompanied by Joe jeanette.
left for France last week. Sam Lang
ford is another who may pack I'D and
leave US any day
Danny McKettrick expects to do for
Moran on the other side The Pitts
burg bow would be a much better card
right here in New York now than any
place else. Since beating PalZer. Nor
an has done nothing. but on the
strength of that clean cut victory he
has been in big demand by promoters
from all parts of the country He could
have got big money to box Smith or
Morris at one of the local clubs
McKittrick saws Moran has been
promised a match with Jack Johnson
by French promoter That's what all
and their managers say If |
Johnson had made as many matches
as he has been accused of he would |
have to fight every day for two months |
to Keep the engagements There is /
hardly a heavyweight of anv color who /
has not been reported as matched with /
the champion.
While stories drifting over here have |
Johnson as fat as the prize DOrker at /
a county fair. there is little doubt that /
he would relish a bout with any one of 1
the white hope" crop If his exchecquer |
is as low as reported While I doubt I
that Jack would consider a match with |
LangfOrd or Jeanette under stress of /
anything less than starvation staring I
him in the face I believe he would |
Jump at the chance to box a white 1
for fat purse. On the I
dope, OF course. he would have an
easy time with Moran or any of the /
others. but then the dope doesn't al
ways work out
While it would sound foolish to pre-
iict victory for Moran if he should |