The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-05
@orris. Willard FizzIe Means a
luIl In Heavyweight Bouts for
Some Time-Sympathy With
Morris.


tThs New lorl World.
H1EAVfWElGHr bouts won't be
popular IN this town for some
- time ~ come. The Morrls-wil-
lard hxxle. following a number OF 9th.
srs. settled that matter.
The sympathy OF the fans 10 with
Norris. Al least he 10 a man. He
meant we'll and did his clumsy best
NJ lsss said about willard the better.
TIE really . pitiful thing that such q
Dasnihcent physical specimen can SO
eotirely lack courage. Imagine a lion
with the heart of 4 rabbit. That's
willard.
TOR their ten rounds Of boxing"
that would have caused any pre-
l.minary pair to be hooted out OF
the ring Morris drew down N.yp and
Willard N.eo. And hrst-ciass long
sAorsmen can be hired for as . week.
Tee. eis . week and glad to get Il!
No wonder these hopes" stick IN the
same they're UNITED for In everything
ut bulk. It's . soft snap beside
ohcvSaiing COAL Also tie no wonder
hey travel around the country. box
ing In different places. They get the
money the hrst time. A second Nor
ris-willard bout wouldn't draw SIS
where the first drew $500.
TfiE anti-specd agitation seems in
= fair way to grow into an anti
automobile erase. When judges
announce from the bench the penalties
tAsy intsoA to innict upon persons not
- convicted. irrespective Of c.scum.
stances. And when the unsupported
sAsrgs Pf any police oascsr y accepted
- the truth In spite Of any evidence
0at may b brousht up by the &C.
cussd. there's little chance for Justice.
Any one driving an automobile at a
epssd rate that threatens possible injury
TO others 10 . plain criminal and should
Do treated - criminal. Hut that
dossa't mean that every driver Of an
eusomobiis y criminal. either through
Atsse - rsoklsssnsas. Thsrs sAouid
- ssns way Of eso&sotins the rights
Of The drivers - ven - the raxi,ts Of
the DsdestrianA Since the anti-speed
aottAkSon staFtsd many instances have
oome up In which the facts didn't Jus.
Nfy the charges. One sutomoblls man
Of my Acquaintance was going along
with bis aye on tho spesdometer--a fine
INSTRUMENT which he was testing out
when . motorcycle cop rode up be-
eide HIN and ordered him to stop. As
the spesdome:er had been registering
speed less than eighteen miles an
hour the driver WIS somewhat sur
Hrssd when the ofaesr blusteringiy In.
eeened him that he was under ARES,
Ter going twsnty-gix miles an hour -
1A1@. In ooart. the charge was that he
~ zone "twsaty-eour miles an hour .
Another man Watching his speedometer
WHOA registered seventeen miles. VA
osVooee1 and charged with driving nj
twenty-five miles an hour These are
aaytAing but isolated Instances.
AN MkETRlCK writes from Par.,
that Frank Moran IL matched
with johnson and Jeanette witt
Iangford. tho latter bout to he con
teStAd Dec. ~. The Moran ohnnor
bout, McKstrick says. 10 hanging ar,
because Johnson 10 trying to double
Nelson the club out Of little NOR,
0easv. He adds that while johnson 4
Olau allowed 70 night In France. he'll b,
oasesA u he throws down his contrac
90 dSht Moran.
~W Oxford Unavsrsity Athieti
Cub has renewed its resolution
barring men over twenty-fou
ysaso OF age from COMPETING In tn
university athletic sports The reso,u
tios 70 intended to bar American ath
istss who are In oxford o. Rhode
scholars. taking postgraduate course
after attending American colleges. Til,
~ L. netln n
ENglish university athletic ASSOCIATE
Tor the American athletes have bee
rather outclassing their English rivals
much to the distress Of the latter.
Dat It's hard 70 imagine Just wha
reason the English association can I'D
vance In dsfsnsS OF this resolution
Can Il claim that through some mag,
81 shaaGe In pbysiqus on the twenty
eouS<A birthday men no longer nee
o1ASe13e exercise and the compatible
- 0akes that exercise a pleasuref
- tAAs country athletic sport doesn
eogy1 an sss limit. What must IN
2QGllsA think Of such ktttenish fellows q
NJ Sheppard. Matt McGrath, ana oth
60 Of their class among champion
WAe sesm to so on forever withou
OhoWtu1 q sign OF weakening? All
thnee's Tom Carroll, the great profe,
Oiooal weisht thrower. who broke la
o 1ogsn worlds hammer-thro wing re,
go on his forty-nfth birthday. and q
IL 80 OF hfty-hve 10 still hesvin
Qh1g1leD about Ike = champion.
3Aey may be old ~ twenty-feur
1NG,and; we're not gated that way
A0a4ea.
~OB VERNON writes that. a.
toN hitehis. the offer Of $50
= purse for a Rhchle-Welsh nigh
- b held N England came from
ronponsibls syndicate Of five person
Soay Nant the meeting 10 take pla'
either In South Wales or In L,ondo
- are willing that Richie divide Il
Dosse any way they see NJ. "Ritchie
~ Vernon. replied that he couldn
0ohly think Of giving Welsh a chan'
nD aftee the nrst o! the year. whs
~ n1eoded to return to New Tor
- t1sn ta;k business" yeyuou o
Ann - 49, q AnRlnif - n IN hnaaP6