Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-04

we used to say in the olden days, In
the Madison Square Garden arena
last night. One man bore the name
| of Jess Willard and the other re-
| spends to the call of Carl Morris. The
result was a victory for Willard, al
though both of them ought to be de-
clared losers. 1t was the poorest fight
staged around here in the recollection
of the oldest inhabitant. Willard
was simply awful, and If you multiply
that by seven you will learn just how
awful Morris was. No description
could do justice to the battle You
couldn't find words fit to print that
would fit the situation. 1 expected to
write considerable about the battle,
but ii wasn't worth 1t. A real clever
humorist might grind a column or so
of jokes out of the mill. To me it
was simply awful.
g.
A decision must be rendered, of
course, but it seems a shame to give
one As Morris was more terrible
than willard, we viii have to give the
verdict to Jess. He won because he
showed just a little more skill than
Carl. who didn't show any skill at
all. As regards Morris, he is getting
no better so fast that he will be able
to claim the BOBBY prize in the white
hope class before long. OF all his
RrIF CT NIGHT the
limit. Carl, you may not know, is
built something like a truckhorse, but
he is. Then, If you wish to conjure
how he acted in the Garden ring, just
imagine a truckhorse trying to be
clever. Mon Dieu You have a pen
picture of Carl Morris as he appeared
in a pugilistic tragedy with Jess
Willard last night. Add to this
little seasoning and you have Jess
Willard as he appeared with Carl
Morris. 1t is about tit for tat, six of
one and half dozen of the other. AS
I have remarked before. though, you
can't describe the affair It was a
nightmare.
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Willard won because he was less
terrible than Morris. Jess did land
healthy blow or two, while Morris
simply paved the air with his gloved
hands and clinched. Time was when
Morris was a regular fighter. He
would GO out of his corner and fight
from bell-tap to bell-tap. There was
no let-up when Carl was in the ring.
But now he is clever-oh, so clever
and he doesn't care to fight any more.
He is a boxer and he wants to box.
He likes to pose and he likes to Jab,
but he is just about as handy as an
elephant in everything he does.
Judging by last nights fight, Morris
has gone back a million miles. He
is ten times worse than when he
started. He was pathetic in his eff
forts and he has really become nasty
in his ring manners. He butted Will
lard on more than one occasion and
Jess complained to the referee. Carl
also did lot of rough work. But as
W lis itIIle5 diu WHY iit'iC VI ilie'S'
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Willard as Pugilistic Boob No.
deserves about one line more credit
than Morris. Jess landed several
stiff blows. among them one or two
of his famous uppercuts. But he is
still the big lazy fellow as of old.
He just won't be aggressive, won't
lead, and doesn't seem to have any
of the real fighting spirit about him.
He looks like an overgrown gawk,
as he poses and feints and waits for
his opponent to carry the battle to
him. When he does fight he dis
plays hard punch. but he was so
plainly out of condition last night
that he didn't take many chances.
Willard was a tired man several
times and in the ninth round he
was just about "all in" This was
so because of the roughing Morris
was giving him In the clinches, and
not because of anything in a pun
ishing way that Carl had been re-