Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-20
Shows That a Little Man
Will Have No Chance
With Willard.
TOM JONES TIL E R E
Says Champion Is Open to
All Corners and Likes
Kansas City,

Carl Morris recent victory over
Battling Levinsky proved the truth
of the theory that small fellow will
have no chance with Jess Willard, ac-
cording to otto f'lOto, the veteran
critic of the Kansas City Post.
Tom Jones, manager of Willard,
was introduced at the Morris-Levin
sky battle and declared that the
champion was open to meet anybody
in the world Jones intimated that he
would like 20 stage "a match in Kan
saS City. This is taken to mean that
Gabe Kaufman's plan to match Morris
with Willard for a worlds champion
ship tussle in Convention hall next
year is approaching consummation.
Fans in oklahoma who have been
following Otto F'loto's dope" for
years will be interested in the follow
ing story on the Morris-Levinsky
scrap from the pen of the Post ex-
pert:
FlOtO's Dope.
The crowd is always with the under
dog. Last night was no exception
when Carl Morris lowered head and
shoulders over his lighter opponent
Battling LeVinsky. But in spite of the
fact that the under dog" in this in
stance was one of the gamest and
most popular of fighters the Oklaho-
man won by the widest kind of mar
gin. Try as the game Battler would
he proved absolutely helpless against
his mastodonic adversary. And, try
as he would to find a round which
could be credited to him. II seemed
impossible to do so for Morris had
every round of the fight credited to
his account. BY great stretching Of
the imagination we might give one
90 but lnt ho hoe
We can do for the great New York
mid ddleweight. The other IA frames
belonged to Morris by virtue OF his
showing.
Those who have seer Levinsly In
previous engagements looked for him
| to use his famous left jab," stepping
in and out of the danger zone. How
ever surprising as 1t may be, Morris,
in the majority Of rounds. outboXed
the easterncr We account for this be-
cause of the great advantage in
poundage possessed by Morris, which
| always acted as a buffer whenever
Bat attempted his onslaughts. Rea'iz-
ing his chances Of defeating Morris
were of the rcmotest sort LeVinsky
centered his mind solely en- the idea
of wcatherinC the strenuous journey
satisfied much credit would accrue to
him If he was still on his feet when
the final signal for retiring was
sounded and happy over the fact that
the forthcoming record books will
not have X. O. behind his name when
ever the bout Is turned to.
Had No "Stcam.'
Morris was disappointed in some
respects because Of his inability to
knock Lcvinsty out. The steam a
man of Carls size and hulk is sup
10 n off ha
this or Don Carlos has not cultivated
end mastered the art OF injecting the
kick into his efforts. True, It's more
difficult to hit q moving target than
| to lombard the stationary object you
aim at and, candidly, LcVinsky was q
bundle of animation in the ring AT
| Convention hall last night. When he
was not moving out Of the way and
forcing Morris TO chase and follow
| him he was holding on ike grim
| death (and we don't blame him for
this). Morris fought 4 surprisingly
clean fight. "breaking" at the com
mand of the referee and pushing Le-
| whisky from him At times when the
| Rattlor held for dear lie Morris tried
to shake him off and in doing so once
threw him to the mat--for which he
apoloGizpd. Yet he was well within
his rights in attempting to free him
self from an opponent embracing MN
ana Sefusing to le. 90.
The fight to look at was nothing to
| thrill the spectator. One round very
mach resembled its predecessor, in
| that Morris forced and carried the
fight to his opponent, while Levinsky
retreated and assumed the defensive
| throughout. At no time were Morris
| chances in danger, while. the undoing
| of LeVinsky many times hung in the
| balance on the precipice which borders
| the chasm of oblivion. Fortunately nc
always managed to eXtricate himself
| at these crucial moments. But he re-
| ceived plenty of punishment when
ever these conditions presented them
selves and after the bout showed many
| scars of battle.
| The boxers disagreed upon the
referee at the last moment and Gabe
Kaufman agreed to go in as third
man. Gabe had a hard bout to handle