Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-14
Kansas City Sport Writer
Eulogizes Tulsa and
Her People.
REFEREED THE BOUT
Gives Morris a Boost: Slips
One TO ". y. Robinson
and Sammy McClintic

otto Flo;o. dean q American sport
lng writers. and 1oaoly enc Of the
worlds sreates- Authorities On box
Ing. received some good impressions
o T1lsa when he 5Cgrncyec tris way
lest week o. referee the Morris-SmitA
be-t a. Convention hal Ia his own
column n ths k-rszs City Post Floto
refers = hl Tulsa tr.p as follow:
Tulsa. Okla, is some iOwr. Where
Csc under the OLD inverted bow ne
~. t1e SKY could you find q ,own Of
the same proportion able 70 contrib
ute $lz.e4g ss gate re eipts 70. q ten
round boxing bout? Y; Tulsz did.
Last Friday night when Carl Morris
and Gurbcat" Smith stepped into the
:1ig over $4,000 vas crowded into
the auditorium Of that city with about
tao thousand more clsmoring for ad-
"a sion on the outside However.
Tulsa Is great in all things. so into
the lobby Of the Tulsa hotel and ii
= crowded. morning. noon and night.
Nine genla. host Robinson must
clean up splentidly each year.
There In the lobby you'll see al least
twenty milliOna!res. including Harry
Sinclair, VINO backed the Federal
league. Frank TIER. and many others
whose daily income runs into five fig
ures.
They tell Us Tulsa IS as dry as the
Sahara desert 1t may be. buff yoB
will walk up 10 any genial looking sort
of 4 chap and tell him you have just
teen bitten BY snake he'll take you
10 his room and give you a concoc-
uon guaranteed positive antidote
against poisonous snake bites. Last
rlcay the snakes were very trouble
some AZ well a. numerous. sinking
Their fangs deep into the flesh OF the
Visitors requiring the efforts OF many
good San!arltans to act as first-aid-to.
the-w0unfed. Oh. you snake bite.
j; was a great night for Tulsa, ce-
leDrites being present The Detroit
Tigers we're scheduled 10 play but
rain. snow and high winds prevented
the game, much TO the disappointment
Of the fans. However they saw Ty
Cobb, they got a peep at Hugh JeI-
nings and they blinked their eyes
when Sam Crawford was introduced
70 them. Then there was jim Flynn.
VINO came to challenge Carl Morris,
and Jim Buckley, who looks after the
"Gooner," as well as Harry Tuthill,
now with the Tigers. but formerly the
trainer and handler Of Young Cor
bett when the Deuycrite was cham
pion Of the world IN featherweight
division. But, aftei all IS said and
done. Ty Cobb was the center OF al
traction both at the hotel and when
he was introduced at the fight
\ Real Promoter
The contest was a great financial
success owing 70 two reasOns-first Z
the popularity Of Carl Morris in Ok
lahoma and the splendid manner in
hich Sam McCiintic. the promoter. {
handled the affair. No champion {
ship fight anywhere else IN the cOun- I
Try was better adTertised nor was
greater publicity given 10 f. Nc I
Chntic had well organized office |
force which sent out copy 20 1s5 I
different papers daily; he ran special /
excursion trains ard saw 20 it that 1
trains were held after the show 50 |
folks could get home-bOth the Santa 1
Fe and Frisco held their Kansas City |
trains. SO some OF the credit is due /
Red Sammy" VINO ranks with the I
best Of them in getting a big fight /
under way.
Morris has improved considerably /
since last We saw him. He handles /
himself better and. with his great |
bulk. his weight and reach. there is |
no good reason why any man in the /
world ought to beat him. There is /
one drawback, and Carl is fast over /
coming this defect-he must learn |
to perfect himself To punch clean.
He has the power behil ! the punch |
hut its effectiveness IS lost because
OF the manner in which he uses II
Less clinching, with determination to
drive II home on some concentrated /
spot. some concrete target, and il |
would make Morris almost invincible. l
Carl does not have to fight at close
quarters because no opponent can l
hurt him. At long range ne should II
generate power enough to sweep
before It,
Smith Has Conc Back.
In defeating 'Gunboat' Smith, he Il
d.d not meet the same "Gunboat' he
met in Madison Garden-not within
&c per cent Yet Morris won so de- II
cisively in every round Of the battle
1t is safe to say he could have beaten
Smith the best day Smith ever saw
Smith made a mistake when he agreed
to fight with one arm free and hit
In the clinches. He gave himself all