The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-04
DOWN ONCE MORE.
Carl Morris at Bottom of the
Ladder Again Today.
OkIahOman Disqualified in Bout
With Fulton.

Canton, O., Sept. 4.-Carl Morris
the Oklahoma heavyweight who has
had aspirations to meet Jess Willard
for his crown, is again at the bottom
of the ladder today as result of his
bout here with Fred Fulton in which
he was disqualified in the sixth round
for fouling. The bout was scheduled
to go fifteen rounds
AS a result of the early termination
of the mix-up, Fulton stands today
where he has stood for year. at the
head of the long list of dubs who seek
to uncrown the Kansas champion. If
Willard ever fights again, it is con-
ceded that the Minnesota southmit
must face him.
But for Morris, the dawn must have
broken cloudy this morning. Never
natural fighter, he has doggedly stuck
to the squared circle and has repeated
ly climbed to the brink of the preci
pice, only to go back to the ranks of
the mediocre as the result of a pitiful
effort when pitted against good man.
For more than a year he has been
preparing for an engagement with
Fulton, and until his failure Monday
many thought he was really develop
ing into real master of the technique
of the ring.
Used Rough Tactics.
But as Mondays fight progressed
Morris seemed to show increased dis
regard for accepted practices. He
butted, hit low and consistently refused
to heed the warning of the referee.
Morris started like a game fighter
and during the first round plowed into
Fulton with reckless abandon. Full
ton proved a willing party in the
gruelling and in the second round evil
l..
were wasted, for from that time on
Morris began to tax the patience of
the referee.
The crowd hooted and jecred, bul
reserved a cheer for Referee Hinkel
when the latter stopped the bout.
Hinkel did everything in his power to
force Norris to live up to the rules,
even stopping a few blows himself iE
an effort to give the crowd what
it expected. As he left the ring Morris
swung at a jeering spectator. Quick
Intervention of police and soldiers
prevented a riot.
Thorp Wins Bout.
Joplin, Mo, Sept. Harvey Thorp
of Kansas City, outpointed Ever H1m-
mer, of Chicago, here in a fast Is
round fight. Hammer was the agrees
scr in every round but the Kansas
City lightweight had the advantage
in the mitigating, and every round
was made up mostly of clinches. Ham,
mer had a CHARGE in the eleventh
when he had Thorp Keeling from a
series of rushes that started with the
gong, but Thorp came thru withou:
serious injury and finished the round
in good condition. Thorp started lead
ing in the thirteenth and came out II
the fourteenth with a rush that had
the Chicago boy lodging about the
ring. Both boxers finished strong,
and the last round contained more
fighting than any other two previous
rounds. -
A Knock Out at st. Joe.
st. Joseph, Mo, Sept. 4.-Sailor
Kirk, of San Francisco, knocked out
Otto Wallace, Of Kansas City, in the
first round of a scheduled twenty
round bout here Monday. Kirk floor
and put over the knockout blow with
in forty seconds after the gang sound
ed for the first round.
In the semiwindup, Monte Dale, of
Beloit, Wis, knocked out Tommy
Hayes, of Kansas City, in the sixth
round, and In the preliminary, Kid
Fleming. of st. Louis, knocked out
Young Dillon, of Kansas City, in the
second round.
Herman Won at Tulsa.
Tulsa, Okla, Sept. 4.-Pete Herman
of New Orleans outfought Nate jack
son, of Oklahoma City, in a ten round
no decision bout there. Jackson won
the second, third and fifth rounds.
Herman took the fourth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth. The others
were even.
Gibbons Outpointed Dillon
Terre Haute, Ind, Sept mike
Gibbons, of st. Paul, shaded Jack
Dillon of Indianapolis in every round
of their ten-round, no-decision bout,
according to sport writers who saw
the contest here. Gibbons kept on
the offensive from the first round.
with the exception of the third, when
Dillon won an even break.
Leonard Stopped Another
Toronto, Ont, Sept. 4.-Bennie
Leonard, worlds lightweight cham
pion, stopped Young Rector, of Jersey
City in the fifth round of a six round
match here. In the fifth round after
Rector had been forced to his knees
a second time. his seconds threw in
the sponge.