Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-19
Talk 2 TO l Money That Carlos
VIII Defeat Fulton Again
Labor Day.
ENGINEER ALSO CONFIDENT
Tells Friends to Put Family
Plate Down on Him; Has
Eyes on Champion.
World Crock County Bureau,
llph Eat Ilohson

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SAPULPA, Okla. Aug. 1S.-'Ine
CRISIS Is coming I'm carl Morris care.,
on Labor day" This is tho opinlon
OF sporting writer's and fight experts
the country over who are pinning
their hopes on the former SapuIpa
engineer emerging from his scrap
with Fred Fulton with "A win. Vhe
followers Of the game declare that I.
carr faltcrs or Is lost he will lose for
all time any chance he ever had of
tangling with Jess Willard inside OF
square space with three strands OF
rope Will have gone down the Lane o.
Disappointed Hope. II. howcVui.
Fulton should beat down the local
hero. then there Will he crepe nuns
on the doors OF the prominent nusi-
ness houses In Sapulpa Crisis-well.
we should say SO
Mike Gibbons, quoted in recent
interview in Minneapolis. argues ma,
Frederick is tempting fate. lie is not
80 far amiss, either. for previously
Falling Frederick coliided with Don
Carlos only TO lose 'hc verdict of the
arbitcr who judged the affair II
may be Just a possibility that Fulton
I'm the meantime has visited star
g1zcr, who found something bright In
| his future and advised taking on Nor
| riS again.
Even Break. Says Fioto.
It's a great game, this crisis
/ thing. AYERS otto Floto. and only
/ when the smoke of battle has cleared
/ is there any certainty of the outcome.
On all sides. however II is agreed
! the next opponent for Willard must
/ be found either in the former engr-
neer OF this place or the eXpiasteter -,
! Rochester, MINI. No other human
/ hulks have chance against the IA
, nous Kansas pacifist. And incident
ally as well. 1t will also mean "crisis"
for willard. He has been out of the
ring over two years or since defeat
! ing Johnson In the spring Of 1915. The
ten-round no-decsion affair with
Moran Is not classed as n real en-
| rlgement, In those two years Jtsn
has accumulated n lot Of excess
poundagc and the question OF whether
or not he will be able to shed hmsen
of this superfluous flesh is a puzzle to
the experts who follw this part OF the
game
Champion Must BE Right.
Willard will have to be In conoi-
tion against either of them. This IL
an absolute necessity. II he fails 10
get in shape his chances are gone
| right now, for two big strong Dearo
of the Morris Fulton type are not TO
be tOyod with. nor can any chances he
taken with them. Jess will probably
I'''lNe S'U'V"Vt WIN, IoSe VI uiHW, "hu
that in itself added to what he nas
already accumulated is n sum suf-
ficient to heal all wounds defeat
may bring 10 his door.
But here In Sapulpa, where Carr
Morris broke into the game years ago
i'm dinky scrap with Cyclone Burns
that went only two rounds, his frienus
are legion and loyal There is all Of
the two-to-one money that anyone
wants TO cover that Carl will earn his
long-desired slam at Wizards on
Labor day by beating Fulton down.
In communications with friends he
ha stold them there was no chance for
him to lose, and to put the family
plate down that way.
It's all Morris and Morris money
down this way.