The Washington herald., 1919-06-24
MUNROE TELLS
JACKS CAREER
Victory Over Carl Morri.
Brought Dempsey Into
Limelight.
By JACK MUNRoE.

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Pacific coast in 1917. the news was
flashed countrywide that a new
heavyweight phenom had appeared
on the horizon Of Ffstiana. Any
man. 1t was argued. who could be-
labor such Goliath OF the squared
circle as rough and tough as Carl
Morris must have at least the max
ings. of a champion.
Jack Kearns. Jacks benefactor and
mentor. also was convinced that he
had struck gold" in the examiner
from Colorado. Offers came from all
parts of the country for Dempsey to
take his protege along easy paths for
while. storing up confidence ana
experience en- route to tougher .arne.
SO he accepted a match with Homer
Smith at Racine. Wis. Homer was
big fellow with local reputation.
The scrap with Dempsey bore cut the
latter's reputation admirably. Jack
rocked Homer into the arms OF Nor
pheus in less than a minute of box
ing.
Jack Gets Jim Flynn.
Get me Jim Flynn again" Denrp-
sey begged of Kearns 'T want 10
even up that old score with him" So
Kearns got in touch with the venrabIe
fireman. who asserted that he would
be more than delighted TO barter
swats with the lad he had slowed
away in one round some time before
But the winds Of circumstance had
shifted now. Dempsey had 'eon cor1-
ing to the forefront with leaps ana
hounds. With the old war horse
Flynn, things were different He had
been on the decline for some time.
The two came together at For1
Sheridan In 1913 and it was sorry
Tay for Flynn. The Did fireman was
amazed at the transformation in his
former victim. Dempsey dashed ouI
OF his corner at the opening ncil
catching the Pueblo thumper almost
as he was rising from his chair. jim,
barely had time TO shoulder ria wa-
into clinch. taking n ringing 'nIt
on the car before erfecting that happy
strategem. Jacks first blow evidently
had scuttled FIynn's chances. for he
continued to hold on TO Jack afte-
the referee had ordered break {"
Dempsey disentanrIed himself from
the Veterans clutch and shot left
to Jin1's Jaw. Flvnn to'tered back.
and Dempsev quickly hooked n crush
ing right to the same place. Flvnn hit
the mat. and was not on his feet
until bodstered up bv his seconds
jacks revenge for Flvnn's victory
when the FORMER was but a novice
was now complete.
How X. q. Happened.
DEMPSEY once explained to me about
how Flynn hapened to score that
knockout over him in Salt Lake. II
taking the count from a blow would
never have received h"d I not been
careless. made the mistake Of
walking into FIvnn with my guard
down and he nailed me- I was onlv
a beginner and didn't know any bet
| ter At that I have always hlame1
nv brother for losing that bout. Al
most as soon as 7 went down he
threw n towel in the ring Whether
he was Just excited or thought that
Il was knocked stiff and reasoned it
was best TO avoid x. q. on my rec-
ord I don't know. At any rate. Il T.
the last time that any member of my
family gets in my corner when I
| fight"
Carl Morris. after Dempsey had
thrashed him. gave vent to loud veins
that he was in no condition to fight
that exhibition on the coast. and that
he could knock Dempsey galley-west
in a longer bout. Carts reputation
as a fighter was pretty good at the
time despite the four-round beating
Jack had dealt him. Carl was more
or less of an in and outer with a
style of roughhouse all his own and
with a galvanized iron jaw and mid
section thrown in just to make him
more formidable. Luther McCarty
was the only man who had ever put
the burly engineer down for the full
count, and most people had forgot
ten about that with the unfortunate
death of the cowboy.
Morris Takes Thrnshing.
Dempsey and Morris met for the
second time in Buffalo. Carl figured
that in a bout of longer duration
| than those coast soirees of four
rounds he could wear Dempsey down
Morris. in action. is somewhat ele-
phantine. He rushes. rouGhs butts,
unloads his go pounds on his op-
ponent's shoulders, and has been
known to foul his antagonist. Carl
had Just such conflict all mapped
out for the unsuspecting Dempsey.
His first bull-like advance, however,
was met with surprising rebuff
Carl managed to propel himself into
a clinch and was about to enact the
aforementioned process of unloading
avoirdupois on the Dempsey frame
when Jack shot. over a terrific left to
the Oklahoman's eye, throwing Carl
unceremoniously out of the clinch.
Then Jack took the aggressive
Carl was simply showed under by the
avalanche of walfpps from Dempsey's 3
fists. Morris scarcely landed a clean
blow on the Colorado boy his whole
time being concentrated on vain ef-
forts to get In close and wrestle his
smaller opponent around. Even when
he was able to accomplish close
fighting Jack demonstrated that he
could outrough the big fellow. With
no alternative but to fight biindly in
the best fashion he could, Carl was
merely a punching bag for the whirl-
wind before him. The referee stopped
the uneven bout in the fifth round.
Morris. in this battle. took the worst
beating since the celebrated slaughter
by Jim Flynn when the engineer first
hit New York and attempted to prove
himself the genuine white hope"
Brennan Takes Count.
About this time Bill Brennan. a
sensational heavyweight managed
by the resourceful Leo Flynn, is
sued a def to Dempsey. Brennan
was a husky chap with a string OF
knockouts to his credit. Notwith-
standing Dempsey's great showing
with Morris in Buffalo. people
looked forN Brennan to nut <be