The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-22
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The 4 age is all Hrt Tor the south.
VESTS r rcntcst ring battle uf the
year Q ul Morris tho gigantic St
pnipnu. ana Captain Hob ROPER
Chicago contender for heavyweight
boxing n ouOrH, are ready f1r thcif
12-rouud encounter at Convention
nail tuui. 1T. which will be the most
Important tcst ~ The year for each
OF them.
WIN Ia N Of thcm In perfect con-
dition, the ir training already COM
plcted. IN o two Eladiators went
through "a lal light work yesterday
afternoon ! lea the Tulsa a, G.. gym
for the bct eft OF a capacity crowd
of boxing fans. Roper appeared
first and N Orfis followed, each re-
celving a n. arty greeting
who viii VIM II would be foolish
to predict Both men undoubtedly
are well up In the front row or the
first rate In 'avywelghts outrankcd
and HurpaHse only by the nOupn-
ricl Dcmpse. v IL II their first
meeting Th fre ~ nothing In their
respective re, 'ords to give one or
the other al y edge. Roper has
never been p ut out and has hold
even or defca ted some OF the very
best In the 10 Iching businvr today.
Morris has bo On beatcn-but that's
only because ie has fought Demp-
SOY Nobody , lso has any edge on
the Oklnhoman or course old Jim
Flynn whalcd Norris about once In
tho dim past, u vi Carl came back u
few months lH .er and gave l'lyun
an oven worse whipping. There's
one well known hiffer taken on by
both Morris and Ropor-frank Mo
ran. OF the ccle brated MARY Ann"
punch And bO tn Carl and bob
bested him.
Morris Has thc Size, Hut
Some argue IN at Morris ls too big
for Roper, but
Some others, equally we'll In
formed. contend that Roper weigh
Ing 100 and stat ding only an inch
less than six feet has the ideal si2c
and build OF n rs hter, and that size
counts for little after they get
around the 200-u ark
Jack Dempsey. conceded to be the
best OF them all by wide margin,
weighs lSs at his best and is n six
footer. Like oh Fitzsimmons,
Jack laughs that Tho bigger tiny
are, they harder hey fall" ana ~
II has been whei they met him.
They" said Jess willard was too
big for Dempsey, but big Jess. In
tho three rounds he stayed WITH
Jack at Toledo. took one OF the
most terrible ben ,ings ever given
man In the ring
Roper, fighting from crouch
that will keep him well below Nor
ris' shoulders, u romlsos TO be a
mighty tough opp 1nent for Big
Carl. Ii IN the q lptain's type Of
fighter that has b cen hardest for
Morris niwaysI q ne OF Morris
greatest and most difficult fights
was his f5-round tattlc with Bat
tung Lcvinsky at iansas CITY a
couple OF years ago when the lie-l
brew lightweight was In his prime.
Morris outpointed Levinsky In a.
fight stlll well-rcmor nbercd by Kan
sas City fans Levtnsky you'll ro-'
member is considerably smaller
than Roper.
Important Bout for Morris
II would he hard to overestimate'
the importance or tduights bout Tor
Morris, Tho Sapuipan az In the
midst of n come-ba 'k, and he has
hean bowling them over right ana
loft since the said comeback cam
pRign got uudvr way, Having
abandoned his old uactics OF ring
roughncss a-d his habit Of leaning
on and thereby wearing out his
usually smaller oppcincnt7, Morris
Is gaining followers ana admirers
In every bout OF his clean boxing.
As has been said, ne has won by a
wide margin all his bouts since he
started his latest campaign for
heavyweight honors. but In Roper
he is meeting by far tho best man
he has encountered In the drive, II
nc ovcrwhelms the ChicagoRu he
will be In n position TO demand a
meeting with any or tho contend
ers II win he extremely difficult
for Brennan, Fulton, Weinert and
the others to continue side stepping
him.
on the other hand, should Morris
lose 20 Roper, II will lust about
T9!n his chances for making much
% gn hA a. "
world.
Morris IL not doing any worry,
ing about Il. Having trained hard
and faithfully and reached what IN
considers the best fighting trim OF
his career, the Sapulpan is supreme
~ confident OF being able 10 more
than take care OF himself,
Roper Not At All Worried
Neither is Roper worried as "a
the outcome. Having in two years
matched his skill and strength and
stamina with the best I'm the coun-
try affords, without ever suffering
a Knockout or severe reverse. he
has no fears. As his manager, Ed
die Long, remarked: THE man
who held Jack johnson and Tommy
Gibbons cycu and whipped Bob
Martin and BIN Brennan, among
others, has nothing 20 fear from
carl Morris"
nut SuInlh"S ana Spe'unIoNS
are uselcs, 1t will take tonight and
probably all OF the twelve rounds
20 tell.
Semi-Wlndups Promises Wei
The Oh City A. G. card al CON
Vention han tonight also gives
promise Of including some other in
terostlng scrapping. "stubby" Dur
ham, Tulsa hantamweight, who also
IL known among ring followers ms
Young Carsey will do battle with
the veteran Mike Orrison OF Knns-
as City in the eight-round semi
windup. Durham has trained con.
sistently and Is In superb form
Orrison has been boxing regularly
and is in his uual good condition
Durham is bantamwelght OF
the build and style OF Pete Herman
the champion OF that, division. III
looks more like a heatherwelgh,
but his looks are deceptive as h