OAR.L MORRIS—A "WHITE MAN'S HOPE."

Grey River Argus, 21 April 1911, Page 7

OAR.L MORRIS— A "WHITE MAN'S HOPE."

The other would-be bearer of the "white man's burden is Carl- Morris, of Oklahoma, who has been mentioned on several occasions in this column as looming ; big upon the horizon of the States. The exploit which has ibrough't him under immediate notice now is the knocking out of Scbreck. of Cincinnati, in the sixth round of a -fifteen-round contest at Oklahoma last week. Scheck was regarded as being in the first flight of "heavies" at the time that "Tommy" Burns was carving his way to the top of the class. So. by now, he must be somewhot of a foack number, and too much consequence cannot be attached to the event. It is, no doubt, the speed witTi which he has "got away" with 'his man, and his immense size that have brought him into notice so quickly. He is bigger than either Je'ffries or Johnson both in height and girth. He .stands 6ft 4in.— nearly 3 inches taller than Johnson — and has 'the abnormal chest .measurement of 49 inches (as against the champion's 40 inches and Jeffries 46 inches), and his weight is in keeping with his inches. He is said to scale 16st 111 b. In reach, too, he is singularh r gifted for the career he has chosen for his own. He spans a distance of 81 inches-^over six inches more than Johnson. With all this avoirdupois and tonnage, Morris is said to be as ninvble as the best, and not at all the plethoric, slow-moving mass of iflesh one would from his (measurements. Moreover, over, he is "on a very easy wicket" as regards his preparation.