The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-31
MANY PICK MORAN
IN new YEAR BOUT.
Wednesdays Fight at San Fran
cisco Will Carry Title
With 1t.
KETCHELL is LOOMING UP
Western Welterweight Liable to
Give Last Nights Winner
a Battle.
<ETcHELL is LOOMING UP
ny JEFF THOMPSON.

NEW YORK, December 30.--It begins
to look as though the fight game
was on It's last legs In this city. The
police have decided that they wifi
stop 1t. and the New York. police can
stop pretty much anything when they
make UP their minds to do 1t. While
l am firmly IN favor OF "A law which
would permit boxing in New York
under proper restrictions, do not
uphold law breaking at amy time, and
that the boxing bouts held here have
been evasions, II not open violations.
of the law cannot be doubted. Any
side the law had best mot be in
dulged in at all.
Some of the ring lawyers are wor-
ried because the fight between Moran
and Attell at Frisco next Wednesday
will not carry the championship. These
purists insist that in a championship
fight all the technicalities must be
rightly observed. The great Ameri-
can public is not so strict.
II Moran whips Attell he Will have
"a good enough claim to the champion
ship to satisfy almost anybody. Tech
nlcally, perhaps. Tommy Ryan or Bob
Fitzsinmons are middlewcight and
lightweight champions still, never hay-
Ing been defeated ut the weights for
the title, but in the eyes of the public
no man Is champion who has been
licked by man still In the game.
Mcfarland VS.. Murphy.
Boston fight club promoters have
matched "Packy" Mcfarland, the Chi
cago lightweight fighter, and Tommy
Murphy.
A twelve-round bout has been ar
ranged for January 18th. Mcfarland
is rated as the only fighter in the
lightweight division who has shown
the class necessary for championship
winning. Murphy. who showed In q
recent weighing-in that he can easily
do 1888 pounds. is one OF the few lcgiti-
mate lightweghts now seeking
matches In tho East ~ fight between
these two lads would, be a hummer.
In considering the welterwelght sit
uaton Stanley Ketchell, the cowboy
fighter. must not be left out OF the
calculations. Any man who can talre
the measure OF Joe Thomas three
times Handwriting is nard nut fol-
any welterweight to tackle. I. under
stand that go between him and Mike
| (Tw1n) sullivan soon VIII ne made
Tho winner OF this bout will be made
ner OF the Papke-Kelly mlx-up ough
to pretty we'll settle the champion
ship in this division.
frankie Neil is Owen Moran's big
gest booster on the Coast, and Frankie
says he will back the Engllshn1an fo
all he can get together when he
meets .Attell on New Years Day
Frank Dryer. the gambler. Is also Al
admlrer Of Moran. and has $4,000 VI
to DO placed on Moran at to ., tn
prevailing odds at present.
Kaufman Is a Conner,
Billy Delaney has matched AL Kauf
man TO fight Jimmy Barry. woul
not be at NIL surprised II Delaney di
rot make champion out OF Kauf
Imam yet. He surely Is going the RICH
3Itway about It. Al is biz, willing an
i game. All he needs is practice IN tn
4 ring, and by sending him against goo
men, hut not too good, Delaney is civ
4 Ing him chance to get that conf
\ dence ana ring. experience that vii
4 make him q dangerous nntagonistEt
II opv tnfi3the hfIr3 ones i s5tu le59 4