The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-30
MORAN MEETS
HANLON TODAY
Britisher Will Make Debut in
Lightweight Class in San
Francisco.

owen Moran, the crack British
featherweight, will make his debut il
lightweight circles tonight, when he
meets Eddie Hanlon in San Francisco
Coast sports are taking very keen in
| terest in this event, as it will show
whether Moran has any claim on cham
pionship form in the heavier class.
1t seems to be an accepted fact that
he has been weakening himself by
making 122 pounds ringside, and ii
may be that he viii turn out to be a
champion at his new weight. He is
giving away more than little avoir-
dupois to Hanlon, as they will weigh
in at 1873 pounds at clock this after
noon. That means that Eddie will
| weigh at least 136 when he enters the
ring, while Moran win do well if he
tips the scale at 49,
Bill Naughton had the following to
say about the scrap, week ago:
"As a compromise statement I am
willing to say that [ can not recall a
California born fighter who had bigger
grip on public favor, both in days of
activity and days of retirement, than
Eddie Hanlon. And the reason ism It
hard to find. AS boxer Eddie is will
ing, game and honest. He is always
ready to show the very best that is in
him, and if he is ever mixed up in an
uninteresting go it is because the other
fellow resorts to stalling.
"He is well liked apart from his
smuggling qualifications. He is pleasant
hammered and modest, and possesses
the knack of making and holding
friends, an art which the average ring
man is all too prone to slight. Hanlon S
popularity is seen in the way tongues
are wag@ng over his coming contest
with Owen Moran. If all the fellows
who are tipping Hanlon to win are go
ing to place their money on him, he will
surely become the favorite in the bet
ting. But in most cases it is simply
that the wish is father to the forecast.
Hanlon s legions of friends are praying
for him to succeed, and in tipping him
to upset the doughty Owen Moran their
thoughts are merely flowing along the
lines of least resistance.
incidentally, Eddie is leaving no
stone unturned that may contribute to
his success He is working like al
beaver at Croll IS, and some of the
hardest-headed of our local fight fans
have already determined that Moran
viii have to fight better than he did
with Attell to defeat sturdy Eddie
Hanlon.
SON the other hand, Moran is peg
ging away at Shannon s as though he
that he will have to become |
he hero of clean-cut performance in
order to remove the dissatisfaction |
which attached to his draws with At |
ell. There is a rumor, too, although |
[ don t know how true it is, that if /
Moran knocks out Hanlon a big Eng
ish club will bid for a third Attell-
Moran match to take place in London
before many months have passed. They
ay that titled Britishers have signifed
! willingness to pay "ten pun"
Iead to see Moran and Attell fight it
ut, and that it was in furtherance of
uch project that wise Billy Delaney
vas brought into camp as Attell's
tThat is only prospect, however,
$ long as the Hanlon-Moran contest
emains undecided, and in the mean
inc the outcome of the tilt between
he native son and the British lad is ,
favorite theme with the sports. T,