The San Francisco call., 1908-10-01


dered how he managed to weathe
agged at times. he seemed to grow.
stronger as the finish neared
AS regards points. a more uneven
elt has not been seen here IN many a
moon. The BritiSher was the aggres-
sQr the ring general and the master OF
ceremonies combined. Many thought
that he stalled near the finish when he
saw that victory was within his grasp
aut apparently he was doing the best
he could TO slip the pill of sleep TO the
native son
The opinion or the spectators may be
sIHnmed up in a sentence: Moran was a
appointment and Hanlon a surprise
NeariE every one Of the wise members
was there with a bet that the Brftisher
would crush the local lad ere the seven
teenth round was al hand. They were
mistaken. HanlOn may have been near.
in. but his gemeness carried him
through
LACKS KNOCKOUT PUNCH
Moran was supposed to be fighter
Nth 2 punch. This he does not have
his performance last night goes for
artthing. Had he been possessed of
The wallop that tells. Hanlon never
neuld have passed the tenth round. and
rad he been really aggressive 6ghter
we'll as a hard pnneher the fifth or
Nta round would have seen the finish
Battered and beaten though he was.
Isanlon. seemed 10 be as popular with
tfe rowd al the finish as he was when
made one OF his Wild dashes al the Brit
erte body everybody cheered him on
-and the casual observer would have be-
eyed that the local boy was. doing all
= eWork and the other fellow the stall-
But while Hanlon would be making
ene- Of. these .spasmodic- efforts Moran
WQuld:= be .devOting all of his time to
liammering the Californian. with lefts TO
the head and rights 10 the BODY II IS
no. eXaggeration- to say that Moran hit
lfanlOn from 25 TO 30 blows for every
one that Hanlop landed on him. That
Is s5the. way the fight went at-al stages
Referee Eddie Smith did perfect work
throughout He watched. the move
lnents Of each man carefully and made
no mistakes. AS both We're willing to
break al HIS command he had no 7troil >
bic with. -them. Each wrestled the other
down on a couple of ocea siCns, burt these
Incidents passed without comment, as
they did no damage.
MORAN BUsY FROM START
In the opening. round, after both men
had missed leads. Moran took the as-'
gressite and did. all the work; with
ights and -lefIs TO the head 99anlOn
seemed powerless and only stalled:
There were. frequent cllpches- The Sec
ond was q, repetition of. the nrst- Moran
shooting straight. let's 10 the head and and
whipping the: right-Jo the b@dy at VIII,
with HanlOn StallJng.
Moran. hammered -Eanlon all around
the ring in the third. .sdanlop seemed
10 be dazed- He opened. the foultn with
three good leads for tie Jaw. and every
s .bodS.ch heereds Moran. rushed him to the
ropes with body blows and near the nm
ish was rocking his head. d.
From this round on to the tenth Han
Jon fought harder. Apparently he
-- realized that the BTitisheE did not have
q terrific punch and took many chances.
His favorite pastiuiee was to rush Moran
around the ring and swinging both
hands for the body, but while he did
this the :Englishmap kept busy meas
uring him with his left. and. landing
Frore the tenth: to the f6teenth. Moran
Fraduan- beat. .Hanlon dewn. lie was
+. strong all the time and apparently did
. not take any chances He fought his
= man from distance. showing plainly
that he was fearful lest t1anlQns come
-in with a hay maker -t3lats would 90
b. some damage: Moran preferred TO chop
away with his left and use hrs right
whenever he saw a chance for. an open
ing.
THRREs ON PUNISHMENT
Strange TO say; Hanlon seemed to be
gifted with a new lease of life along
bout the fifteenth. and though. several
Of Morans blows staggered him.. he
fought all the harder e. Every cry from
the gallery spOrred him on and after
his head WObbled from the force OF a
punch he invariably rushed in. and took
a chance.
Tie thirteenth was ore of the best
rounds for Hanlon. After Moran had
rocked him with rights and lefts TO the
Jaw at the opening. Hanlon lashed out
vince time and again. During the bal
ance of the round he fought strongly
= but Moran soon became wise to his tao
fics. realizing that it was but the hope
less spurt Of a defeated man.
After the sixteenth Hanlon was
through. He had saved the bets Of his
friends and was satisfied with that. He
did not fight like q man who hoped TO
win but rather like one who was just
dogged and game enough TO go through
with the gan and at the same time take
the chance Of landing hayInal1er.
Moran was not TO be caught napplngs
He played a careful game throughout,
and although he was aggressive enough
he managed TO go very safely. When
he regarded his opponent as at all dan
gerOas he danced around and 3abbed at
long range. Hanlons face was covered
with blood early IN the battle. and this
probably prevented him from getting
good line on the Englishman
Hanlon came up for a grandstand
play IN the twentieth round and went
after Moran. owen was ready for this
and met each rush fairly. They punched
and clinched and tugged at one another
around the ring, but few effective
blows were landed. When Referee Smith
declared Moran the winner everybody
IN the house cOncurred-
Hanlon said after the fight that. he
had done the best he could and an
game Moran praised Hanlon for his
gameness, saying that he was one OF
The toughest fellows he had ever gone
against His manager, Charley Harvey,
wants 10 back Moran against Nelson
Tor 20 round go.
NET CON EAPNS DECISION