Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-10-01

Owen Moran, the English feather
weight, was given the decision over
Eddie Hanlon tonight after twenty
rounds of fierce fighting, in which the
Englishman had the best of it practi-
cally all the way through. The fight
was fierce from start to finish, and
aside from Moran's cleverness the
gameness of Hanlon and his magnifi-
cent rally in the twentieth round,
when it seemed that he was all but
out, were great features of the fight.
The opening rounds of the fight went
as follows:
Round Both rushed to a clinch
and fought with great care, Hanlon
putting right to the kidneys. Moran
then shot two straight lefts to the
face and at close range swung three
rights around the kidneys. Moran
shot right to the face and they clinch.
ed, landing with short-arm rights on
the body. Owen jabbed twice with
left to face and then in-fighting fol-
lowed. Moran drove a wicked right
to the stomach and they closed in.
Hanlon swung right to the body, but
Moran drove two hard rights to the
jaw and followed it with a Left to
the body as the round ended. Nor
ans round, Moran landing oftener
and cleaner.
Round 2-They were up quickly.
A clinch opened the round and Moran
was wild with right for the body.
Moran was chain lightning. Hanlon
shot straight left to the nose and
they went to close quarters, fighting
hard. Moran struck rather low and
Hanlon appealed to the referee. After
Moran had sent right and left to the
face Hanlon shot two rights to the
stomach and Moran forced Hanlon
against the ropes, landing right hard
over the kidneys. Hanlon then drove
a wicked right to the stomach and
they exchanged hard lefts to the face
as the bell rang 1t was practically
an even round
Round 3-They clinch Moran sent
in three kidney blows and then drove
his right over to ribs. Hanlon whip
ped his right to the face and Moran
jabbed left to the face twice and a
moment later shot his right to the
body. Moran drove a fusilade of
right and left swings to the jaw and
head, Hanlon fighting back gamely
and hard. They went to a clinch and
Moran swung his right to the stom-
ach. Moran whipped his left to the
face twice and then shot it to the
stomach and the bell ended round
that belonged to the Englishman be-
yond dispute.
Round 4-Hanlon swung a hard
right to the head and followed it with
right to the stomach, but the Briton
retaliated with two stinging lefts to
the jaw and right and left to body.
Hanlon hooked his left hard to the
body and Moran countered with two
: lefts to the face Moran jabbed with
left to the face and forced Hanlon
: against the ropes, landing an awful
left stomach punch. Moran started
the blood from Hanlon's nose with
left jabs and then they exchanged
: hard lefts to the face. Moran hook
ed his left to the body and clincf
followed as the bell rang. The round
was in favor of Moran by comfort
able margin.
The balance of the fight was prac
/ tically the same all the way through
there being but two or three round!
in which the honors were even
Moran having from a shade to mucl
the best of the mill all the wa!
' through. The record of the CLOSING
rounds, however, testify to the game
D ness of Eddie Hanlon.
4 Round 18-Hanlon went in with
e do or die expression on his face ant
eyes nearly closed, but fought on
Moran mercilessly banged away a
Hanlon's distorted features, but hi