The San Francisco call., 1910-11-18
WAGERING BRISK
ON COMING BOUT
Odds Stay at EVeHS With Plenty
of Takers on Both
Sides
By WILLIAM ]. sLATTERY


The coming contest between Battling
Nelson and Owen Moran at BIot's arena
a week from tomorrow afternoon gives
promise of being one of the liveliest
betting affairs that the ring has known
since the sad event at Reno. Already
Betting Commissioner Tom Corbett has
announced the price at even money. and
the admirers of each man have been
eagerly swapping it up. It looks good
to both sides and. thus far, nobody
has been asking for odds. From indica
tions, there Will be no odds.
The interest which this affair has
been attracting is nothing short of
wonderful 1t clearly indicates how
much the people of San Francisco think
of the boxing game. Anybody who be-
lieves that the sport is dead here must
wake up and try all over again. It's
Just as good as it was when they ex-
pected to see Jeffries and Johnson clash
for the heavy weight championship of
the world at Eighth and Market streets.
In the event that the Nelson Moran
affair proves to be the big success
which il figures to prove, then the
game will be back again, and to stay.
All the San Francisco fans want is
action from high class performers who
will give them what they pay their
good money for OF course, they won't
stand for Jimmy CAROLS and Sammy
Kellers as main eventerS at top prices,
but give them Nelson's and Morans, or
men of such standing, and they are
satisfied. The NelSon-La Grave bout
last month proved this conclusively.
If Nelson is as far in as the Moran
admirers believe him to be- then this
will be the last contest of Importance
for the one time king of all the light
weights. In the belief that Nelson is
gone, the men who like Moran are
plunging on the Britisher. They look
for him to carry the battle to Nelson,
lead all the way and possibly score
knockout.
But The Danes admirers are sanguine
of success. They say that the last
affair with La Grave does not count
for anything. Nelson was not properly
trained that night. He was fooled, and
badly fooled, for he expected that he
was taking a mark instead of a
good, tough, willing boy, who met him
at his own game and kept on going all
the time.
If Nelson works as conscientiously
for the next week as he has during the
last four days, he will be in condition
to do himself justice against the Brit
ish lightweight But he can not afford
to lay off. His experience with La
Grave should have taught him a lesson
through the remainder of his boxing
days
The Battler has just one idea in his
head He wants to win back that
lightweight crown. But for this notion,
he would not have signed up to meet
Moran a week from tomorrow after
noon. He would give all he has in the
world to stand over the PROSTATE form
of the man who relieved him of his
hard earned title over in Richmond last
February
1t goes without saying that Nelson
will never get the desired chance to
take on Wolgast and win back his title
unless he can get by Moran to the sat
isfaction of the fans and the critics.
This is the stumbling block in the Bat
tiers path back to the championship
goal. It's the winner of the next affair
who will be matched with the new
wearer of the crown
Moran did not have many fond
dreams about a meeting with the light
weight champ till they signed him for
Nelson. Now he is just as anxious as
is the Dane to get on with Wolgast.
AS a matter of fact Moran never was
seriously considered in this line till the
present match was made two weeks ago
by Jim Coffroth.
1t is very likely that moving pictures
will be taken of the Nelson Moran
bout. Coffroth and Nelson held a long
conference over the project last night