The San Francisco call., 1910-11-17
MORAN IN need Of
SPARRING PARTNER
BrifiSher Is Disappointed and
Somewhat Alarmed at the
Scarcity of Trial Pugs

owen Moran is sadly in need Of
of them If he hopes to round into
proper condition for his 20 round fling
at Battling Nelson a week from next
Saturday afternoon. The little Brit
Usher Is very much disappointed at the
turn affairs have taken. This is the
first time that he has ever experienced
any trouble in picking gp boys to box
with him, and Moran has trained for
many a contest in this city during the
last three years.
The Britisher realizes that he can not
afford to take any chances against the
Dane. He did not figure on the slump
in the sparring partner market. He
thought that all he had to do was to
come out here, open up his training
quarters as he used to do in the past,
and then go down the line and pick
out the most likely looking boys who
showed up.
But all the likely boys want to %
stars these days. They don't care about
the honor that goes to the lad who
lends his services to a champion or a
near champion, and who is paid off in
daily beatings The days of honor and
glory among pugs have@ fed forever.
It's dollars and cents with them now,
and they generally want theirs before
they start
Moran is not very particular about
his sparring mates, either. They don
have TO make weight before they start
TO work with him. He will exchange
jabs and swings with welters as readily
as he will with lightweights and feath-
ers, but he can't get them In any class.
They are all sidestepping him.
Moran did the best he could yes
terday afternoon under the circum-
stances. He still has JEFF Perry with
him, and another lad named Joe King
introduced himself and asked for
chance. He was gladly welcomed at
the San Rafael camp. and the Briton
hammered and rushed him around the
ring for three rounds, just to try him
out.
If Moran is going back or has gone
back, his work does not show ii. APP
parently the little Britisher is just as
speedy and just as aggressive as he
was nearly three years ago, when he
fought Abe Attell off his feet for 25
rounds at the Mission street arena An
the fans looked upon Moran as a won
der that day. His speed, cleverness and
accuracy were a revelation to them all.
Moran looks larger than he used to-
The chances are that he will be
legitimate lightweight when he jumps
into the ring with the Dane. It is
foregone conclusion that the Battler
Will not have more than couple of
pounds the better of him.
Hard Luck has also paid a visit to
the Nelson camp at Colma Eddie
Dennis, the speedy little feather weight
whom the Battler relied upon to keep
him going UP to the day of the con-
test, severely injured his hand in Tues
day evenings affair with frankie Har-
ris over in Oakland. It is not likely
that Dennis will be able to do any more
boxing with Bat.
Walter Scott, the clever Mission club
boy, who recently went four rounds
to a draw with Dennis. Nelson be-
Heves that If he can line Scott up he
will be all right and that HIS work will
not be interfered with. It is very evil
dent that Nelson intends to do more
boxing for this bout than he ever did
in his life before.
He kept hustling all day yesterday,
starting out tearing off six miles on
the road in the morning. Then he re-
big Dan Sullivan, Marty Kane and Abe
Silverman, going seven rounds in all,
three with Sullivan and two each with
the others.
The Battler is going to rush Moran
from the tap OF the gong. He is train
ing for a 20 round contest, not As
round affair. He was faster in the
first few rounds of the La Grave mixup
than he was against Cans or Britt or
Wolgast, or any of them, and he be-
lieves that he can develop even more
speed for Moran. This will be neces-
sary, because if the Battler don't get
started early, Moran will surely out
point him.