The San Francisco call., 1910-11-23
BRITISHER SAYS
HE'SGOOD ASEVER
Ffghf Fans Are SkepticaI. bur
Quite Willing 10 Be
Convinced
Owen Moran PuffS a Bit at His
Work, bur Finishes
Strong
By WILLIAM /. sLATTERY

Like every other man in the boxing
game, owen Moran. the British light
weight. can not see for the life OF him
how any OF the fans can accuse him Of
going back. Jim Jenries could not see
where he was on mis- way TO the pugiIis-
tic graveyard. neither could poor old
Joe Cans nor can Battling Nelson. so it
Is not at all surprising that the Briton
should hold the same view OF It as the
rest Of them.
Moran insists that he is still a young
>9el'ow. 4 strong one at that. a man just
81 his prime and improving instead OF
lspping at the height OF his career and
going backward II hurts Moran's pride
10 hear anybody say that the coming
contest viii he ore which shall deter
mine which man has gone back the
SS-rlest" This is one subject on which
rhe Briusher IS very touchy and he does
rot take any pains TO conceal II either.
Re is trying TO make them all believe
that he Is still IS formidable as ever.
While the fans i'm general would like
n believe this for the good OF the game
e nothing more. still they must all ad-
uif thst Moran is going back and that
he IS far from being the same man as
when be made such a ring sensation by
A&DNaNE -ADE AtLrlL 0I MS lEtl ADl -
rounds nearly three years ago Three
wears makes quite p difference 10 any
O. them especially a boxer Of the Moran
-vpe who has been on the 20 and a the
grind 50 steadily during that time.
Rur for all this Moran is still Won
de-fuii-- fast little fellow. a marvel of
cIeverness and just as a aggressive possi-
by IS he ever was. He Is convinced in
his own mind that he is Just as fast as
ever and ne believes that he can take
The measure of the Dane in their coming
Q round niEup st Blot's arena Satur-
DAY afternoon.
TIE little Briton worked for the bene-
6t ~ Referee Benny Selig yesterday
afternoon and he worked well. Barring
r little heavy breathing owen appeared
10 be about ready 10 try conclusions
with the Battler He is there with all
kinds Of steam. blocks well and hits ac-
curately and now its only question as
70 how he can stand the pace.
Regarding his heavy breathing.
Trainer Tfv Kreling claims that this is
only natural for his charge. Accord
ing TO KreiinE, Moran puffs and blows
Wbile out on the road every morning,
h-t he is always fresh and lively at
the conclusion OF his 10 mile jog In
ris boxing stunts IL is just about the
same, and though he breathes hard,
Moran does not appear TO tire easily.
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Yesterday afternoon. four with Willie
Ritchie. the speedy four round per
L former. and four with a big middle
- e ght from Oakland named Henry
Long Rftchie was not IN the best OF
shape and Moran gave him quite
beating rushing the youngster all over
the ring and keeping on top of him
every minute Of the time.
Moran expects TO enter the ring
Seighing in the neighborhood Of 1913
rounds He was just a pound below
rhss notch when he came in off the
road yesterday morning and he could
not have taken of much weight while
going through his PAGES with Long and
Ritchie IN the past Moran has al
WAYS been 12S pound man, so ne is
Jumping into a different class this time.
The Britisher viii box again this
afternoon. and tomorrow he VIII wind
I'd his hard work. He will do moth
inE save 4 jaunt on the road Friday,
and TOP il of with a little light gym
nasium work in the afternoon. In this
way Moran expects to pick up a couple
of pounds and thus enter the ring at
the lightweight limit
The Dane did his usual days work
yesterday. but he went just a little
stronger than he does under ordinary
circumstances, for the reason that the
moving picture men were there ana
the Battler wanted TO make his very
best showing Bat was right In his
glory when the picture machines were
pointed at him.
This afternoon the Dane will enter
tain Billy Clifford and his beauty chorus
from the Princess theater and Abdul
the Turk. adorned IN all his oriental
~egslia will act as the chief usher for
fhe crowd. IN return. Nelson has prom
ised 10 appear at the Princess on sat
urdsy night. after he beats Moran.
This is the latest program.
Nelson has not heard from Tommy
RYAN yet, though he is still in hopes
that the veteran middle weight is on
his way out here TO second him. 1t is 10
be hoped. for Nelson's sake, that Ryan
will be on the Job. because the Dane
certainly needs him or man like him.
Nelson is sadly in need Of a compe-
psnt second. II is the general opinion
among the knowing fans that the Dane
lost the championship over al Rlch-
mond TO Woigast last February for the
reason that he had not competent men
in his corner II the Battler does not
land Ryan he should get in touch with
some other good one around the city.
There are plenty OF them in sight, and
ne should not overlook the opportu-
nifty.
The betting is still at evens. and
Commissioner Tom Corbett looks for
heavy wagering all along the line
Several hundred dollars came in yes
terday 10 be placed on each man, and
81 was take your choice with all. Cor
bett believes that the men will enter
the ring with the price unchanged. Up
70 the present time there has been no
round betting all Of which goes TO
show that the fans look for close one
for 90 rounds.
Judging from the advance sale of
seats an immense crowd will turn out
a. Blot's arena on Saturday afternoon
10 see the fun. The seats viii be put
on sale this morning, but yesterday
orders for the pastebosrds were coming
sr from, q Il nsrtS Of the state.