The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-05
MORAN PRAISED
FOR HIS VICTORY
JAMES j. coRBEIT DECLARES
TIE BRITISH FIGHTER DE-
SERVES ALL CREDIT.
NELSON SHOULD RETIRE
He Did Not Show Old Form at re.
cent Fight--Moran Only One
That Ever Knocked
Dane Out

Kansas CITY, Dec. f.--OWen Moran,
the little Eritish lighting cock, accom-
rlisled the hitherto impossible last
lSatirday when he knocked out ex
lCnampion Eatling Nelson in eleven
rounds, For the first time in his
| leventh. career the Lane was sent to
| the floor for the count Not once but
| llour times did the piuclyy Nelson nit
the mating, and the last tine for the
| full count OF ten; and the game little
lightweight was carried to his cor
Iner.
At no time during the contest did
| the 1;atrIer show signs of his old time
form. But he did prove that he is
one Of the gamest boys who ever put
lup his hands. After the first few
rounds strength deserted him and II
was the old never say die spirit alone
that kept him on his feet during the
rest of the bout. The spirit was will,
/ ing but the flesh was weak.
Nelson had previously announced
that he would retire from the ring IN
the event of losing to Moran, and ]
sincerely hope that the Dane does not
change his mind. He is fairly well
fixed with this worlds goods and can
quit with reputation earned b.
years Of honest endayor in the
| squared circle The Battier was al
ways on the level and was always try
ling ami will retire with the knowf
edge that the sporting public thinks
every bit as much of him in defeat
as in the days of his greatest
1 triumphs.
| Moran Deserves Credit
! imagine that Moran will not be
given the credit he is entitled to for
licking Nelson. and it will be said
that he beat only wreck of the ter
rible Dane. The fact remains, though
that be has accomplished more than
any other man in the business-he
won over the Battler via the knock.
out route. When Wolgast won the
championship Nelson was on his feet
and fighting, and while he was a
licked man. they had to drag his out
OF the ring by force.
For that matter Moran has never
been handed any praise that he did
not earn by hard and clever work
and if one will glance over his record
| 1t will BE discovered that the English.
man has bested some pretty good
boys. The greatest stumbling block
in his path has been Abe Attel, but
the little Hebrew has upset the dope
many a time and beaten men who
outweighed him many pounds. Mo
ran himself Is light boy and Is al
his best in the neighborhood of 12S
pounds, so Abe was not giving away
much. And the probability is that
AtteI can hold his own or better with
any of the legitimate lightweights
Some attention will now have to bt
be paid to Moran's claims, and he
viii likely be given first chance al
| Wolgast when the champion resumes
fighting.
CLASSY Boys in Action.
| About the same time Nelson was
| losing to Moran two of the classies
lightweights of the east came to
gether in ten round bout before
Tom O'Rourke's Rational Sportins
Club Jack Goodman and Youne
Sammy Smith were the principals
and the newspaper decision was
| given to Goodman. The fight was nc
one-si9ed affair by any means, and
some Of the experts called { q good
draw. Neither man was badly dam
aged and in this respect the bout was
a disappointment to the friends o
both boys, as it demonstrated tha,
they are not here with the kick thai
brings home the bacon.
see where Sam Langford's man
ager is on the job again His lates
rave Is that he will claim the heavy
| weight championship il Jack John
son does not accept Hugh McIntosh's
offer OF a $4,000 purse to do battle
with the Boston black. WE'LL well
1t seems to me that it was only ;
month or so ago that Woodman {
believe that's his name was given al
opportunity of matching Sam wit
the champion, and that when IL came
to the point where money made tn,
conversation Johnson was the onl!
one to dash any coin