The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27
SALT LAKE STILL
AFTER THE FIGHT
Rfckard Expected 10 Make Posi-
tive announcement Within
fhe NeN Few Days
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. staged q Few DAYS before. this match
would. have attracted 200 per cent more
interest for next TO that mill it's the
best that san Francisco has had set
before il for year.
They are wagering even money on
the result and the betting has been
quite brisk for the last few days.
Naturally the boys like Moran because
they have seen him 20 on several oc-
customs before He is q clever little
chap with . fair sort Of punch, and his
50 meness Is unquestioned. But the very
fact that Murphy fought him all over
the ring three times recently in short
hours has led many 10 believe that
Harlem Tommy was overlooked in the
past aud that he VIII make a better
FIGHT OF it this time
esG RPHT a SHORT BOUT MAN
Murphy is described as being tear
ing sort Of fighter for six and ten
rounds. This is his distance. He has
never had any. experience over the 20
round course, while Moran has a de-
cided liking for that distance Thus
this is an edge FOR the Englishman.
They know that he can travel the
pace and finish strong. while they are
Bit uncertain as 10 the staying quail
ties of the lad from Harlem. He must
show them first
il must be said for Murphy that he
hss displayed plenty OF speed and sci
ence in his training. Many an inter
ed fan has watched him day after
day over at the Freeman park gym
nasium. All OF them came away con
WINGED that Tommy is a fighter who
fghts-One who viii give them a good.
hard run for their money even If he
fails 10 bring II through the front door,
The fight means lot 10 both OF the
boys. III viii be a sort Of survival Of
the fttest proposition. The winner viii
have a chance TO get on with Ad VOL
gast for the worlds lightweight cham
rionship. and the loser must content
himself WIKI doing the best he can
around here or in The east, and it looks
AS though he must cOnfine his opera
lions 10 the other side Of the Rockies
OF course, each is telling everybody
what he is soinS 10 do TO the other.
This stuff used to 80 until very re
Gently, but that awful upset In the
Nashington's birthday enga cement has
done lot 10 crab any such talk From
now on every fighter must prove some
thing to the fans by his actions and
not by his words. Its action the fans
are looking for.
STRENUOUS DAY CUT OUT
Both boys Will have a banner day at
their camps today. Moran win take on
AL the sparring partners they can trot
out TO him al the ocean beach. Chief
among them viii be cute Eddie Hanlon,
the man who gave the Briton such a
tough argument for 20 rounds some two
years ago. Murphy will do the best
ne can TO make a hit with: everybody
who visits him across the bay.
We have seen many a champion come
and so within the last few years. but
never another ike Battling Nelson.
Who has heard him crying or demand
ing another chance or pleading lack
Of condition. Not he. The Battler ad-
.mits that he was. beaten fairly and
sQuarelv and when anybody tries to
svmpathise with him or shed any tears
he only shows. his olJ Danish temper
and advises them 10 adopt other meth
eds. He's just as game a loser as he
IS q winner and he's going to make the
hit Of his life BY his present actions.
Nelson shows his true fighting spirit.
He wants TO regain his lost crown. bat
lte is MOI demanding. that the champion
give him the first chance. Instead he
has made himself match with the
toughest one Of them all outside OF
himself the said person being none
other than Cyclone Thompson. Now.
il this Dane comes back and puts
Thompson on his back before the end
Of their proposed 45 round fight here
in AIav. Wolgast simply viii have to
up for another fight.
BAT REFUSES 10 STAY DOWN
This Is what the old war horse wants.
Away down deep in his heart he be-
lives that he is WolEast's master. He
knows that there was something wrong
with him last Tuesday afternoon, but
what il was he has not discovered yet.
He believes that he can overcome this
obstacle next time and he is going to
work along these lines. The. Danes
brain works faster than that of any
fighter who ever put on a glove He
may have 4 hard nut bat it's full of
gray matter.
Anyhow. they all seem TO be sore and
sorry because Nelson lost Even those
who did not like him in the past were
shouting and. roofing for him at the
rirgside. Ii was then that they real-
lied what a grand champion Bat was
They could not see his sterling quail
ties till he was on the down grade.
Then their sympathies were awakened. !
They remembered how he had always
given them battle every time he
fought and how he had always been on
the square and how he had fought
everybody who ever challenged him.
HOLDS UNIQUE DISTINCTION
Nelson viii not be forgotten. Far
from it. They viii be clamoring for
man now as though he still held the
championship. He's the only champion
who ever lost his title without being
knocked out This is another feather
ia his well decorated bonnet. the
brightest Of the bunch of them. in fact. /
II he can come back and beat Thomp- /
son. look out for him. He went bad
with Jimmy Britt here one night. but
less than a year later he became the |
lightweight champion.
1t viii not be at all surprising if |
Wolgast's next opponent viii be the
Dane over again. The general impress
sion is that Nelson viii be a far better
card than Welsh. provided, of course. I
that he disposes of Thompson in the
meantime. But 10 do this the Battler I
must take 10 the woods for month or /
SO and do some training. He cant get
into condition travelling around on 4
Pullman cars and probably he realizes /
ii now that the crusher has come.