Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-08
MORAN OUTBOXES
BANTAM CHAMPION
Britisher Too Speedy and Clever
for Rugged but Lighter
SCrapper
FRANK MAKES GOOD SHOWING
ConIey Never Slows Down but He
Finds the EngIiShman Too
Elusive for Him
FRANK MAKES GOOD SHOWING
RESULTS OF BOUTS
BY JAY DAVIDSON

owen Moran won a clean-cut and
decisive victory over frankie Conley
bantam champion, last night at Maud
Junction, having a wide margin to
his credit on total points at the final
gong. Moran, as was expected, proved
too fast and clever for the lighter
boy, and had little, if any the worse
of the slugging bees. 1t was the first
local appearance of the great little
English fighter, and he assuredly made
a good impression by his clever eX-
hibition.
Moran started out rather leisurely
and did not open up until the fifth
round, the scrap being very even up
to the beginning of that round. Be
ginning with the fifth, Moran began
to show what he knew about boxing
footwork and slugging, and took the
lead there that he held by good
margin to the end. Conley was going
along nicely even in the fifth and
was making a game and aggressive
fight until Moran began to stand up
to him and exchange wallops with him.
The Britisher wobbled Conley with
left hook to the jaw as his first real
blow of the fight, then he began to
work his right uppercut and left hook
to the jaw, varying occasionally with
a right hook, but never swinging
Conley assumed a crouch at the start
of the fight and stayed in its cover
when wading into the Englishman,
while Moran stood erect and fought as
a clever boxer most of the time. He
often got through Conleys defense
works, but more often failed, until he
began to work the right uppercut that
broke open the guard Conley had bu1lt
around his head and jaws with his
hands.
MORAN is MARVEL
Moran had about everything that At
tell ever used in the boxing line, Whlle
he worked a combination of stiff hooks
and uppercuts that always were eff
rushes by his speedy footwork, ana
when in a clinch usually protected him
self by a full Nelson or chancery hold
of Conley. He was so fast on his feet
that the champion could not get set for
a square blow except when Moran
wanted to swap Wallops with him,
while he accurately judged distances
and timed his leads to such nicely
that they seldom failed to get home.
Conley did his best work in the first
six rounds and probably had an edge
on total points for the first four, al
though it seemed a very even thing for
that period. He started on the ag-
gressive in a fearless manner and never
slowed down during the fight, although
Moran COUleSl6u Will lllIIl IOI lllC llOll-
ors of aggressiveness after the fifth
round. Conley put a lot of steam be-
Hmm his blows and left many red
marks on the Britishers body to tell of
the effect the blows had upon him, and
was lighting all the way in improved
form over that shown in previous bat
ties here.
Moran was working with the adVan-
tage of a big handicap on Conley, how
ever, and his greater weight, superior
cleverness and generalship, and the
speed he used in his fOotwork was en-
tirely too great a handicap for the
champion, while at times it seemed
that Moran really Outslugged the little
slugger. Moran did not try much slug
ging until the fifth but in and after
that round he seemed unafraid of Con-
ley and willingly matched his blows
with the champions clouts. Conley
showed some distress in the seventh
and began to bleed from the mouth
from the effects of uppercuts and
straight lefts. In the eighth Moran
dazzled COnley with his brilliant speed
and the champion opened up more
readily than in other rounds, giving
Moran the opening he had tried to
make in other rounds. He quickly
availed himself of the advantage and
rained uppercuts and rights and lefts
to the head, making it the fastest and
most exciting round of the bout. They
were fighting furiously at the gong
although Conley was wild in his leads
and Moran was coOl-headed and fight
ing like a perfect machine. Some OF
the fans thought Moran would score a
knockout in this round, when he began
to mix it so lively, but the gong ended
the round and Conley walked smiling
to his corner.
The ninth round was another eXcit-
ing session, with Moran showing in
creased speed and Cleverness and evil
IDENTIFY trying hard for knockout
Conley did not slow up a bit, keeping
up his boring in tactics and showing a
willingness and even anxiety to mix ii
at all times. Moran, however, was toe
speedy and clever for him and out
boxed him by wide margin. Conley
claimed that Moran butted him in the
mouth in this round, partly dazing him
for a few seconds.
The final round was not as furious
as the preceding three or four rounds,
although both boys continued fighting
at full speed and doing some effective
work, with Moran more than holding
his own at all stages. He worked his
right uppercut like a trip-hammer and
varied with right and left hooks to the
jaw, while Conley continued to play
for hte body all the way.
1t was a fine exhibition all the way
and kept the fans excited and cheering
or yelling from first to last. The show
ing that the bantam champion made
against his heavier and cleverer op-
ponent was wildly applauded at the
finish, showing that even though de-
feated he had not lost anything in
prestige by his game and classy battle.
Moran impressed the fans in the same
way, and he will have many local back
ers any old time he starts against At
tell.
O'CONNELL WINS OPENER
The show opened with a six-round
bout between Jeff O'Connell Of Eng
land and Young Jeffries from some
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