The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09
MORGAN MAY GET
CHANCE AT MORAN
Promoter COfrOth Desires to
Sign Boys to Fight Ten
Rounds This Month

Promoter Jim Coffroth is after a 10
round fight between owen Moran, the
great little English boxer, and "one
Round" Hogan, the sensational local
lightweight scrapper who jumped into
great prominence last Friday by out
boxing frankie Burns, the clever Oak
land scrapper, in four rounds.
Hogan's career in the ring has been
short and Sensational. He has waded
through all the local lightweights in
the four round game in such short time
that critics are now counting upon him
as a championship possibility. Hogan
IS a fighter of the type which the fans
like to see perform. He is of the SEN
sational order of scrappers, as the end
may come at any time when Hogan is
in action, owing to his great wallop.
There was TO be a meeting of the
manager Of Moran and Hogan and Jim
Coffroth, but they did not get together.
Walter Franey IS confident that his
charge can beat Moran. but he believes
that a little more work against the
lesser lights will give Hogan that finish
which is necessary TO round him into
championship form. However, if Coff-
roths inducement are sufficient he
would be content TO take a chance at
the sturdy Brtlsher.
The four round game has been sc
lu rative 10 Hogan that it is rather
hard TO coax him away from it. He
Is making more money going -four
rounds than some Of the professionals
get for boxing 20. so this makes II
rather tough on the promoters of the
professional clubs to compete.
The mana gers OF the four round
clubs are endeavoring to match Hogan
in -of- ~Scr1a+ E-rir1 Sow
night proved TO be one of the best
exhibitions put on here, and the fans
would like to see the boys at il again
While il Is conceded that Hogan had
the shade last Friday night, the al
mirers OF the Oakland lad believe he
could reverse the decision If the boys
hooked up again.
Charley Harvey, mana ger Of Moran
wants 10 get his boy on here this
month, and he does not care who il
may be. Attell has about declined to
take chance with the Britisher. In
the event that COffroth can not land
Hogan. he may call upon Frankie
Burns TO take a chance with the Brit
Usher in 10 round setto.
The promoters are finding it rather
difficult TO find attractive cards. The
men VINO would draw are hard to get
lined up. in other cases some of them
want all the money. and this would
never do for the promoters to get out
;. Of their share OF the long green.
:: Jack Gleason is being quoted in the
east. for having criticized Tex Rick
. ards work in the ring when he refereed
the 'Johnson-Jefries fight. Gleason de-
.clares that it showed the points of a
novice and what Tex knew about ref
ereeing could be put in small corner
Of a ceIlulOid dice. Well. Jack did not
say anything wrong, and his criticism
is well taken. as Richards refereeing
was q, Joke, and he stood for stuff that
- any other referee who knew the first
elements Of the game would not have
allowed.
There were enough chances TO dis
qualify Jeffries, but Tex stood and
looked on. Even when the finish came
along he was up in the air. He gave
JEFF all the chance possible. Probably
too much to suit jeff. as the big fellow
might have wished Tex had interfered
before the end came along.