Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-11
bLAMES MILK AND
EGG DIET FOR DEFEAT
Owen Moran Regrets He Gave Up
Drinking Ale During His
Training.
WANTS ANOTHER CHANCE
TO FIGHT AID WOLGAST
Says Champion Was as Hard as
Nails, While Training
Weakened Him.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK July, I1.-"No more milk
and-egg diet for me- exclaimed Owen
Moran. the English pugilist. who arrived
here yesterday with his manager, Charles
J. Harvey, from California. Moran didn't
look as If he had received a severe beat
ing at the hands of Champion Ad VOL
CAST July 4. There wasn't a scratch on
his face, and he seemed in excellent
spirits.
haven't any excuses to make" the
little Briton continued, except to say
that l wasn't myself although l thought
l was very fit before l put up my hands
You see, l got on the water wagon last
April and l cut out even the ale | had
been used to drinking for years. 1 looked
clean and good. but when it came down
to rough fighting l wasn't there.
Il don't really know how to fight
ended. l was going we'll when we got
into a mix on the ropes and Wolgast
put in four or five body blows. l felt
a singing pain In my groin and just
dropped. But there's no use crying over
1T. | was beaten, and that's all there is
to it. I'm going over to England Wednes-
day to rest UP for several months. and
I'm heartily sorry l am not taking the
worlds lightweight championship with
me. If I'd beaten Wolgast you can bet
there'd have been another coronation in
Birmingham.
Just say that I'd like to box Wolgast
again some time and that if I should get
the chance I'd cut out the milk-and-egg
diet sure. I'd drink a little ale while in
training and that would make me feel
like myself Total abstinence isn't good
for a man who's been used to malt
liquors for ten years.
1.-The trouble with Moran" explained
Harvey, was that he overworked in pre-
pairing for the battle. He was entirely
good for him. Why. he actually weighed
less than 1875 pounds when he got into
the ring. Furthermore. he didn't fight
according to the plan mapped out. He
intended to box the way he did when he
stopped Nelson. But as soon as the bout
began Owen went right in to mix 1t up.
He employed no cleverness at all, which
was a vital mistake because Of Wolgasts
advantage in weight and ruggedness.
'In the tenth, eleventh and twelfth
rounds Moran seemed to be winning. In
the thirteenth round the end came so
quickly that it was hard to learn the
cause Wolgast rushed Owen to the
ropes and punched him several times In
cited that one of these blows landed un-
Intentionally below the belt. Moran put
his hand over his groin as he fell help
less TO the floor and was counted out.
We lodged a claim Of foul with Referee
Welsh, but he overruled it. The pictures
of the mill, which will be SHOWN here In
few days, will illustrate this punch,
which, however, was an accident.
ut was anybody's fight up to that
point and one of the hardest l ever saw.
Wolgast kept himself covered up all the
time, so that it was a difficult matter to
reach him. But at that he showed a
vast improvement over his performances
in the east several months ago. Moran
took excellent care of himself: in fact. he
tried too hard to be ready. He prepared
at a place where the temperature was
torrid. whereas Woigast got ready at
Seal Rock, resort noted for its COM
paratively cold weather Two days be-
fore the fight MOI an, when left alone,
went out on the road for a brisk run and
came back well nigh exhausted. He
weighed less than 126 pounds. whereas he
should have scaled at 1os or trifle more.
''Wolgast, on the other hand, weighed
close to 1873 at the ringside. He's as
tough as pine knot and doesn't have
to work very hard to make this weight.
He does more wrestling than fighting.
and is so strong that he can wear down
most anybody. Moran should have stayed
away and boxed with him instead of try
ing to outpunch him, for that would have
prolonged the fight and might have wor-
ried Wolgast not a little. Moran, at
that is the best man Wolgast has ever
met, and I believe under different con-
ditions Owen could win another scrap.
The fight drew a MISUNDERSTANDING
dollar gate Wolgast got $1,000. and
Morans share was $1,000. 1t was cork
ing crowd