Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-05

tendency to make much of Frank Mo-
ran since his decisive victory over
| AL Palzer. They are really going it
too strong. it would seem, in view of
| the fact that Moran has been seen
manys the time before and has never
shown himself to be very much In
the eyes or the minds of the pugilistic
populace To be fair in the matter of
| giving credit is all right, but to go
into ecstacies over mediocre fighter
simply because he defeated an all-in
member of his own class is beyond
| the limit. All credit to Moran for his
victory. He put up a great battle and
he won beyond dispute. He fought
| as if he knew how to fight. He was
cagey at all stages and he was clever
now and then. His best work was in
keeping cool and in resting while his
opponent was firing himself out with
aimless efforts. Still, it looked to me
as If Moran was not so much of a
wonder in the fight as Palzer was a
boob At no time during his check
cred career had Palzer ever shown
such utter stupidity and such lack
of strength. The little boxing he
had learned he had well forgotten in
his months of idleness. He might
have looked all right and as good as
ever in his training quarters, but he
surely was pudding in the ring.
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AS to Moran, he profited by Palzer's
lack of condition and his absence of
semblance of boxing skill. big
Az was not there at any stage of the
proceedings. Even in the first round
when he rushed wildly several times,
his blows failed to hurt little bit.
1t looked to me as if Palzer knew
himself he wasn't there with the
goods and he was simply making a
huge bluff to scare off his careful OPP
ponent. For time Moran was mott
inclined to take a chance, but when
he did fight and found such little
cocky and confident and from a no
better than second rater he gradual
ly doomed up into a semblance of a
champion. Far be it from me to rob
Moran of any of his well-deserved
honors, but any more than to say
in defeating Palzer he only defeated
a shadow of the man who beat Kauf- |
man and Wells and others, it would !
be hard for me to believe otherwise. |
Moran may be the best white hope" |
in sight, but any old "hope" could |
have done to PaIzer what Moran
did Wednesday night.
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To Dan McKetrick much praise |
should go for the way he handled
his man. He brought Moran into the |
ring fit to fight for his life, and, he !
had coached him so thoroughly that |
he gave an almost perfect exhibition
of beating a man who should with |
all things equal, have beaten him |
thoroughly. The methods of Moran |
were sort of old-fashioned, and he did
a number of things that made him
look rather classy at times. But he
has been such an in-and-outer and
such a beaten wonder" that it doesn't |
seem possible that he has any cham |
pionship material in his make up. If
he really has, good luck to him and |
good luck to Dan McKetrick, who is |
doing his best to make him. If he |
shows as much cleverness, as much |
generalship, in his next fight we will |
overlook his previous record and |
judge him from the night he beat Al. |
Palzer at ST. Nick
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While on the subject of pugilistic
class, it will be observed that Moran
in his fight with Palzer and Gunboat
showed to their very best advantage.
This is no particular indication that
when Smith and Moran clash the
fight will be an exceptional one 1t
may be, of course, but whether or
no, there isn't any doubt but that
the match win draw sufficiently we'll
to tax the capacity of Madison
Square Garden, where the bout is ex-
pected to be held on September 49,
AS far as Smith goes, that date is
satisfactory, but so far Dan McKet-
rick, for Moran. hasn't given his final
say-so. He will, though, for Daniel
has never been known to have passed
up big gate no matter how danger
Gus the outcome might seem. Maybe
Moran will want a little more time to
Nrecuperate before he gets down to
real business again. Smith has had
good rest since his bout with Flynn
and he looked strong and healthy
when introduced. along with a num-
Der of other celebrities, in the ring
just before Moran and Palzer got
going. But the papers say" that the
men will meet, so 1t is to be pre-
sumed that the men are satisfied with
themselves and satisfied with the ar
rangements all around.
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Strange how many angles the one
situation is viewed from sometimes.
Take the controversy over the game
between the Phillies and the Giants.
Some pretty wise fans will tell you
that Umpire Brennan made his ia
nous decision in order to stir up
sufficient gossip to attract attention
to him as just the umpire for the
worlds series. Maybe yes and maybe
no. Brennan, no doubt, made the
decision because the conditions called
for action. He displayed great cour-