The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-25
LUCKY PUNCH
MEANS FORTUNE
IF FRANK MORAN, WHITE, BESTS
THE BLACK CHAMPION, IT'S
WORTH A MILLION.
If He Fails, He's Done FOr-Great In.
terest Being Taken in Approaching
Fight at Paris.
By William Philip Simms

Dy WulldH l. Iulllp SlHlnS
paris Correspondent of the United
Press)
| PARIS, June 25.-Jack Johnson anC
Frank Moran, black and white, meet
here Saturday night at the Velodrome
d'Hiver. If the white man wins, the
lucky punch will be worth a fortune to
him. If his punch lacks the necessary
ginger, good night Mr.. Morani
| That is the way the betting man
sizes up the fight. For Moran it means
everything. Either he will open his
eyes on Sunday morning famous
| fighter, with golden sunrise and a
golden day in front of him, or he will
regain consciousness only to realize
that his sun has set and that he is
not even has-heen; that he has
had his chance and not made good;
that he is an almost-was yet a never
waser.
johnson Not Worrying.
For Jack Johnson the fight does
not mean SO much. If he defeats
Moran he will do more than is expected
of him here. He will not gain a par
ticle in popularity despite the fact that
his need of public alteration is now
negligible quantity. Should he take
the count he would lose nothing since
he has nothing to lose. Win, lose or
draw, he gets only his 100000 plus
$4,000 training expenses which he has
now drawn. Lose or win he will be-
come professional automobile driver,
having already signed contract with
certain makers of a Belgium car and
a French firm of tire-makers, and made
his plans for taking part in the French
Grand Prix and the Russian Circuit it
this summer.
In his own words: He has "got his"
A black satellite of Johnson's told the
United Press correspondent: Jack
don't care how the fight comes out;
he's got his already and the way his |
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goin' to hurt him much, win or lose"
There is only one hitch in this state
nent; Johnson hates the white man
md unless circumstances have altered
since the wise ones had a look-in, he
VII try put Moran to sleep.
Moran, just emerging from his train
ng camp on the banks of the River
)ise-this stream is pronounced was"
n French, whatever, If any, signifiic-
nee that may have-is quite the most
heerful, not to say nonchalent person
ereabouts. Self-confidence bubbles
ver the top. And when anybody asks
i'm if he expects to retire to the Ri
er Disc on Sunday he comes back
yith the merry persifage: s'Wrong
lumber, Steve; after Saturday night
~ homes on the River Is"
If Moran, the Merry, Is right in his
ope, that same little River Is will
lean one of milk and honey, of
old and banknotes, for the lad from
Pa, will be the most pop
lar hero who ever told the State of
liberty Good Morning. Roosevelt's
sturn from Africa; Cooks return
ON the North Pole Cor vicinity, or
ny of the other homecomers will have
othing on him, while vaudeville en-
agements and all the other spoils of
lg championshipdom will put him
here Rockefeller will be grinding his
Use teeth. If he gets licked: Curtain.
VIII Fight Langford in London. II
Johnson has already signed to fight \
am Langford in London in Septem- E
# or October, Dick Klegin, the young b
er who staged motor polo in Eng
nd being the sporting impresario
lck of the match. According to Dick
i'd Jack, no mention of the possible Z
lange of address on the part of the
belt is mentioned in the
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