The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-06
Matchmaker GlasscO. of W. a.
c., Waits Just a Little Too
Long to Grab Corners
CASES OF GEORGE CHIP
AND MORAN EXAMPLES
Former Rises to Near-C hampton
ship, While Eddie Delays
Latter Quits Ring

Knockouts, victories and conflict.
ing dates all combine TO rob Detroit
and Windsor boxing fans OF their
chance 10 see the topnotchers in the
boxing world in action.
Matchmaker Ed Glassco. OF the
Windsor Athletic club, loses chance
after chance 10 bring fine cards TO
his club across the river by letting
the small fry get away from him
funtil they grow SO big that they
cant come here for his price or let
ting the big fellows box themselves
out in other places until they are
has-beens.
Glassco was urged to bring George
Chip here for Freddie Hicks, before
the Pittsburgh miner Knocked out
Frank Klaus the second time. He
was cheap then and would have been
Il good card. Glassco stalled until
Chip put the X. o. on Klaus again
and now his price is too high.
Glassco was urged TO bring Willie
Beecher here TO meet Patsy Drouil-
lard. BY the time Ed got around to
conduct negotiations with Beecher
Griffith had beaten him. Inasmuch
as Griffith had shown here with Joe
Mandot, IL was thought that a boy
he had beaten would not be a good
card Beecher would have drawn
before GFifiith-beat him
Wolgast could have been secured
easily some time ago, but he sched-
uled a bout ahead of Glassco and IL
Ad keeps rising he won't come to
Windsor for the price the club can
pay.
Glassco tried vainly 20 get owen
Moran until he went against Young
Shugrue and announced that he was
through after the bout.
Now. Ed has Knockout Brown
coming for Patsy Drouillard. Just
what will happen 10 spoil Brown.
who Is already a near has-been, is
matter OF conjecture.
Detroit fans would especially liked
to have seen Moran in action. But
now II Is known that he has finally
come TO the end of the pugilistic rope
after IA years OF boxing.
The old stamina Is lacking Owen
cannot assimilate the gan any more.
Fourteen years OF battling has finally
worn out the Moran mauling appa-
ratus. Owen may glance over his rec
ord proudly and stop at but one *.
o." the only decisive defeat scored
against him, however
On July 4, 1911. the Englishman con
tended for the lightweight champion
ship OF the world. endeavoring to top
pie the ''33" pound crown from the
brow of Wolgast The Briton failed
He was knocked out In the thirteenth
round. and after the fight Moran
claimed that ne was fouled
The greatest achievement accom-.
plished by Moran was his clean knock
out victory over Battling Nelson after
the latter had lost his title Although
Wolgast is credited with X. O. win
over Nelson IN 40 rounds Bat was not
counted out Moran, however. dropped
him dead TO the world IN / rounds In
Frisco In 1910
When Moran made his first vAmeri.
can invasion he was recognized as one
OF the best English featherweights
who ever stepped on Uncle Sans soil
He fought Abe Attell, then the champ,
% and 23-round draws on the coast in
1905.
In totaling up Morans ring battles
before American audiences since his
debut In the land OF the free and home
OF the brave, when he faced Tommy
O'Toole, in Philadelphia. In 1907, the
British boxer has participated in 80
bouts all told.
All In all Moran has accumulated
more than $4,000 in his bouts in this
country. A combined purse OF $4,000
was netted by him for his six fights
before Philadelphia fans. He received
$500 for his flght with O'Toole. aud
then got 81 200 for each OF his succeed
ing scraps. viz. Tommy O'Toole, Dec
3. 1908 Young Eitchie, Jan. 9. 1903;
Tommy Langdon, Feb. Is. 1909 Pal
Moore. Sept. 2s. 1910. and Abe Attell,
Nov. g, 1910.
The largest purse received by Mo-
ran was sl0.S00 for his bout with VOL
CAST. when he was Knocked out by
the Cadillac boy.