Imperial Valley press., 1914-04-04
Sheridan Reviews
Sport Situation
By HAL SHERIDAN.

New York, April 4.-One million
big iron dollars--that is the value
Frank Moran, the Pittsburgh "whita
hope" places on knockout punch
in his coming bout with Jack johnson
in Paris. 1t is altogether probable
that Moran's pretty blonde coiffurc
will be slightly mussed before he
puts over that coveted sleep wallop
as the Big Dinge is known to have
kick that would make an army
mule look like sure enough pike
If confidence can win the mill, then
Moran has it corraled right now. The
only weakness in his armor plate of
assurance is over-confdence.
A haymaker on Moran's part will
echo round the world, for it will mean
the supremacy of the white man in
the ring again. Such blow will lift
the white mans burden, dropped by
Jim Jeffries at Reno, July A, 1910.
1t will cause as big a ripple as T..
RS charge up San Juan hill or the
announcement that peace is assured
in Mexico.
The battle for the title will be
staged at the Velodrome d'Hiver, Par
is, on the night of June 27, as d
curtain raiser to the Grand Prix, the
biggest event of the French turf.
The building has a seating capacity
Of 10000 and present indications ar.
that it will be jammed. Admission
will range from So to $50 seat.
johnson has been guaranteed $4,000
for his part in the battle. Moran
will receive $4,000. In addition to
this both fighters will split the
revenue from the moving picture
privilege. q
The bout is scheduled to go TWEEN
ty rounds. Whether it will last that
long depends altogether on "ze wal :
lop.' Time only will tell whether
tickle Dame Fortune favors Moran
or johnson. Choice of referee now
has dwindled down to seven men.
They are Billy Roche, Charlie White,
Ed Smith, Jim Griffin, Eugene Cor
ri, Franz Reichel and Amiel Maitrot.
At the conclusion of five weeks
vaudeville tour Moran will leave for
Paris and will train at the Auperi
4 Goujon, about an hours ride from the
French capital. The Big Cinder will
train for the fight at Maison Lafitte,
another suburb.
Disruption in the ranks of the New
York Yacht Club is imminent if the
committee in charge sticks to its
present intention to sail the races to
choose a defender to meet Sir Thomas
Lipton's Shamrock Nv for the Amer
lean cup off Newport, instead of off
Sandy Hook. Those favoring Sandy
Hook say the trials should be con-
Quoted out in the open water on the
cup course. The committees an
nounced reason for selecting New
port is that at the further end of
Long Island sound the three defend
ers will be safe from prying eyes Of
Sir Thomas scouts. 1t is a cinch
that with very little additional ex
pense the Englishman could send his
spies to Newport. The real trialg
Of the cup defenders will be raced
in August and it is expected that
the question as to what course shall
be utilized will be threshed out
shortly.
With the opening of the racing sea-
son near at hand, it is recalled that
many of the turf plungers whose bet
ting operations got the racing game
into hot water in New York state
have either died or retired. The late
Davy Johnson, who made $4,000 in
a single day at Belmont park, passed
away without leaving dollar. Pitts
burg Phil bequeathed a great fortune
to his relatives. John w. Gates was