The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
johnson Defends Title
In a Poor Exhibition
Neither of Heavyweight Boxers Scores Knock down
Or Lands One Effective Blow-Bout Would
Have Been Stopped in United States.
BY WILLIAM A. (BILLYD brady.

Paris, June H.--It was q second-rate
exhibition between two mixed ale fight
ers That Is my opinion Of the Johnson
Moran misnamed fight. Had II been held
in New York the spectators would have
stopped the disgraceful affair after ten
rounds.
Not one effective blow was struck by
either man in the entire contest. and
there was never the suspicion of jar.
much less a knockdown- The spectacle
Of the worlds champion, superior In
weight, science. experience. and strength.
clinging 10 his smaller antagonist. ex-
pressing in every move and appealing
glance his yearning for the final tap OF
the gong-this was johnson in the last
three rounds.
Moran did his best in the eighteenth
and nineteenth rounds TO gain at least
a draw. but his very exertions 50 tired
him as to make his appearance in the
twentieth round pitifuL He was gone.
staggering about the ring Ike drunken
man and swinging blindIy at Johnson
johnson was in evn worse condition.
his sole effort being to lean on the CROP
ing white man Had either Of them
been even a good second-rater. knock
out would have been inevitable.
Johnson was 80 tired he completely
forgot even the idea Of defense. and IT
was only Moran's xhaustion that saved
the negro from being knocked out
johnson has literally defended the title
successfully-a feat never before accom-
plished by a man Of his age in the his
tory Of the ring But this Is all he ac-
cOmplished. He never once inflicted
enough punishment on Moran to make
that worthy the least bit discouraged
A straight left. and the old-time up
percut In clinches were all that johnson
had TO offer and the result Of these
blows was merely an abrasion on Moran's
left eye and the bridge of the nose.
johnson entered a saloon this after
noon and announced that he had $1,000
dollars to bet at even money that he
would knock out Moran in ten rouds.
When I announced my willingness to
take the bet johnson said he didn't have
the money-with him but would 60 and
get some and come back. He went but
did not come back
Ny opinion Of the reason why johnson
was able to break every tradition OF the
prize ring by staying the twenty rounds
with Moran Is that johnson Is the great
est defensive fighter the world has ever
seen.
Naturally II takes less out Of a man
TO stand stiil and let the other man do
the work than act6aIly TO nght- Even
50 there are half a dozen white men
and at least one black man who could
have put this waiting champion to the
floor for the count tonight II must be
remembered that Moran inflicted not one
telling blow yet the negro could hardly
stand up in the last round
Carpenter proved a fair referee, but. in
my opinion. he could have called the bout
a draw without doing johnson the slight
est injustice. Not 50 much that Moran
earned a draw. but that johnson most
certainly earned nothing.
"A dishonorable draw" suits the fight
better than any other term / can think
of. Even Paris. fight mad as II Is. has
had its I'LL Of johnson as a result OF to-
nights disgraceful showing
want to go on record now as saying
that the next man who meets the negro
viii either knock him out or suffer
ignominy of the most humihating kind.
johnson was in as good condition as a
man could be. but ten rounds is far as
he hopes to go. Moran's condition was all
1 expected.
The pictures viii prove this to have
been the most disgraceful contest ever
held for the worlds heavyweight cham
pionship.