The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-26
ASSERT MORAN
HAS NO CHANCE
Experienced Ring Followers Think
Johnson Bout Looks Queer"


the heavyweight championship fight
between Jack Johnson and Frank
Moran at Paris tomorrow night will
probably be known in this city in the
late afternoon. The match has not at
tracted any great amount of attention
here principally for the reason that it
looks queer" from whatever angle ii
may be viewed A succession of con-
Trajectory reports concerning the de-
tails of the match has foated over
from the other side ever since the arti-
cles were signed with moving picture
accompaniment, etc, last January.
The cables have told of the posting Of
large forfeits and the placing of certi-
fled checks for fabulous amounts i'm
bank vaults for safe keeping. Moving
pictures have been displayed, showing
the prospective principals training
faithfully for the contest. on the 9TH
er hand, persons who are in position
To know the inside facts concerning
the match declare that the mill is to
be staged solely with a view to reaping
a golden harvest from the sale of seats
and the moving picture privileges.
other sporting men who have returned
from Paris recently have stated that
neither fighter has made any great
pretence OF training for the battle.
But in the minds of the ring follow
ers the most disagreeable feature of
the match is the fact that ii appears
altogether one-sided. on past per-
formances Gunboat Smith or sam
Langford, instead of Moran, should
have had the first chance to tackle
Johnson for the champion.
Moran's Record Poor.
The record of Moran certainly con-
tains no item that would indicate he
was made of championship stuff. He
began as "a professional in 1910, taking
part in fifteen mills. He Knocked out
four rivals all unknown, and outpoint-
ed Others of equal insignificance. In
cidentally, he met Johnson in four
round exhibition in Pittsburgh and was
a toy in the hands of the champion.
In the winter of 1901 Moran box
ed no decision bouts with Dummy
Maxon and Al Palzer in Brooklyn He
beat Maxon, but Palzer drew with him.
In another Brooklyn bout Jim Savage,
"A fourth rater, outboXed Moran, who
then went to England and France In
1912. on the other side he put away
a half dozen or more of the big fell
lows. but his opponents without eXcep-
ton, were little better than amateurs.
When Moran returned here in the
summer of 1912 he made poor show
ing in ten-round affair with AL ku-
biak. Tom Kennedy, knocked out by
Bombarder Wells, held Moran to a
ten round draw in this city, while
clumsy Tony Ross got verdict over
him in ten rounds in Cleveland. IT.
took Moran ten rounds to stop Harry
Wuest. an unknown, I'm Columbus, but
he went to Juarez Mexico, after that
and knocked out one, Dave Willis, in
eight rounds.
Later in the summer Moran fought.
Jack Geyer, fifth-rater, in FOUR
round bout in San Francisco and lost
the decision Then came the match
with Gunboat Smith, December 21,
1912 i'm san Francisco. The Pitts
burgher adopted the tactics of mara
thor runner and the Gunboat was Civ
en- the decision on points after he had
chased his opponent about the ring for,
the entire twenty rounds.
johnson Has Advantage.
Moran took part in five battles in
1918. In March he stopped Al McClus-
key i'm five rounds before local club
He failed to beat Sailor White in six
rounds i'm Philadelphia, and when he
faced the late Luther McCarty here in
April he was decisively beaten in ten
rounds subsequently Moran knocked,
out Tim Logan in four rounds at New
Orleans and also disposed of Al PalZer,
in seven at local club. when 1t was
well known that Palzers physical con-
dition should have kept him out OF the,
ring. The victory over Palzer formed
the basis for Moran's manager pro-
claiming the Pittsburgher as the next
champion but he was careful To side
step match with Gunboat Smith
sam I.angford and the other heavies
whose records were such as To afford
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