New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-29
HARD KNOCKS TOLD
ON OWEN MORAN
Defeat by Shugrue Marks
Passing of One of the
Best FeatherWeights.
EXCUSE REFLECTS ON
% DOCTOR AT GARDEN
Dundee Showed Marked Improve
ment in Beating 'Sapper O'Neill,
but Lacks Punch.

Tho crushing defeat of owen Moran AT
tho hands Of Young" ShUgrue at Madison
So,iare Garden on Tuesday night marker
what amounted to the lest stand OF one Of
the earnest boxers the featherweight d.
vision over boosted Time there was
when Moran was rega rded as better
man than Abe Attell. who a. that time
was fcatherweight champion NJ the world.
The men met on half dozen occasions.
They boxed 2 twenty fve-rcund draw IN
san Francisco. twenty-three- Ground ara"
in Cclr1a and several no-decIsion bouts
none longer tnan ten rounds
In these, as I'm the long contests, there
was nothing TO choose between the men,
although II was said repeatedly that IN
the championship battles Moran appeared
to have some slight advantage.
But Moran has travelled the road tnat
all boxers who stay in the game must
travel He las been in the ring for Al
most fourteen years, meeting the men IN
his class, and often going out OF MS o'-
vision 10 make a match That proniseu
financial returns sufficient to Justify the
risk involved in giving away weight. ne
constant battering. the wear OF training
after intervals. of ease-which moran
loved-fnally told the tale, and he was
forced 10 Weld to younger, stronger OPP
ponent.
Moran tried 10 excuse his defeat. declar-
ing that he had a heavy cold before ne
entered the ring. and that he really was
not IN proper condition. RI that is true
the state Athletic Commission might do
well 10 demand an explanation from the
musician Of the Garden Athletic Cluo'
who is supposed to examine every boxer
who participates in any contest. ana II ne
IS not I'm perfect condition prevent MN
entering the arena.
There we're two rounds Of the seven IT
which Moran held his own. In the third
and fourth periods he called all his ring
generalship into play and stood Shusrue
off with ease But in these two ROUNDS
no cast his last iavelins. and was soon re-
duccd to a condition that bordered closely
upon helplessness.
Moran. however. so II has been said re-
Gently. IS well off in the goods OF the
world. He has made almost $4,000 in
the roped arena. and has invested some
Of it I'm property in England. The income
will be sufficient to keep him comfortably
for the rest of his days.
In whining "Sapper" ONeill at Madi-
son Square Garden on Tuesday night
Johnny Dundee showed marked I'M
provement in his boxing. He eliminated
much Of his hopping around the ring and
went to work with a drectness that soon
produced the desired results.
He still lacks the knack OF Setting him
self 10 shoot home a decisive punch. TO
all appearances Dundee thinks more OF
landing three or four punches while gong
al full speed than stopping long enough TO
place one punch carefully and bring about
"A quick finish
George Asche. the Philadelphia middle
weight. will box ten rounds with George
Weinert, Of Newark, at the National
Sporting Club Of America tonight. Asche
is regarded by many as one of the con-
tenders for the middleweight champion
shin. IF he defeats Weinert he will go
after a bout with Battling" Levinsky,
and winning that bout, will challenge
Mike Gibbons.
There will be no boxing at the National
A. c., of Brooklyn, tonight. as the bouts
were postponed