Bisbee daily review., 1914-06-27
JOHNSON MORAN BOUT
IN PARIS TONIGHT
LOOKS ION THE QUEER"
Fight Fans are Of the Opinion
That Contest Is Staged for
Movie Purposes.

NEW YORK. June 26-The result
OF The heavyweight championship
fight between Jack johnson and Frank
Moran 90 Paris tomorrow night win
probably Dee known I'm this city m On,
late afternoon. The match has not at
tracted any great amount of attention
here. principally for the reason that #
looks queer from whatever angle it
may be viewed A succession of con-
Trajectory reports concerning the de-
tainls of the match has floated over
from the other side ever since the ar
.ticles were signed with moving picture
accompaniment. et, last January The
cables have told of the posting of large
forfeits and the placing of certified
checks for fabulous amounts I'm bank
vaults for safe keeping Moving pic
lures have been displayed showing the
prospective principals training faith
.uflly for the contest on the other
hand persons who are i'm a position
ITO know the inside facts concerning
the match declare that the mill IS to
be staged solely with view of reap
ing q golden harvest from the sale Of
seats and the moving picture privilege.
Other sporting men who have returned
from Paris recently have stated that
neither fighter has made any great
/ pretense of training for the battle
But in the minds of the ring followers
the most disagreeable feature of the
match Is the fact that it appears alto
/ gether one-sided On past perform.
! ances Gunboat Smith or Sam Lang
ford, instead of Moran, should have
had the first chance TO tackle John
son for the championship
The record Of Moran certainly con
tains no item that would indicate he
was made Of championship stuff. He
began as professional i'm 1910 taking
part in fifteen mills. Incidentally, he
met Johnson in four-round exhibit
tion in Pittsburg and was a toy in the
hands OF the champion.
in the winter of 1901 Moran
boxed no decision bouts with Dummy
MaXon and Al Palzer i'm Brooklyn. He
beat MaXon. but Palzer drew with him.
In another Brooklyn bout Jim Savage,
a fourth rater, outboxed Moran, who
went TO England and France i'm 1912.
on the other side he put away a half
dozen or more of the big fellows but
/ his opponents without exception were
little better than amateurs
] When Moran returned here in the
summer of 1912 he made a poor show
ing fin "a tenround affair with al Ku.
biak Tom Kennedy. knocked out by
Bombardier Wells, held Moran I'm a /
/ ten-round draw I'm this city. while
clumsy Tony Ross got a verdict over
/ him I'M ten rounds in Cleveland TEL
! took Moran ten rounds to stop Harru
/ Wuest. am unknown, I'm Columbia, but
he went TO Juarez, Mexico, after that
and knocked out one Dave Willie i'm
eight rounds
Later in the Summer Moran fought
Jack Geyer. a fifth rateri in four
round bout i'm San Francisco and lost
the decision Then came the match
with Gunboat Smith, December "a,
1912, i'm San Francisco. The Pitts
burgher adopted the tactics of a mar
athon runner and the Gunboat was
given the decision on points after he
had classed his oppoent about the
ring for the entire twenty rounds.
Moran took part in five battles in
1913 In March he stopped al McClus-
. key i'm five rounds before a local club
He failed To- best Sailor White in six
rounds i'm Philadelphia and when he
faced the late Luther McCarty here in
April he was Gecisively beaten in ten
rounds Subsequently Moran knocked
out Tim Logan in four rounds at New
/ Orleans and also disposed Of AL Pal
ger IN seven at a local cuD. wnen IL
was well known that Palzer's physical
condition should have kept him out Of
the ring The victory over Palzer
/ formed the basis for Moran's manager
proclaimed the Pittsburgher as the
next champion, but he was careful to
sidestep a match with Gunboat Smith.
/ Sam Langford and the other heavies
where records were such as TO afford
pretty good evidence that they wvuic
/ have little difficulty I'm disposing Of a
fighter of Moran's cahbre
In the coming match johnson VIII
have the advantage in experience and !
weight Moran is a fraction Of am inch |
taller than the champion and has the /
advantage that comes of youth. In /
regards 20 ring generalship and ability /
to land a knockout blow there is no /
comparison between the Pittsburger /
and the champion, providing the latter /
Is In anything like good condition. If /
Johnson. however. should enter the /
ring a physical wreck which some say /
he is, Moran might beat him, but /
johnson only half fit ought to Outright
the Pittsburgher with considerable
ease. I'm the opinion Of a majority Of !
New York sporting men.