Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-29


he will meet the other stars from time
to time. Moretti is a biz. good
natured fellow, all right, and he is
always smiling, but they tell me he is
a roughster of the first rank. He
asks no favors on the track and he
gives none. He is well able to pro-
tect himself at all times. and no one
is likely to pinch" him or switch
him without getting paid back with
interest. In Fogler. Moretti will meet
a headv rider, and ode said yesterday
he was very good and would have
given the Italian a hard battle
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Despite the threatening weather
and the rain there .tas a large crowd
up at the Velodrome yesterday. The
card arranged by Manager A1acFar-
land was one of the very best of the
season, with the Mcretti- Fogler
match race and two championships
listed. In order to not disappont
the fans, Big Mac" is going to put
the same program on Wednesday
night. It is no wonder that Mac
Farland is popular with the patrons
of the game. He is surely giving
them the greatest racing they have
ever seen in this city.
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Although Jim Corhett. the former
champion, is VIGOROUSLY poor
picker of big fighters, he was right
for once when he declared that Jack
Johnson could smile through twenty
rounds of cleverness alone and beat
Frank Moran. And that's just what
Johnson did according to the I'M
biased reports from the scene of the
battle in Paris on Saturday. John
son won-won all the way He didn't
knock Moran out, of course, but he
didn't have to knock him out to win
the fight. Johnson. as far as I can
see, fought the same old battle he
has been fighting for years. He isn't
a rusher or a killer" as they say in
describing desperate fighter. but
he is about the surest proposition that
ever slipped into the ring,
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All things considered. Johnson put
up q wonderful battle Those who
knew him well said he couldn't fight
twenty rounds. He had spent four
years in wild dissipation. they said,
and he was about through as an ath-
lete-as a fighter. He was thirty-six
years old, they also pointed out, and
no man at that age, they said had
ever successfully defended his title.
Yet johnson accomplished all the
things that others before him failed
being given anywhere near his full
share of credit. Because Johnson
won, they say he beat a no-account
opponent If johnson had been
said the battle was a fake. In fact,
no few seem to think that there was
an understanding.
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Those who have followed Johnson's
career must admit that the champion
fought his usual careful battle. He
should haze beaten Moran decisively
it is true, but it is the hardest thing
in the world sometimes to knock out
the merest dub. The accounts of the
| fight show that Johnson tried on sew
eral occasions to finish Moran, but
the great, game white fellow wouldn'1
| be finished. AS a result of the length
of the contest it is said that johnson
has lost his powerful punch and thai
he couldn't put Moran away. although
| he landed blow after blow 1t is adj
mitted. however, that johnson CAV,
Moran a good Licking" and that hi
himself was never in danger. That i!
evidence that johnson, at least, i!
still able to sit up and sip broth.
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Johnson as far as | can see, die
all right-dd all that was required o
him He passed the lie back to thos
! who said he WAS only a shell of hi
| former self, for shells. ! don't mine
telling, are not fighting twenty
round bouts, even with the like
| of a Moran. AS to the fight being
fake, that is an injustice to both men
Billy Brady, who managed both jim
Corbett and Jim Jeffres when the.
were worlds champions, must hav
been convinced that it was on tn
square, for he bet $1,000 on Moral
with Johnson. After the fight Brad
said it was the worst exhibition h
had ever seen, but he was very clos
to Moran and knew, no doubt, tina
it was on the level.
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Some of the real wise sports wer
led astray on the bout. Morans de
feat of Al Palzer gave him lot Q
prestige and he showed so well