The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-31
MANY BELIEVE
MORAN ABLE TO
WHIP JOHNSON
White Man Has Mapped Out An
Effective Plan Of Campaign
For Title Battle
RICHIE HAS THE EDGE
\ IN THE MURPHY BOUT
1t win Re the Old Story of a
Good Young Man Against
Good Old One

H.. - oSseAO Wv V0tuQH4AoJlC xOl-
lowers OF the nstio sport can rise to
smash ~ In the typewriter. we add
tnat tnere II ray Of hope. In fact
two OF them.
Two big title battles. one for the
lightweight crown, between Willie
hitcnie and Harlem Tommy Murphy,
ard the other between Jack Johnson
ana Frank Moran. of Pittsburgh. for
the heavyweight championship, now
occupy the center Of the stage, and q
rev words anent the approaching en-.
counters may not prove amiss Just
now.
Although the Richie bout comes
nrsts u Is not drawing the attention
the Moran-Johnson battle il.
The reason 10 this: There's a
mighty good chance that, when the
perpetually tired business man opens
his newspaper on the morning of
June -, he will find that there Is a
new champion of the world and that
that champion ia white man.
A poet once remarked hope
springs eternal In the human breast"
The public has been the goat for
many and many white hope" since
jack Johnson. black man, dethroned
Jim Jeffris at Reno July 4, 1910. But
hope IL still doing the springing act,
and. at this juncture. Moran is the
principal objective OF all the hope in
these old u. 8. A.
But Moran il different. He Is not
one Of those fellows who Quit work
Immediately after Jack slipped this
rollers under the already tottering
Jen and set out to make q living TAT
the expense OF the public) on the
strength OF burly form and q few
SNOWY muscle punches.
!, He has another handicap which
makes him ineligible to the white
hope class. He is intelligent, pos.
tSessed OF = good education. is soft
spoken although confident, and does
rot force himself before the public
What chance has Johnson with
me?" he asks.
Sound like pretty big talk. doesn't
II? But listen to this:
| Il have lead Q clean life, no dissi.
patton. no guxsling Of wine In the
wee small hours. johnson has run
the garnut of high life and 90 you'll
have to admit that have q wonder
ful advantage In that respect"
Moran has mapped out campaign
which. II reports of Jack Johnson's
high life In the French. capital arc
true, IL OF q nature calculated to
bring defeat to the black man. He
plans TO pin his faith to hard swings
to the body, and II Johnson has been
living too fast, body blows are the
things that win tell against him most
effectively.
| Moran II known to be q clean liver.
He u young and has been boxing only
four years. He has mapped out q
definite plan Of action. He 10 Irish
and he ID possessed of one idea--to
lick Jack Johnson"
We would refer him to your re-
spectful attention ~ q man who has
q good chance to win the heavy.
weight crown In Paris June ~.
Az TO the contest for the light.
weight title. Never In the history OF
Ipugilism--always excepting the pecu.
liar incidents leading up TO the John.
eon-JeRries battlo-have incidents
combined to advertise q bout so we'll
Two postponements on account of
the champions reported mishaps with
the resultant charges and counter
| charges probably un1ust) Of COW.
ardice on Ritchie's part, have served
tn make more than interesting q bout
which. under ordinary circumstances,
would have attracted only an ordi-
Fnary amount Of attention.
Richie. however, II 20 untried q
| quantity a. q champion that many be-
Lave Murphy will have more than a
good chance to whip him.
From hlo acquaintance with both
men the writer II inclined to think
that Murphy II not the man TO hum
BILE the present title holder.
Richie, although champion, Is Just
coming into his own and. although
Murphy u Z tough bird, the battle will
| be case Of 3 good young man
against Z good old man. with the
odds, - usual, In favor Of the young.
or fellow,
The champion 10 taking no chances
en- Murphy. however. and Il dsvotins
considerable time to preparing for
the mill.
In the meantime. Harry Foley. his
manager, n being besieged By q host
Of managers who are dssirous OF get
ting matches for. 90 many young Gght,
ere, some good. and some something
elee.
Scotty Monteth. who was hare with
his protsgs Johnny Dundee. last wetk,
made I proposition which II pretty
euro 20 resolve attention sfter the
Murphy bout II the ocotchmau can
make good On his Offer. Montioth
Informed Foley that the Mcmahon
brothers, New York promoter. would
guarsntee the champion $4,000 for
tsn.rUund bout with DUNDEE at
Madison Square Garden n May,
While Foley refused to enter into
lany definite agreoment,. he Informed
| the writer that he would attsAd IA
| the matter aftef Willie he'd nnished
s41fsei that Hitchls and | Ars obIis.
| q b keep our mlnds free Iron t6fh3r
Ibotflto until after ne Murphy TO-
~ Foley. "ln measure Ne owe u
D 1sorpny e give hin NE Dreference
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