Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-10
COFFEY AND MORAN TO MIX.
Win Fight in New York to Deter
mine Which One Will Meet
Champion Jess willard,
wErNERr Is MUCH PEEvED


NEW YORK. Oct s.--on October 10
Frank Moran and Tim Coffey meet In a
bout at Madison Square Garden. The
purpose OF this match. 50 the promoter
declares. IL 10 Determine which man shall
meet Champion Jess willard. he init
mates by this assertion that Morsn and
Coffey are the only logical contenders
for that match.
Jack Bulger. manager Of Charles wein-
srt. the Newark heavyweight 10 vary
much peeved that hiH man Il not constd
cred In the running for bout with VIII
lard.
what OF weinertY'' Jack said. '1s
not this sensational battler just AZ de,
serving Of q chance 20 prove his worth
70 q championship match "a Moran ano
cOffey2 His record concluslvely proves
he Il. Why. then. is not hla name men
toned when an opponent for willard Il
talked Oft
II have tried repeatedly 70 match Vein
ert with this formidable Irish giant and
fear-lnspiring Pittaburshet.. but witheut
success. I would weiconne the oppoxun-
ity 70 test the merits OF these three men.
feeling confident Welnert would emerge
victorious. But Moran and Coffey evads
the issue. While they dispute each others
right to . match with Willard they agree
upon one point. and that u as 10 having
nothing TO do with weinert. Numerous
offers have been made them for bout
with ths Jerseyite, but tho two gentlemen
absolutely refuse to affix their signatures
10 q set OF articles calling for such q,
contest. w
while I admit that coffey and Morsr
stand OUT az contenders Tor a tituiar con.
test. ! also contend that " einert is more
deserving OF that matcn than either
Franklin or shamus. weIneft's record is
better than either ooffeya or Moran's
Less than a year ago weinert proved his
superiority over Coffey when he deci-
siyely outpolnted him IN a slx-round bout
at Philadelphia. Knocking him down for
the count in the fifth round.
''It seems TO me, as indeed Il must 10
ali fair.minded boxing fans. that the only
reasonable way Of determining the man
most worthy OF opposing the champion
when he IL at liberty to enter the ring
again In defense Of his title ID by the
elimination process. Moran and Coffey
will try to eliminate each other. but there
question Of worth with the winner.
III willard h sincere In his offer Ia
meet the best man before the public he
should demand that the winner Of the
Moran-coffey bout meet Weinert. ana
the winner Of that match In turn b Ditted
against him. That IL the only conclusive
way of determining the next best man
to willard Until they agree to meet
weinert neither Moran nor Coffey can
claim recognition as the most formidable
opponent for the champion. This state
ment. think. will be concurrsd IN ~
,, public, press and promoters" as.
Bulgers suggestion that the winner Of
the Gardner bout be matched with Vein
ert is indeed good one. This i0-year-
old lad has scared right TO the top Of the
heavyweight division. and IL qualified &c
meet either man. or both Of them. II
anything. his record u better than theirs.
When he trouneed Jim Savage 10 q fare
thee-well he licked the man who knocked
out Moran some yearB aso, and he hes
already defeated coffsy. weinert has
that X. o. by Jack Dillon on his record
but that setback doesn't discount the fast
that he has beaten coftey on point and
Moran by proxy.