Evening journal., 1915-10-16
COFFEY AND MORAN
TOEXCHANCEPUNCHES
Heavyweight ContenderS
Will Put Up Some Scrap
Before New York Fans
DILLON ANXIOUS
TO MEET WINNER
By GEORGE R. HOLMES.

United Press STAFF Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Jim Coffey, !
the mastadon Irishman, and Frank
Moran, who once had dreams of lift
ing the heavyweight crown from the
shiny dome of the late lamented Jack
Johnson. are billed to trade wallops
for ten rounds here next Tuesday
nieht Each is going into tho fight
with the understanding that II he wins
"a will be the first man to get
crack at Willard.
Earlv indications point to it being
some scrap. The chance to face VIII
lard alone should be incentive enough
10 make a fairly hectic affair Of IT,
aside from the shekels each will grab
Of for his end OF what bids fair 70
be a sizable purse.
Coffey has the advantage in SIZE
reach and fiat-footedness, Moran mas
the advantage of cleverness and the
experience he gained in mixing IL
with the European heavyweights' IN
cluding the aforementioned Johnson.
Frank stood up under the attack Oh
the big black for twenty rounds IN
Paris last year, which, notwithstand-
ing the fact there was a suspicious
odor attached to the bout entities
him IN a lot of consideration. 1t was
the Pittsburghers first appearance IN
an American ring tor several years.
The only regrettable feature about
the hattie is its shortncss. Take an
immovable object and an Irresistible
force. throw them in a twenty-tour
foot ring for thirty minutes and there
isn't going TO be whole lot accom-
plished. Not that either is an ire
sistible force or an immovable OBJ
iect-far from il. But both are so
big that it will be practically impos-
sibel for either to land sleep punch
in ten rounds, or even get the verge
of a knockout. barring lucky wallops.
Cofev and Moran are generally con-
ceded to be the two leading candidates
for Wizards scalp, and the winner OF
the coming mix will be proclaimed about
the classiest heavy in these broad
United States. with the exception oi
3 Willard himself
Yet there's one fighter who swears he
can lick 'em both if he can get them
into the ring with them. OF course
there's a lot of guys willing to swear
that. via the press agent route
but this guy stands ready TO back u
up. The guy is none other than trnes'
Cutler Price. otherwise known as Jaci
Dillon .
though the Hoosier Man-hiller has som'
justification for his claims. These arr
about the only two heavies worthy o
consideration that Dillon hasn't pol
isbed of. The only objection TO DilloI
is that he is too light. But seNeia
NIGHTS ago at Johnny Nelssmanteli
y broadway Sporting Club, Dillon, weign
ING scant l75 pounds, gave one horrioi
lacina to Jim Savage, whose announces
weight was 100. but he weighed over -V
IS he weighed an ounce. At the eha
ten rounds Savage had a broken nose
his face where it wasn't cut to rloDohs
. was puffed almost beyond reeognitlon
and his BODY was wracked with pan
from the Bearcats pile-driver punches.
Three times during the first 81
rounds the referee counted nine over IN
form of Savage. Each time the bi
mountain of flesh numbered to ms Zee
ana hung blindlv ON till the bell save
linn 4 lenient referee and an almos
unbelievable amount of gameness wa
ali that enabled the big Jerseyite to ,
on his feet at the final gong. Seldo'
has a man taken a more severe oeatm
in a New York ring.
Savage. of course, isn't a top-notc
man. but he had the advantage OF 2
Mounds in weight, six inches in reacf
and about a head in height. And SAY
ace is no SLOUGH at handling his mitti
Yet Dillon foored him three times !
Is minutes. one of the punches httlh
SAVAGE with all his 200 pounds clea
off his feet. Dillon himself lett th
ring practically unscathed.
Jack has a fighting heart, most Vall
able asset fighter can have. AND tha
he could practically put away man
the size and cleverness OF SaVag
makes n look not only possible bt
entirely probable that he could CIV
sither Coffey or Moran one awful ba
lie His bout with Savage prove
hat a good little man can lick med
icre big man.
Dillon is rather unfortunate. I
can't make the middleweight Inn
any more and be strong. And noI
of the bigger men will meet him.
least none of the comers.
Young Charley Weinert OF Newar
who is touted as a conner, shied awi
from a match with Dillon few da'
ago. Dillon recently knocked Weine
cold in the second round of 81
-ound bout at Philadelphia, and sin
that time Charley won't have an
hing to do with him.
Dillon has a remarkable record.
has never been knocked out, or ev,
been on the brink of II. A\peculi
temperament is all that kept hi
from being q champion long ago, Z
cording t. a popular belief in pug
astic circles.