East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-18
SPORTS
Coffee and Moran
Scheduled for 90
10 Rounds in n. Y.
MAN WHO WINS WILL BE GIVEN
CHANCE TO GET FIRST
CRACK At WILLARD.
by GEORGE II HOLMES


Omitted Press staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, oct, 15.-Jim coffee.
the mastadon Trlshman. and Frank
Moran. who once had dreams Of Iift-
ing the heavyweight crown from the
shiny dome Of the late Iamented lack
Johnson, are billed 70 trade wauops
Tor ten rounds here next Tuesday.
night. Each is going into the fight
with ''the understanding that if beI
wins he will be the first man to get
crack at Willard
Early indications point 70 II ,eipg
some scrap. The chance 10 face VIII
lard alone should be incentive enough
to make fairly hectic affair on n
aside from the shekels each win erob h
off for his end Of what bids fair n
be sizable purse.
coffey has the advantage IN size
reach and flat-footedness. Moran
has the advantage or cfeverness and
the experience he gained in mixing III
with the European heavyweights in.
Guiding the aforementioned Johnson.
Frank stood up under the attack of
the big black for twenty rounds in
Paris last year, which. nutwithstand-
ing the fact there was suspjeions
odor attached TO the bout entities
him 10 a lot of consideration II win
be the Pittsburgers first appearance
IN an American ring Tur several
\ wears.
The only regretabie feature about
the battle is its shortness. Take an
immovable object and an irresistible
force throw them a twenty-four foot
ring for thirty minutes. and there
/ isn't going to be whole lot accom-
4 pfished. Not that either is an ire
sistible force or an immovable OBJ
4 ject-far from it, Both are so big
that it will be practically impossible
Tor either 10 land sleep kiss in ten
rounds, or even get the verge of A
Knockout barring lucky waliops.
Cuffey and Moran are generally
conceded to be the two leading candi-
Oates Tor Wizards scalp. ana the
winner Of the coming mix viii be
proclaimed about the ciassiest heavy
IN these broad United states. wnh the
exception Of Willard himself
Yet there's one fighter who swear.
he can lick EN- both If he can get
them into The ring with him Ot
course, there's a lot OF guys wiIlina
TO swear that. via the press agent
route. but this guy stands readv tc
back 1t up. The guy is none othei
than Ernest cutler Price. o1her>yis,
known as Jack Dillon.
Taxing it by and large. it appear
as though the Hoosier NIan-KilIer ha
some justification for his claims
These are about the only two heavia
; worthy Of consideration that Dinct
hasn't polished off The ONLY obief.
1ion to Dillon is that he is too fishi
But several nights ago over al Johr
my Weissmantell's Broadway Sportin,
club Dnlion. weighing a scant II
pounds, gave on horrible lacln- 4
Jim Stevens, whose announced weigh
: was 1870, but ne weighed over 200 I
he weighed an ounce. At the end q
- 10 rounds, Savage had broker. nose
his face where 1t wasn't cut 10 rfh
bons, was puffed almost beyond rec
( ognhion and his body was w-acke
r. with pain from the hea.rcats pile
r ,driyet punches
3 Thpae times duf ing A.e first 81
d rounds the referee counted nine 1ve
d the prostrate form Of Savage Fac
uale the big mountain of flesh nrm
beTed t, his feet ana hung blindly o
tin the bell saved him. A lenient rel
cree ana an almost unbelievable avn
ount of rumenesS was all that enable
+. the big j, rseyite TO be an his feet a
s. the final gong. Seldom has a ma
taken a more severe beating in
p >New York ring.
. Savage. ~ course Isn't a top glotci
f. man, bat he had tn, advantage vf .
pounds in weight SIX inches II
res ch and about a head IN height
Ani Savage Is no sieuch at ha,ld
lag his mitts. Yet DILLON floote,
hin. three times in IS minutes on
Of yhe punches lifting Savage via
all rds goo pounds clear off his feet
Dillon himself lett the ring practi
caily a.nscatched.
Jack has a fighting heart. the mos
valuahls asset a fighter can have
And that he could practically pa
away enan OF the size and clever
rvsss of savage, makes It look no
only possible but entirely probab
, that he co,uld give either Cotfey u
y Moran one awful battle, His bou
with Savage proved that a good lhtl
man can lick mediocre big man
Onion is rather unfortunate H.
can't snake the middleweight htli
j.. any more and he strong And nor
y of the bigger men VIII meet him, .
least none of the oomers
Young Charley Wemert of New
ark. who is touted as a conner shteD
- away from a match with Dillon
=, few DAYS ago. Dillon recently knock
ed Wetnert cold in the second roun'
>. Of a siN-round bout az Philadelphi7
2 and since that time charley won
have anything TO do with him
!, Dillon has a remarkable record II
has never been knocked out, or ev
en- been on the brink or Il. A pecul
lar temperament is all that keep
;. him from bing champion lone age
according to a popular belief 81 pug