The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
Joke to Match Willard
With Little Frank Moran
Champion Jess Has Weight,
Reach and Height on the
Pittsburgh Battler.
OTHER FIGHT GOSSIP
Phil Brock Challenges Tommy Lowe.
Johnny KiIbane Boxes Saturday
Night in Philadelphia.

II Frank Moran and Jess Willard ever
meet IN ten-round no-dscision affair in
New York a big bunch of Gotham fiEht
fans are due to get another lesson In the
art Of ''bunco."
Moran, q real battler with any one
near his size, will be pitted against a
man who will outweigh him close to nfty
pounds, who can hit Ike a pIlsdrfver. and
who is no slouch when It comes to box
ing.
It's not generally accepted, but Willard
Is classy boxer for a big fellow, and
that is one OF the real reasons why the
Wtllard-Fulton scrap fell through Full
ton Is a big. good-natured giant, able
to hit hard, but not capable OF getting
out Of the way Of q weIl-directed punch.
With Willard IT'S just opposite.
The champ can step around in the ring.
and with Moran as an opponent he would
be able to hit the former Ptttsburgher at
will Willard win stand fully a head
taller than Moran, and he'll be able to
hold Frank OF with his left and cross a
right to Moran's Jaw at any time. This
will make the fight one-sided
What the Gotham promoters should
book Is a Jack Dillon-Moran scrap. The
Indianapolis mankiller is a battler after
the Moran style, although he Is more of
a Battling Nelson. Dillon can hit, and
hit hard. He can box when called upon,
and although slightly smaller than Moran
would make the big blond step a fast
pace.
Willard is too classy for Moran. Others
may not think so, but it's a good bet
that Willard will hand him a nifty lacing
II they ever meet. Jim Coffey, II he
could stand the gaff, would be the man
to meet Jess, but the idol Of the motor
men and conductors has proven that he
can't take 'em on the jaw.
II Jimmy La Fontaine is looking for
a man who will give Tommy Lowe a
real fight, there's a boxer In Cleveland
who would like a crack at the Washing
ton veteran. Dave Langman, manager Of
Phil Brock. the veteran Sixth City light
weight, has written The Herald asking
that Lowe be challenged on behalf of
Brock.
Brock has boxed every good boy in the
game today. He battled Owen Moran,
when the Englishmen was at his best,
to standstil. for twenty rounds. and
has boxed every good boy in the game,
including hilbert Gallant, Mflburn Saylor,
Patsy Dro0lliard. Hal Stewart, Matty
Baldwin. K o. Brown (when Brown was
right, Joe shugrue, and Johnny Griffith.
Johnny KiIbane is a busy boxer. They
like him so well in Philadelphia that he
Is boxing Frankie Conifrey, a newcomer
in the puglistic hall of fame, In Jack
McGuigan's National A. c., next Satur-
day night.
After Johnny dropped Irish Patsy Cline
for the count in Slow Town last week,
1t was freely predicted that IT would
be some time before the champ would
appear in a Quaker City ring again,
but his manager. Jimmy Dunn, agreed
to take on conifrey, a lightweight, and
the match was on.
There are many scribes who roast Kill
bane, the majority Of them hailing from
New York, but the work of the Cleve-
land wonder must make them feel sick
these days. Whenever Johnny boxes a
New York boy, he generally makes 'em
look Ike a plugged dime. Take Irish
Patsy Cline, Packey Hommey, Benny
Leonard, the latest sensation in Gotham,
Eddie Morgan. or host of others. The
result has always been the same. Johnny
steps around 'em like wooden men, and
Is always a winner.