Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-25
FIGHTERS CANNOT AGREE pApKES COMEBACK FAILS
Dillon Lined Up With One Syndicate,
Moran with Another, and Battle
il Now Oft.
SOUTH AMERICA FOR MORAN

New York, June 24,-Prospects OF
Frank Moran and Jack Dillon meet
ing in local ring are not overnight
Unless one or the other changes the
stand he has taken it is safe to pre-
dict that they will not clash here.
Negotiations for the match have been
under way for some time, but dead
lock has developed which seriously
threatens to prevent its consumma-
ton.
Two clubs are after the bout, the
Washington Sports club, which will
conduct open-air shows at Washing
ton park this summer, and another
club which will hold forth at the
Sheepshead Bay speedway. The
Washington Park organization has
Dillon signed to a contract. The
blond-haired Pittsburgher has not
signed = set of articles, but he has
pledged himself to box at the Sleeps
head Bay arena. Dillon cannot break
his signed agreement with the Pol
lok- Curley-MeKetrick combination,
and Moran refuses to break his oral
promise to the rival club, of which
Tom ORourke, the veteran promoter
and manager, is the head. Identified
with O'Rourke in the contemplated
promotion of bouts at the BAY" is
prominent local sportsman to whom
Moran is indebted for assistance dur
ing the days when fortune favored
him frowns instead Of her present
smiles. Moran appreciates the obi
CATION, and now that conditions have
been reversed and he is in a position
to liquidate it, he is determined to do
so, come fire or high water.
Dorgan Has Say.
There are two sides to every story,
and here is Moran's as presented by
Manager Ike Dorgan, he of the
sphinx-like mien:
"You want the real low-down on
the situation" he said in reply to the
question. Here's the whole thing
in nutshell. Moran is not duckins
q match with Dillon. Emphasize thai
point as strongly as you like. Moran
considers Dillon the softest opponent
he could box. He would box him for
breakfast, dinner and supper, or now
since he has climbed to more aristo.
cratic circles, for breakfast, luncheon
and dinner.
But Moran is a business man. He
is in the game for the money, moi
recreation, exercise, or love of It. He
IS the card, and is capitalizing his
popularity at the highest figures
That's reasonable, isn't it,
Some time ago, or shortly after
the Willard fight, Tom O'Rourk,
made US an offer to box Dillon al
his club. When a competition de.
veloped for i, we naturally just sal
back and let the promoters bid
Finally O'Rourke offered us a fla,
guarantee Of $4,000. We accepted il
II was not only the largest offer, bu,
there were other reasons for it.
Pollok Offer Short.
Dillon, ! understand, is under con
tract with the Pollok crowd. be
lieve they have promised him $1,000
with a percentage privilege. O'Rourk,
is willing to give Dillon the sam,
amount to box for him. Pollok's offe
to US was $4,000. ORourke tells m,
that billions manager PRACTICAL,
promised to box for him, Il he met hi
rivals offer. They are now negotiat
ing:
why should Moran box at tn
Washington Park club for less none,
than he can get at O'Rourke's arena
Frank has given his word t
, | O'Rourke and he'll stand by it now
. just as he stood by his oral agree
ment with Tex Richard when he en-
tered the field as bidder for tn
match with Willard"
Moran is now waiting for some
thing definite to develop in the Di
, Ion affair. II the match falls throug
! he will probably make a trip I
: South America. Billy Gibson has oi
fered him $4,000 Tor two fights
Buenos Ayres, II Dillon doesn't a,
, cept O'Rourke's terms, Moran wi
/ accept Gibson's proposition.
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