The sun., 1916-12-19
CUNB0AT SMITH Is
VICTOR OYER MORAN
California heavyweight Out
points Pittsburger in
Z Of 10 Rounds.
AN UNSATISFACTORY BOUT
~, DANIEL.

ny DANIEbs
n has dcyeIopcd into a habit with
r., &C., N. 49,, ,,o,,er heating
80 a.. ..u..rarc.
e,rcc his defeat By Jack Dillon last sum-
mer. Moran faced Gunboat smith al inc
Clcrmont Athletic Gu In Brooklyn. and
-, ali. A., sm,,h turn tho UNEXPECTED
Nv o"' .,.u.i,,oa ~.
py going the route pu' W
conuucror OF Jim Concy IN seven OF 'he
zen rounds. I
s,,,,, worry wisely made no attempt
'""'" ' 80 &C. tit, .n,.,,
10 hgn' VIII" Mo'""' W
on whatever ability he possesses u.s.
boxer and through the medium OF a Ie,.
1cad and a more or less eh.nusIas.'c
rieht follow he managed TO hoiu on 'ne
lethargic Pittsburger and pie up cnous"
points to win by a comfortao,e mars'n.
Crcc or twice the aN!we iro".
California looked decidedly wapp'y' put
hc possessed enough rccupera'iNe po"e's
to weather the storm.
II was only In the first. NTH u 'entn
rounds that Moran Forged 10 tn' 'or.'
In the others he did not ever approach
Smiths point lead. All In all. II was iar
from a satisfactory bout. smith couid
not hit hard enough to have denied the
frosting OH the cookies that mother used
60 bake and Moran could not land with
enough precision and consecutiveness to
havc fioored a self-respecting we,ter-
weight.
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ran weighed 1871. pounds and Smith
1851 Mt the ringside. However, from an
Apparently authoritative source II was
learned that Moran scaled at 206 pounds
and smith at IFS, which would give the
blond battler an advantage of twenty
eight pounds.
However. smith lowered over his man
and was able to make some use of that
advantage. Every once In a while,
though, II seemed as II the advantage in
height acted as a boomerang for Smith,
for Moran's head fitted right under the
"Guuner's' chin. Moran was not over
particular as to his tactics. A little
thing like buttiuy Smith or giving him
the elbow bothered the Kissing multitude
more than IL did the beaten boxer,
smith knew that Moran's left was
abou, as useful as his appendix and in
0nitely less dangerous so ne paid less
Attention 10 the left than. he did to the
snnendix from tho region of which he
Lnew NIoran's right usually started. Al
.ays Moran erica 10 mea sure his oupo-
rcn, With tho useless left in order to
pr'ns over ,ne Ilsn.' anu ~,
punch and bring about "A meeting ut
close quarters just when the right
threatened to do Its worst.
Relied on HIS H'Gn'"
r,,,s sm,,, xa. not chasing Moran
around. hut neither was Moran chasing
Smith about. Moran placed too great re-
Iionce on his ability to settle the issue
with n minimum OF punches. When
Smith not only refused TO hit the canvas
but rather rudely kept ~interposing his
left whenever Moran developed an incli-
nation to start things the Pittsburg entry
naturally was feazed.
Moran's bes, showing came in the ffth
round. So formidable did he appear at
that stage that professional bettors of.
fered 3 to | that he would knock GU,
the Gunner. The session opened with
little promise. Moran dashed from his
corner and let loose "a series OF wilC
swings. any one of which might have
done for the lank Gunner" but nom
even approached their target. They
wrest,ed and Rugged all over the canvas
until Bill Brown. the referee. decided H.
was spending an undressing night
you remind me OF a couple OF Ole
Women declared Brown WIN a touci
Of contempt as ne auoressed MoEa"'
u,,.,. cs.,... r.,,
That o Moran up. He opened will
0 right to the head and Smith showet
that he tad been hurt. A left to the
head was followed with a right hook L
the same destination, and Smith,
chances were quoted 100 below par
Smith tried to stop the onslaught with
few weak right uppercuts to the Jaw. bu1
again Moran let loose that right. Smitl
was too tired to step around, and Moran
caught him with another right to tn
head
with tho ADVANTAGE coming all hi
nav and an ,,enIne for n possible cessa
tion ~ hosti,Ities nTesentIno itself Mora
nroyea a d,smaI fa,Iure He TOO tired
frsteod Of bittin1 no heran N nush nj
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