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The Fight by Rounds.

The Fight by Rounds.
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but missed. The Pittsburgher found lit
tie trouble breaking through Wizards
guard. Moran landed a right on WIZARDS
kidney and the champion retaliated with
right to the head and left, and several
to the body. Willard missed a vicious
uppercut. and Moran smashed him twice
on the ear with an overland right. Will
lard jabbed Moran with his left and Mo-
ran came back with a left TO Wizards
body. Moran hit WIZARDS shoulder and
the round ended with a wild swing by
Willard for Morans Jaw. Moran's round.
Round 4-Wilard missed a left to the
head and then shot terrific right TO the
body. He followed it with a one-two to
the head and then backed Moran to the
ropes with another right to the head.
Moran faxed a left and then swung the
| right to Wizards jaw. 1t was about even
on an exchange of jabs in the center OF
the ring. Moran backed to the ropes and
then rushed out and placed a left i'll Will
lard's stomach. Willard sent a right to
Morans eye, opening a cash above the
eye and the blood streamed down. VIII
llard's round.
Round 5-Willard opened the session
with left to the face followed with a
| left to the jaw and then Moran clinchcd.
Moran backed Willard to the ropes dur
| ing the clinChes, sending three punches
| to Wizards stomach. Moran backed
| willard against the ropes again and
| landed six punches to the head without
l CO.
| the center of the ring and exchanged
! jabs and then Willard shot a left to
! the face and followed it with a right
| to the body. Moran landed a left to
the stomach and Willard came back with
right smash that widened the cut over
| MoranS eye. Even.
Round 6-They fell into a clnch as
they came from their corners and as
| they broke. Willard uppercutted Moran
but failed to hurt him. The challenger
smiled, and resumed his furious rush
| ing of Willard. Willard missed an up
percut and then landed a left to the
| body.
He followed 1t with a straight right
| to Moran's bruised eye. Moran sent
left and right to the body and then
! tried a terrific swing to the head He
| missed. Willard sent a right cross to
Moran's head and then banged four
times with short uppercuts. Moran fail
ed to connect with a right swing and
took an uppercut on the chin as a pen
atty for failure. Wizards round.
Round willard opened with a
terrific rush and banged Moran fifteen
times while the challenger wallowed
cuts staggered Moran still more and
a right smash by willard cut Moran's
eye still further, making Moran's face
smear of blood. Moran rallied,
however, and began shooting lefts and
rights to Wizards body. while he
rushed with his head down. Moran
hung on to Willard and got a smash
under the chin. willard continued his
terrific bombardment of Morans head,
swinging lefts and rights, one after
another. and it seemed that Moran
must fall. Suddenly, however, Moran
came to life again and rushed Will
lard He sent a terrific left to Will
Iards head, followed it with a right
to the head and two to the body. will
lard backed against the ropes and
Moran smashed him twice in the body
and three times in the head. The
round ended with Moran walloping
Willards head. WIZARDS round.
Round S-Willard opened with a
right to the face and followed with
left to the body. Moran sent two to
the body and a left to the head. Will
lards jabs with his left fell short
and then he countered with a right to
the body. Moran sent a terrific over
hand right to Wizards jaw and the
champion backed up. Moran rushed
Willard around the ring, but failed
to land two swings to the head. Will
lard jabbed Moran three times to the
head and Moran then missed right
swing for the jaw. Willard banged
Moran's wounded left eye twice and
I
a long left to Wizards head. but the
champion grinned and the round end
ed with Moran making a swing for
the champions jaw. Willard's round.
Round 9-Moran rushed furiously from
his corner and met Willard as he was
coming from his corner. Frank landed
left and right to the body and then
left to the head. Willard jabbed
Moran twice with his left and tried for
a long right to the jaw. He missed. Will
lard crashed a left to Moran's jaw and
Moran came back with a right to Will
| lard's jaw. Both men were putting
everything they had behind their
punches. Moran drove a right to VIII
lard's body. missed a long right to the
head and got right uppercut as he was
| trying to regain his balance. Willard
jabbed Moran three times, and once
again the Pittsburgher seemed partly
blinded Moran landed a right to Will
lard's jaw and then hung back waiting
for another opening. He got it but
missed and Willard handed him a vicious
right uppercut. Wizards round
Round 1O-Willard opened with two
smashes with his left to Moran's face
and then jabbed Moran three times to
the body while the challenger jockeyed
around in an attempt to shoot right
to Wizards jaw. Willard sent a left
to Franks body and Moran then rushed
in and banged Willard with three
punches in 3 half clinch. Willard
backed to the ropes in ducking Moran's
right and then came out and shot long
left swing to Moran's stomach. Willard
landed two uppercuts after Moran landed
long swing and Moran came back with
two to the body. Willard landed short
uppercut and Moran retaliated with
right smash to the jaw. Moran missed
left to the body and the fight ended
there. Wizards round.