The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03
MORAN SAYS NAVY
 IS GOOD IRA

of life better than four years ia the navy
 The speaker was Frus Maraa Aea,yw,I-hr boxer. vlo wa~ de fea,cd by Jess Willard at Madsu Square Garden last spring
 "f was in the nay fom 1ao1 'o 1908" continued Moran went au around the world served TWO year in the torpedo fleet and came ou. a quartermaster of th, second class and a gun pointer of ,he first cIas, Every day spent in the service was of value 10 me. Ii | had nine children like my old mother had l would chase them all Co -aa l1r fling with the navy. no matt"r how much money I had
 "l see that Archie Roosevelt k e- thusiasticalIy promoting a class iu boxing at Harvard. jH wBieN ha i- following the footsteps of r.. ... py papa It is probable that ! furnished the first bout Archie eHrr saw. was on the Mayflowcr. th- Presidents yacht, as it Is called for six months and one day whom Archie was aboard We had a match between myself and a big fello" named Schmidt
 My those were the happy day when I didn't know there was SD much to learn about boxing All my life have been able to more than hold my own in man to man competition, and it was natural that | should take 10 boxing It was rough stuff. in which the action was quick and the work unsci"n- tific The indispensable assets of boxer are a punch and an abtj ty to take a punch. I had a little more of each, and dumped Schmidt into the Land of Nod in that batt!e on the Mayflower with Archie look ing on
 It would have surprised the ro formers who are opposed to hoNi0- and secretly regard the salprman as rough, vulgar person if th"% had seen Schmidt and me spendir- cur shore leave ta~gtE"r ta=t a~ ri aud friendly as yea }iaaa, ,.& days after We had banged each other around the ring on the May flower
 They kid me about my valet and my automobile which I have acquired since I beat Coffey. b" why shouldn't I have them? have met every class of people, and have seen every angle of life, as a man should who is to know life as it is and who's" HGor:naHI.H is nj d. rived from lectures by cranks be fore reform organizations
 "In France I met members oi the chamber of deputies. knew q number of members of parliament l have enjoyed the acquaintance of both senators and representatives in congress, and I know the faces of more crooks of all sorts on both sides of the water than most de tectiyes.
 "I was born in Cleveland, March IS, 1887, of parents who came from County Mayo, Ireland My folk, moved to Pittsburg when I Wa five years old and have lived theE" ever since, which accounts for lrN being referred to generally as 4 Pittsburger There were nine Ct us. and my father used 10 lausf heartily when the income tax was mentioned Il was a big joke tol him in his old age. The nine cf us used to be rounded up on Sat urday night for the big bath, and fight all over the floor t2 see who should climb into the tCb first and get the benefit of the hot water remembered all that and when l began to make money by my own ability, I thought it Wa no more than right to blow myself to the comforts and refnements of life
 Since coming out of the navy l have continued my wanderings anC have had unusual experiences. h 1912 1 boxed in five countries, h3C sixteen bouts, and travelled 30,00o miles. The bouts were in France. England, Wales, the United States and Mexico.
 The Mexican bout was an all around adventure. There was not the slightest chance of becomine bored in one way, but there was all the chance in the world to bt come bored couple of hundred ways. How's that for d joke? It's q fact, and not joke. Dave Mills was my opponent. and we met in the bull ring at Juarez, across from Fl Paso. Juarez was then for a minute in the hands of one of the numerous bands of revolutionist5 and Pascale Orosco was the biz boss.
 All sorts of rumors filled the all when they could find space to worl; their way along through the bul lets in the incessant shooting i' that neighborhood He feared there might be trouble with such a large gathering He didn't know wheth