El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-18
WILLARD WILL KNOCK OUT MORAN
BEFORE EIGHTH ROUND, IS BELIEF
Willard Has Every Advantage Over the Challenger and
Has, Moreover, Improved One Hundred Per Cent
Over His Showing at Havana Against johnson;
Moran's Left Hand is Weak.
BY RINGsIDE.

blows successfully with them Is TO rem
der the left hand practically useless. In
recent fights Moran has swung that left
quite often, but he did this merely for
a blind" to make the other fellow
wary of the left and leave himself open
for Franks right.
Willard Is Wary.
willard, however, is aware OF this
fact and he will keep a lynx eye on
MoTan's right only. Jess has perfected
a left 1ab for this battle which should
discount anything Moran may attempt
with his right The latter is easily
thrown off balance. and Jess will feed
him left 1abs until he has Frank primed
for a right uppercut. the blow which
started Johnson into pugilistic oblivion
last year.
It is a coincidence that Friday, St
Patricks day, the original date for the
Wlllard-Moran embroglio, marked the
18th anniversary OF Jim Corbett's de-
feat by Bob Fitzsimmons at Carson
City. With it went Corbett's heavy
weight championship, which he held
four and half years.
willard Has Precedent for Delay.
This affair with Moran viii he VIII
lard's first fight in defence OF the title
he won April ;, last. Jess has been
criticised for not engaging in a battle
sooner; but all Willard reed do is to
point back to precedent for his seeming
delay in getting into the ring again.
OF The heavyweight champions under
the Marquis OF Queensberry code. only
Jeffries and Willard did not wait a year
or more before fighting again after win
ming the championship. The others
bided their time.
COrbett Waited Two Years.
Jim Corbett. after winning the title
from John l.. Sullivan on Sept. T.. 1892.
did not reenter the ring until Jan. %.
1894. when he Knocked out Charley
Mitchell in three rounds. Thereafter
Jim fought at six month intervals until
that fateful day at Carson City, when
he collided with Bob Fitzsimmons's big
maulers.
Fitz took the title from Corbett on
March Il. 1897. 1t was more han two
years before Lankey Bob returned to
the ring to defend his crown against
Jim Jeffries on June Q. 1899. Jeff did for
Fitz i'm II rounds. 1t is one of the Cd
dities Of prize ring history that such
a wonderful fighter as Fftzsimmons
was. could not carry his championship
through even one fight
Jeff didn't lose much time in getting
back into the game. Less than five
months after vanquishing Fitz-on Nov.
3. 1899. JEFF took on and defeated Tom
Sharkey in 25 rounds at Coney Island.
JEFF then took a rest until the follow
ing April, taking on a mediocre heavy
and a month later he knocked out Jim
Corbett for the first time. From then
until he retired from the ring. in 1904,
Jeff engaged in six actua battles.
Award Title to Burns.
in 1905. Jeff did appear in the ring,
but not as a principal, however. He re-
fereed the Marvin Hart-TOmmy Burns
mill and Jeffs appearance in the ring
served to complicate the heavyweight
situation for five ensuing years.
jeff awarded the decision to Burns,
and Jeff told Tommy he was the legiti-
mate heavyweight champion. And
Burns believed it, too. until Jack John
son stopped him in IA rounds on Dec.
%. 1908. 1t was not until johnson
knocked out Jeffries in Is rounds on
July 4, 1910 that the negro was uni
v~ersally recognized as the undisputed
champion Just two years later-July 4,
l9l2-JohnsOn fought again, stopping
Jim Flynn in nine rounds.
In June 1914. Johnson defeated this
same Moran person in 20 rounds. and
just 10 months later Willard knocked
out Johnson in &c rounds.