New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-01
Giant Killer Speeds West
ward to Celebate
Fourth of July.
BY w. o. MCCLELLAN.

Ernest Cutler Price is now on his
way West 20 batter up poor old Jim
Flynn, of Pueblo, Col, or July .. To
Ernest Cutler Price this seems a safe
and sane way 70 celebrate Indepen-
dence Day, for he will get $500 for
the Job, and will not even have 70
rufle a hair Of his pompadour.
This Is the system Of Ernest Cutler
Price, operating under the monicker
Of Jack Dillon. He takes every fight
that he can get, even though he is paid
bargain rates. That keeps him in
pocket money and enlarges his bank
account Incidentally, It keeps him on
the fighting edge.
The benighted Westerners who are
paying Ernest Cutler Price the $500
for sparring ten rounds with the an
cient fireman actually believe that
Flynn has a chance. Dillon fought
the venerable Pueblo gentleman twice
in this burg, and hardly got decent
nights exercise. Had he been in
peevish mood, Dillon would have
knocked James out. But he spared
him. As result OF this clemency he
is able to collect $500 bucks more at
the expense of Flynn.
billions triumph over Moran may
be keenly satisfactory 70 him from an
artistic point OF view, but right now
there are no immediate benefits In
sight. Dillon Is now the next best
man TO Jess Willard, blu. It seems
hardly probable that there will be a
Willard-Dillon match. The crowd
would laugh itself 10 death when the
pair appeared in the ring together, de-
spite the fact that on billions show
ing with Moran he should have a bet
ter chance than the sorreI-topped Pitts
burgher.
OF course, II Les Darcy should es-
cape from Australia, there might be
man 10 give Dillon real battle.
Chevalier Daniel McKetrick has the
documents TO prove that Darcy Is on
the way. In the mean time, billions
fights will be mostly exhibitions, IN
less he should elect TO tackle a few
of the colored heavyweights. The rules
of the Boxing Commission have been
so amended that Dillon may tackle
Sam Langford, Sam McVey or Joe Wills
II he should feel inclined 70 erase the
color line. Then there Is Shamus Cof-
fey, pride of County Roscommon, Ire
land, and County Bronx, New York.
who Is reported willing 20 meet the
Giant Killer.
Last among tne posslDles, puC not
the least, is Charlie Weinert, once
knocked out and once badly beaten by
Dillon. In a few months Ernest Cut
Ter Price will realize just how the late
lamented Mr.. Alexander, OF Greece,
felt when there were no more worlds
to conquer.
It is early in the day 70 write the
pugilistic obituary OF Francis Charles
Moran, but even those who like the
Irish-American playboy best must ad-
nit that he fought a particularly and
peculiarly awful fight the other night.
Overconfdence is the burden OF the
song Of those who are trying 10 eX-
plain Moran's poor showing.
The bay window which Moran wore
when he entered the ring indicated
that he was far from being In the same
condition for Dillon that he had at
tanned Just before the match with viii
lard. His amusement just before the
fight indicated that he believed abso-
lutely that after he had let Dillon hll
him a few times he would beat the
smaller man down easily. But before
those ten rounds were over he was
fighting for his life in a ponderous.y
earnest fashion.