Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-25
FIGHT WITH MORAN WAS
C|NCH, DILLON DECLARES
Figured That IL Would BE His
Toughest Battle, but Turned Out
TO BE Snap Affair.
M'GoORTY DANGEROUS FOEMAN
One Of His Left Uppcrcuts Put
Opponent i'm DaZcd Condition for
Three Rounds, Although He Con-
tinucd to Box Scrappily.
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Jack Dillon sniCkercd when someone
mentioned the great fight with Frank
Moran in 1916. just few months after
tie big Pitisburgcr had made good
showing against Jess Willard.
That battle with Moran was one
Of the easiest OF my whole career. and
figured T. was going 10 be the tough
est" related Dillon. For the frs, five
rounds that bird had me completely
fooled. And get Il laugh every time
think about il"
You know" continued Dillon. this
Moran had put up a whale OF a fight
against Willard when The handicap
he faced was taken into consideration.
night in Brooklyn figured Eat he
was going 10 knock my block right
back onto Manhattan Island, He had
* on me many inches in reach. about
hre inches in height and thirty-five
pounds or so IN bulk. And figured
that he was going 10 wailop the wad-
Hit Moran Time After Time.
Well. the fight started and went
into Moran and plugged him Then
! plugged him again. He swung. /
duckcd, and tipped him once more.
landed, whereas, allnos; every swing Of
his was clean miss. Did ! get the
idea right away that this Moran bird
was going TO be easy p!ckings for me?
round or so ! kept on thinkinI
This Moran is going to cut loose
On ne pretty soon ana tNen YOU Door
Jack Dillon. He's just Kidding You
now. merely giving the crowd a little
side show before the big stun goes
on
"But abou. the end Of the fif,h
awoke to the rather startling fact that
Moran was doing his very best and
that l was whipping him easily. So
after that jus; continued to sail into
him, and guess mussed him up
quite d bit before the tenth. and maj,
round was over. At any rate, ! go,
me unanimous popular decision which.
] daresay, surprised me whole 10;
more than II did Moran"
Hard Fight with McGoorty.
Who gave you your toughest
fight Dillon was asked.
Eddie McGoorty, back in 1910 was
than three rounds, but he didn't know
IL. Blu, guess Eddie can't be blamed
Tor that Ignorance, because not even
OF the second until right after the be-
ginning Ut the sixth round.
Eddie and were mixing 1t fast and
1uriously in the second when | saw
, mat snappy left uppercut of his com
ing my way and that's the last thing
l remembered for more than twelve
minutes. was told later that IN,
punch lifted me foot off the floor
but that i landed on my feet and KEEP,
right on tghting for the rest OF tina
round, all through the third. fourth
.hhu anu i III lOiu tndt i IOug hi
faultlessiy, and that there was onth.
Ing peculiar about MY actions until tn,
bell sounded the end of the round Then
i couldn't get the idea that | was tL
stop fighting. and Id just keep going
until hahied back into my corner"
Puncl, brought Him Around
What brought YOU around?"
The same sort of punch that had
scattered my wits in the second" de-
clared Dillon. Eddie shot that up
percut again and when I, hit i,
brought me back to my senses. Put
AS is usually the case when "A fellow
has been unconscious. he cannot real
lie that there has been any lapse
didn't. ] thought Il WAS still the sec,
ond round until my handlers told me
at the end OF the sixth that there are
only four more 10 GO Jack !, having
been n-rounder
hight then and there figured that
having been out for more than three
rounds. l must have lost heavily in
points. And decided 20 try 10
square things By furious fighting
through the seventh, eighth ninth and
tenth. tore see M;Goorty and that
some OF the BEST little toe-to-toe slug.
ginE ever seen in Indiana parts.
And. although McCioorty had me on,
for three and one-half rounds, wo,
the popular decision" - Copyrich,
iol'.