Arizona republican., 1922-01-09
MORE HoNoRs FOR ALGER
Moran Beats DOYLE

HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. Pal
Moran Of New Orleans, outpointed
While Doyle of New York in a TO-
round bout here last night in the
opinion of the majority of the sport
| writer's at the ringside.
To the average fight fan the above
report was just another event in the
pugiIistic career of Pal Moran the
sensational New Orleans boxer. But
the fans who have been following the
|. career of Billy Alger read the report
with more than passing notice.
Moran has been boxing for several
years, and he has been more than
a preliminary boy; the New Orleans
poker defeated everything that came
his way and was long considered a
championship contender. Yet he
could only win a newspaper decision
over Willie Doyle of New York. the
same Willie Doyle who LOST a 10
| round decision to Billy Alger. When
Alger first met Doyle at El Paso
Billy had Doyle in a corner and was
giving the New Yorker a beating
when he accidentally fouled him and
lost the decision. Doyle and Alger
were re-matched at Fort Worth
where Billy scored victory in 10
sessions.
On paper Alger looks like a better
man than Pal Moran, and paper rec
ords must be considered. Arizona
fight fans have long clamored for
real contender and in Alger they see
A home product who is destined to
fill the bill. Carter was heralded as
championship contender, but Tom
my in his best day could not hit like
Billy Alger. The AIger- Doyle
Moran bouts will at least attract the
attention OF the sport critics and a
match between Alger and Moran
would spell whole lot TO the fans.
koTSoNAROS IN BIG MONEY
George Kotsonaros who will be re-
membered as the first man to score
victory over Pete Saur in two
years, is right UP in the big money.
George writes from Chicago that he
has been resting through the holi-
days in anticipation of a scheduled
match with Stanislaus Zbyszko.
The wrestling champ lost one
match TO Gotch. being his only de-
feat in over 1000 wrestling matches
and Kotsonaros gets a crack at the
title Wednesday night at Norfolk. Va.
Phoenix wrestling fans do not ex-
pect Kotsonaros to throw the champ,
yet stranger things have happened
and we will keep an ear to the
ground Wednesday and at least see
how long he can hold the champion.
FLYNN HAS NEW ONE
The sporting editor of The Repub-
lican is in receipt of the following
from Leo p. Flynn, matchmaker at
Madison Square Garden and man
ager of a score of more or less prom
inent boxers including Bill Brennan,
Panama Joe Cans and Kid Norfolk.
Flynn thinks a whole lot of his
new find. per the following:
"If knocking down Harry Greb, the
Pittsburg light heavyweight for
four counts in two bouts. constitutes
claim for light heavyweight hon.
ors. Jack Renault heavyweight cham
pion of Canada, stands in line to dis
pute other challengers' right to a
match with Georges Carpenter, Bat
Levinsky. Gene Tunney, Martin
Burke, Harry Greb and the other
claimants.
"Renault has the Indian Sign" on
Greb and is ready to hang up another
victory over Harry. but not of the
newspaper variety. I want Greb TO
go to a decision with Renault, just
to prove conclusively that Renault is
the master of Harry.
"Renault has the stamp OF ap-
proval of heavyweight Champion
Jack Dempsey. Renault survived the