Show j WILLARD WHIPPED MORAN IN SPECTACULAR BATTLE AT NEW YORK Rickard a Plans Gigantic Ranch o in South America Amera c Tex Thinks Willard Was Not a Quitter but bu t Just Hated to Hunt His Opponent By T Tex ex Rickard Richard RichardIN IN N my lay last installment I had something to sa say of the Willard Willard- Moran fight in New York You will recall that this was wasI held ul in Madison Square Garden and that it went ten rounds I without a decision I knew that some of the fans wanted to see Moran fight ficht Willard and so so although the law in New York at that urn time did not permit of a finish fight or a R. decision decision b by a referee I I 1 staged the tho fight t. t I Thero Thera le II n no doubt doubt that ight Willard Moran had had- all the the better of ot the fight Moran loran was wasI and willing but he was wall too small email game I and tO too Inexperienced c t to e get an nareen even i J break k with lt a giant like Jess Willard What I forgot to say and what I 1 want to say ay Ray i Is this that there never was a gamer Iamer man in the world than Frank Moran oran Gameness Is III not the most common quality in the world I 1 should like to emphasize credit where credit is due While a R. lot of fans there that night criticized his Judgment they were open In the praise for tor his courage At the sound of the gong I Frank waded right in n lie He didn't even try to feint out ont the champion to see I how the tha land lay Ho IIo simply walked In and let go his hili old Mary Ann as he called his famous punch Moran had away a a. away way of telegraphing his blows so 10 that an adversary could see pee what was waa coming com com- ing Willard Villard had no trouble In keeping him off But Dut nobody could keep Moran loran from trying I WITH II HAND In on one of the rounds Willard In tryIng tryIng trying try- try Ing for the famous uppercut that won I him most mOlt of ot his hili battles landed on the point of ot Morans Moran's s elbow Tho The collision I broke the knuckle of his hili Index finger lie He had to fight the rest of the way with one good hand Even so ao he won with comparative ease Always there has been a tendency to say lIay that Willard Villard was not game That Thatis is le unjust unfair and andi untrue Any man who can fight through with a broken hand and win must have courage In fact I think Willard Villard unusually courageous courage courage- ous from the fact tact that he got to be champion champlon without having any particular liking for the boxing game ame lIe He never wanted to hurt anybody After that fight tight Moran told me meI I I realized that my chance was to rush Willard and give him a knockout I knew I could take punishment and that I figured would help me out I wish the fight tight had gone longer I 1 feel sure that my physical powers of resistance resistance resistance resist resist- ance eventually would have overcome the champions champion's s superior reach That statement Is another evidence of Moran Morans s gameness his confidence nce In himself Very few agreed with his statement In fact tact so few thought so that another meeting between them was out of the question que But for the big bl war the chance chances are II I 1 would have completed the establishment establishment establish establish- ment of the largest cattle ranch In the world by world by far the largest and largest and would never have got Into the fighting game as all a a. real business My first efforts at promotion as I 1 have related were to tome tome tome me more mon like a R. game came or a sport than a a. means of making money I 1 wanted to put a big fight over Just as a. a man wants to make his pet thoroughbred win some great stake race rac Some time after the Johnson Jeffries-Johnson fight tight I 1 went to South America as the representative of ot European capitalists to buy up an Immense tract of land for fora fora a a cattle ranch the like of which the world had never seen Feen Belgian French English and other capital was Interested Inter Inter- ested In fact I 1 actually did buy or take option on five million acres acre of land inthe Inthe in inthe the great chacos of ot Paraguay I 1 lived do down dots there several years I had bought CO head of f cattle and had the great project in a working way when the World war broke out That of course ended It Many of or the capitalists starting In as friendly Investors co co had been made enemies by the war Those 5 acres Incidentally would have cost approximately 1 I an acre The opportunity is still there If It somebody wants to take It up when the world finally settles down to to business There Is no doubt In my mind but that need It tee would beef f. f pal pay Mouth South The America world rf right always now will is the best field I 1 know of for tor constructive effort In Industry Incidentally there Is Isa Isa isa a big Interest In boxing down there and andas as the world now knows South America can develop men with a II punch In my next In Instalment I 1 shall hall try to answer a a. question which many have asked me ma often otten Who Vho goes to fights fights' Probably few tew of my readers can guess Just who tho the greatest fight fans are TOMORROW TO IlO GOES TO FIG FIGHTS TS Copyright 1923 2 in U U. 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