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Show VOLGAST AND MORAN FIT ANDJEADY 'Frisco Fans Unable to Pick Possible Winner In Tomorrow's To-morrow's Boat AN nUKOISOO. July 3. Champion Cham-pion Adolph Wolff and Otrtn Mora Mo-ra n, chAUtmrer for . light wlfht title, who will moot la twenty -round fight la Sua Francisco tomorrow af-ttniooo. af-ttniooo. ach pat In ft leaf work daf jrMtorday in short boxing workouts and road runs. It waa tha last aeMton before be-fore the match, aa the two little fighters fight-ers who are at present the eenter of interest In Baa rtatKlaco aportdom. will rest today. Both men are In hair-tricT centSltkm. V both menK4rrs dvlarfj vehAmently and mo .clrM the hundrMe of fane who md the ptlsrtma to the beach to Wolmurt and to Ban ft-fa. to Moran. Wolcast pranced out on the hard bach road at o clock rtrdav mornlnc Uk a young; colt, and nlloped tight mile without with-out th Hi-Moat aim of riletreaa. Aft s short so at ahadow-boxlns, he lounted until lunrh time, renewing hla workout early In the etarnoon. "Hobo" Pouch-rty Pouch-rty furnlahed amuaemnt for four .rounds of feat pummel l ne- tougherty, whe Is endowed with eonetderanle "pepper" and hlttins ability, wae whacked about the (ymnaalum like a straw man, Wolaaat eepln up a sharp tattoo on his ribs and iolt a hing up hie brisket te a warm sunset (low. "1 didn't want to tvirt him. said the champion apologetically, aftarward, "but 1 f)t so food 1 Just had to do a little walloping." Moran put In a stow, but none the e atrenuous day. The preliminary moving ph turea of the fight the con-caalone con-caalone for which wer aold after a wran- f;la to "Jimmy" Co ft roth and Charles larvey, lloran's manager. Saturday, wr taken, and for nearly two hours the little Prftlahcr danced about, posed and punched his sparring partner In front of the camera. F. Parry, a young flan Francisco Fran-cisco aa pi rant fop puslllatlr honors, submitted sub-mitted to ths pummellng and like Dougherty Dough-erty was thoroughly and vigorously thumped. Moran prefaced the moving picture workout by a session of shadow-boklng shadow-boklng and a short run. Both managers used superlative liberally lib-erally in speaking of the condition of their men. "The Hoy le In better condition than He was when he fought Nelson," said Tom Jones. Wolgast's manager. "Moran baa never been In such fine fighting trim In his life." eald Charles Harvey, who Is looking; after the British ftahter's Interests. Betting on the contest still la tight, with Wnlgaat's bsrkers holding out for 10 to T odds, with little better than I to 1 i.Hae.4 Followers of the boxing game are In a quandary te select a winner. Against any other light weight now before the nubile, barring probably Freddie Welsh. Wotgast would he a prohibitive favorite, but the followers ef the sport of the glove are chary in selecting him as a probable winner win-ner over Moran. Welgaat Is, of course, a IS to T favorite over Moran. but If he was booked to meet any nther light weight outside of ths Birmingham boy the chances are he would bs a 14 to 4 favorite, and this doaa sot sxclude the great Freddie W'elsh. So fsr as the condition of the men la concerned there la little to choose between be-tween them. This time Moren will he In the best condition he haa ever entered the ring. As a general rule Owen la not a strict trainer, but he realises that he must be at his very best if he expects to do anything with Wolgaal. and he haa brought himself to almost perfect form. Wolgsst la in splendid fettle htmeetf. The Utile "wildcat" haa worked like a demon since coming here, and he looks ready te put up the seat battle ef his career. ca-reer. Physically there Is very little te choose between the rlvala. Moran la reputed a harder hitter, but on the nther hand moat experta believe that Wolgaat has more stamina el his commend. Ho fsr aa apeed ia concerned there la little to chooee. Moran Mo-ran is faster wllh his hands, but the Pad. Ilac youth la speedier of foot. Owen is a truer hitter than the American, but the latter Is hitting so often that he dls-ount sn accurate boxer and aeta him off his stride. jnrmi fans hava seen each man in action ac-tion several times, and the mertta of each haa been an great that followers of the game are leery of trying to become prophets In the Instance of Moran or Wo. gast. When Moran le right he Is conceded one of the greateet ringmen In the world. Owen is right this time, snd he should give Wolgsst the time of his career. Any way one looks at the coming contest con-test he must consider It the real battle of the century. Neither man haa had any trouble about weight making and each should carry every ounce of his energv Into the ring with him next Tues-dsv Tues-dsv sfternoon. ! Wolgast's great merit Is his estound-I estound-I Ing snap and vim. Ile'a ae untiring as a I runner ball. Moran'e wonderful knowledge knowl-edge of boxing, his hitting power and his great defense are his strong points. Manr fans think that Moran will tire In twenty rounds. Twenty rounds Is no very greet distance for an experienced ring an like the Britisher. He's been over than route many times, and except in his bout with Tommy Murphy he did not slacken his pace toward the end. And Moran was not In shspe for the Murphy bout. Aleo while the decision In that conteet went to Murphy four-fiftha of the spectators were agreed that Moran waa the s''tul winner |