Show The Hardest Ten Round nd Battle I Ever Fought By FRANK MORAN Al was the man with whom I fought my hardest ten-round ten fight It It was at the Clermont avenue skating rink in Brooklyn on March 9 D 1911 That fight was not only the hardest ten-round ten battle I ever fought but the hardest fight of ot any duration that I was eve in Both of us were nearly unrecognizable unrecognizable un un- recognizable e when it was over Indeed was never the same man after Jt for In our second fight I was able to knock him out in seven rounds At the time of the first fight however t Al was a hulking big fellow standing well oVer o six sir feet and weighing about pounds He had a terrific kick I know jE I felt It a good many times during the fight That battle will wUl stand out in my memi memory memory mem mem- i ory the longest day I live From the time the gong sounded at the beginning of the e fight until It marked the end I can compare compare com corn j pare that setto to nothing but a whirligig 4 And such a whirligig We fought a rushing smashing fight from from- the start and there was no letup from that point on The rink was crowded with people and their howl ing sounded like the of a thousand bulls of Bashan But with the first clash I 1 forgot every D thing but the Iowan lowan before me me who kept boring in with th the ferocity of a man who had bad FRANK MORAN gone berserk There was no blocking We Born Cleveland 0 O. March 18 didn't even attempt to block There was no 1837 6 feet 1 Inch tall I weighs time to block We simply whaled away at pounds A rare combi each other other and and at the end of the first nation of brains and stamina round we were both sorry spectacles The one thing that I distinctly remember of that first round was first blow It took me squarely over the left lert eye and opened a deep gash I still sUll carry the scar This sort of fighting lasted until the fifth round Then I suddenly l lashed shed out t with witha i a right t that landed flush ush on Als Al's chin He toppled over and then crashed down down- downto to the floor noor I thought it was all over He lay there all crumpled up for what seemed an age At last he stirred Then ht he began to to ern crawl wI toward the ropes Just as the referee cried Nine lie he got his feet under him and he immediately immediately im im- mediately made a dive for me with the fury of a maniac Then came that ninth round I was vIas battling hard and beginning to feel tool like a winner Suddenly swung and missed a wide sweeping right I ducked ducked and and ducked Into a flash of chain lightning 1 I felt as though I had been suddenly thrown headlong Into a gigantic cocktail shaker and whirled round and round Then the floor noor flew new up and cracked me on the head Yet the next thing I knew w were both In the middle of ring mixing it like mad When the bell rang for the tenth round to get out Into that ring again was wag one of the most difficult things I ever did In my life But I kept telling tell tell- ing lag myself that I had to do It It so I gritted pitted gritted my teeth and went In A stingIng sting sUng lug Ing crack on the Jaw made me all the more determined and I walked Into Al AI for all I was worth I began pumping them Into his stomach with all the strength of ot my ray arms Again I felt him giving to the punches and when the gong ended the fight I was actually rejoicing In the battle I had won When It was all over I T was waa told that I had turned a complete somersault somersault somer somer- sault in the air when I was hit with a short left Jolt In the ninth That w wi a the chain lightning I had ducked 1 into But they added that I had not I I. I stayed down a second that I bounced II off oft the floor like a rubber ball |