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[31] _New York Times_, September 8, 1915.

=244. Boxing Matches.=--News stories of boxing matches are but a
combination of the methods of writing football games and golf matches.
The first part of the story of a boxing contest should be a full general
account of the fight, the fighters, the character of the boxing, the
weight, height, and reach of the pugilists, their methods of attack and
defense, the crowd, total and individual receipts, the exact time of the
beginning and end of the fight, etc. The second part, like the golf
report, should be a detailed running story of the fight by rounds. The
following story of the Willard-Moran match at New York in 1915 may be
examined as an example:

| =WILLARD WINS ON POINTS= |
| |
|Jess Willard, the heavyweight champion pugilist of |
|the world, hammered and pounded Frank Moran of |
|Pittsburgh for ten rounds in crowded Madison Square |
|Garden last night, but with his advantage of fifty |
|pounds in weight, six inches in height, and six |
|inches in reach, the Herculean Kansan could not |
|knock out the courageous Pittsburgh boxer. |
| |
|Willard had every advantage throughout the bout |
|except one flash in the seventh round, when Moran, |
|with teeth set and the fire of anger in his eye, |
|made a wonderful rally and showered Willard's jaw |
|with hard blows just before the bell sounded. |
| |
|The champion hit Moran hard enough and often enough |
|to knock out half a dozen men, and after the bout he|
|said that the only reason he was forced to let up |
|and not use his famous righthand punch was because |
|he broke his right hand in the second round and was |
|afraid to hit hard after that. It was in whipping a |
|vicious uppercut for the chin that Willard smashed |
|the hand against Moran's elbow. At the time, Moran |
|was groggy, and although the seconds in the |
|champion's corner yelled for him to tear in, Willard|
|had to stand back. |
| |
|When the cham