The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-03
]. kILBANE FAILS
TO IMPRESS THE
j LOCAL GANG
Much-TOuted Clevelander Lacks
That Essential Of Glass, Wig
orous and Effective Plan
of Attack.
He and Jack White, of Chicago, Tin
Canned Through Eight Rounds
and Got the Money.
az PAUL Hale eRUsKe.

So that was the much-touted Johnny
KiIbane over whom Cleveland mas
been raving for the last couple OF sea
sonsi oh, very we'll, Let them con-
tinue TO applaud him. II they care TO-
They can have a monopoly on II. so TAR
as Detroit and Windsor are concerned.
Johnny has given us one eNhlrluoh
of his Interpretation Of the manly ART
and we have "A suficiency. Taking Tor
granted that last nights sample was
= fair illustration-he himself is to
blame If Il wasn't--we will set Johnny
down hereafter as 1872 pounds or there
abouts. of limburger cheese
Johnny tin-canned for eight weary
rounds in the Windsor atelier last
evening and succeeded in escaping
punishment throughout. This seemed,
IN fact. HIS main purpose in existing.
And at that he had nothing on JACK
White, of Chicago, who was Just as
clever in eyading Johnny as was the
CIevelander in keeping out OF the way
OF the Chicago mans advances. Meth
err came within mile OF opening up
and endeavoring 10 do any real box
Ing. To Whites credit be II said, how
over, that he came nearer a suggestion
OF aggressiveness than did the more
highly-touted Kilbane. The crowd yell
ed for White at the close, but no con-
test and all bets off would be the only
way to properly decide little exhibit
ton of the character produced
Essentials Of Class.
A good boxer must be able 10 fulfill
three requisites 10 come anywhere
near a claim to being first class. He
must be able TO protect himself. He
must be able to occasionally penetrate
the defense Of his opponent with some
weight and snap to his leads and he
must be able 10 so the route without
firing. In the second requisite Kill
bane is sadly lacking He tin-canned
through the eight rounds. backing,
teinting and shadow-hghting. With
offense cut out as Johnny did. there Is
not third-class feather in the locality
who could not have done the same. AS
for Johnnys being in line TOR battle
with Abe Attell for the title, forget
Il. No chance!
And the pity of it all is the fact that
more than a thousand Detroiters. at
sracted by the touting received by the
Clevelander and the prestige which
followed his bloodless victory over
Tommy Kilbane, had packed the hall
with the impression that something
worth seeing was about TO come of.
AS far as the comparison between
Johnny and Tommy goes, II must be
admitted that Tommy carries some
fight and can punch a weighty blow
with the top OF his dome of thought,
II he can't hit much with his hands.
Tommy would have mixed things with
sither OF last nights boxers and made
something of battle Of it. But Johnny
and White were a bad match, as IL
turned out.
a Scientific. But On My!
The rounds were substantially alike
with the possible exception of the
sixth in which not a single lead was
attempted by either man. There was
nothing doing from start to finish and
neither boy landed or even started
what looked like sincere punch.
In the semi-windup Johnny Prender
CAST outpointed Reddy Shores and the
pair put up lively six-round go. II
replaced the scheduled combat be-
tween Gerhard and Herman, out OF
which the latter had backed. AS is
usual at such times the Prendergast-
Shores team was ready to go on at
short notice. Prendergast seems 20
have improved a lot of late.
The curtain-raiser was scream, as
usual two big dubs named Labaff and
Smith going four rounds. featured by
Wild haymakers. Labaff had a shade
the better OF 1t.
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