Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-24
IS new
feather KIN G
CLEVELAND PUGlLlST WON De.
clsloN OVER CHAMPION ABE
ATTELL YESTERDAY.
ABBIE OUTFOUGHT
Hebrew Fighter Brought Jeers Q
Crowd For His Holding--verdict
of Referee Was Popular
Winner is Happy.

a CfoWQ FOR his r1Ol0iHS-VSTuiSe
of Referee Was Popular
Winner is Happy.
Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. ga new
champion was born to pugilism In the
Vernon arena yesterday when johnny
kilbane of Cleveland, Ohio, detislvely
outfought, out-gamed and outpunched
Abe Attell in their twenty round con-
test and at the close was awarded the
featherweight title by Referee Charles
Eyton. Kilbane led from start to nm
Iish and at no time was the result In
doubt.
n Nearly 10000 persons were jammed
into the arena Fully 5000 others
We're turned away at the gates. 1t was
the greatest crowd that ever viewed Q
prize fight In Los Angeles. The, re-
ceipts amounted to approximately $25,-
600 The men fought for purse or
$4,000, of which Attell was to receive
$500, win lose or draw, and kilbane
$4,000. Besides, they agreed to divide
evenly SO per cent of the moving pic
ture privilege
Attell was clearly outfought. His
boosted speed and wonderful clever
ness were not in evidence. Kilbane
made him look like a novice In nearly
every round. Only in one round, the
seventh, did Attell have lead and
that was not by any means as decisive
as that of Kilbane in the remaining
rounds.
Abe Jeered for Foul Work.
Attell brought the wrath of the big
crowd upon his head by foul tactics.
Time and again he would hold Kill
bane's left arm in q clinch and once, IN
the eighth, he grabbed Kilbane's left
arm with both hands and tried to bend
lit back. In the third he "heeled" the
Cleveland boy while in clinch, and IN
nearly every succeeding round his
work called forth loud boos and Kisses
from the spectators. In the seventh,
when. after rushing into clinch to
avoid Kilbanes merciless TATTOO OF his
face and body, Attell jbutted the Cleve-
landerAwith his head, opening a great
cash over Kilbane's left eye, from
which blood spurted profusely.
At the beginning, Of the sixteenth
round Referee Eyton stopped the fight
and, grabbing a towel, thoroughly
wiped off Attells body. 1t was seen to
be covered with some greasy sub
stance. Attell protested, but the ref
cree paid no attention to him.
| Kilbane's work was a revelation to
I his friends. Entering thesring with
| the odds 2 to / against him. he never
faltered for an instant. He was light
ming fast both with his hands and feet
A straight left jan to Attell's nose or
sore left eye was his favorite blow.
He would send this in and then like
flash cross with his right to the other
side Of Attelps head and then jump
back out of harms way. Attell seem
ed wild throughout the fight, but this
was due as much to Kilbane's foot
work as to any other cause.
kiIbane All the Way.
AS early as the third round 1t was
seen that Kilbane was winning, and,
GOODNESS personified he continued his
line of battle, never varying and re-
!fusing all traps set by the wary Attell.
!. Time and again the beWildered
champion tried to corner the Cleve-
land man, but Kilbane's speed was be-
wildering and Attell's actions plainly
showed it.
{ The decision of Referee Eyton was
received with a wild whoop and Kill
bane was carried from the building on
the shoulders of his friends.
II want to telephone to Mary he
said. meaning Mrs. Kilbane.
AtteIl, tired, his face drawn and
bleeding, left the ring alone. AS he
reached the edge Of the platform he
said to a friend: Well, j had to
stand for it; I couldn't do any better"
kiIbanes Ring History.
Cleveland, Feb. 23.--Two years ago
Johnny Kilbane, the new feather
weight champion, scarcely was known
outside of Cleveland. He had been a
contestant in minor bouts since 1905.
but it was not until the fighting game
opened in several northern Ohio towns
in the winter of 1909-10 that he really
began to attract attention.
First Kilbane defeated the best boys
OF this vicinity Then Rimportations
were made from the east and west.
When Tom McCarey, in 1910, promul-
gated his elimination contest at Los
Angeles, by which was TO be decided
who of the native featherweights
should have the right to meet Abe At.
tell for the championship, he was a
logical sentrant kilbane decisiyely
defeated Joe Rivers. Patsy Kline and
frankie Conley, his closest rivals, thus
earning the right to meet Attell in the
battle for the championship.
Johnny Kilbane was born and reared
| in Cleveland. He will be % years old
on April 49, He is married and has a
baby daughter, Marie Coletta. His
| habits are Of the best. He7is a strict
church member and Is devoted to his
family. He is the support of his blind
father
Joseph Pulitzer, who owned the st.
Louis Post-Dispatch and New, York
| World, came to ST. Louis as day
laborer. He answered a small ad in a
st. Louis paper and got job in bust
ness in which he afterwards became
| the leader When he became the mana
| ger of a newspaper, he paid particular
attention to the want ad department,
because he realized what it had done
| for him. The want ads in a daily paper
| ORC IF irnmpnsa 11Se IN a community