The evening world., 1912-09-20
QIbane's Exhibition Against
0'keefe Very Amateuish for
q Champion.

Tns NV Yori wsridS. w.
YOHNNY KILEANE upset al dope
last night In his nght with Eddie
OKeefe. For q long time the
follows who follow boxing here in
New York have been Gliding Kilbane
Or not showing the stun that
champion should DO made Of. II
has been generally suspected that
Johnny liked to ease through his en-
0gements and got the money with
cat working too hard for IL
But now It 10 apparent that wc
hsve been doing poor Kilbane an in
Justice. He hasn't been leasing
through his bouts at all. He has
ben doing his best That he did his
beGt last night was evident 10 all.
roor Johnny Kilbane! His best is
a too inadequate for q champion.
Compared to the best, or even the
worst that such champions 40 Dixon.
nc0ovsrn. Erne. Lavigne or Attell
could deliver. It was o sad affair.
Ellbans. for all his 1.-the body and
swift movements. his confident smile,
boxed like an amateur. He could DO
nothiug even with O'Keefs. who 10
NJ from being . champion. In fact,
lob Titxsimmons, who sat with me
= the rinssids. was Of the opinion.
aftG the tenth round. that O'Keefe
Was winner. I would hardly 20 90
m - TO say that, since O'Kcefe,
vAlls he had tho best OF It IN both
oefense and landing punches. did alto
0Dthsr too much holding all through
tAs ten rounds.
xeoans waa extremely cautious. He
has . great objection OF being hit. Not
tat admire the type OF boxer who
hoads he Jaw out for the. other mans
pnAohas and then tries to slam somc-
thaag back. but there N such a thing az
carrying caution to an extreme. Knbanc
~ just that He was always feinting
and feinting. oven after no saw. In the
nsst round. that O'Keefs responded to
<ha fslnts no more than would a wooden
Indian There was no srawinE OKeefe
out-no making him lead when Kilbane
Wan4ed hun 70 lead. O'kcefe led when
~ wanted 10 lead. and that was always
WA<u Nlbane wasn't looking for II. He
sutgussssd KAlhane. and after few
yeussds. instead OF being fiustered by
having . champion In front Of him. often
~ the champion bothered and puzzled
end uncertain what TO do next. bobbins
hrs and there with the meaningless
0ovsments Of an amateur.
1hsrs were flashes-a few seconds a.
Q une-wheu Johnny rushed ana drov
n straight rights effectively Yet ever
th1s didn't gain him any great advan
taga. In spite OF his hard hitting. FOL
OKeefs shook or the punches and. lean
lag over. retaliated with solid RICH
hsehs and uppercuts tina. sank int
xilbsns's body. ,...
ILBANE started the tenth roun
a. n he intended to do te
- rounds OF fighting in the las
three minutes. He was wildly anxiou
10 accomplish something. He pummelle
OKsefe back against the ropes. an
planning him there searched for a clea
opening through which 10 drive blow
O'Keefs doubled up. covered his fac
with his crossed arms. and peerlng on
through the small space between CRIME
q Kilbane's exaggerated efforts.
n q few seconds they were dsncin
around tho ring. KilDane frantlcall
anxious TO do something. He put in
few straight punches. but o'Keefe. jail
bling and countering hard. had the bes
Of tho mixing TO the end.
Right from the start of the mr.
round o'Kecfe had punch that HI
bans couldn't avoid. II was a straigi
3Ab, sent across with the tentati,
movement OF a cat paving ut nous
there was no force behind that feath,
Mat lab. but II was rolling up point
A1tsr the nrst couple OF rounds. whe
O'Keefe found that Kilbane WASH
such . man-eater after all, he ~
moro into his jabs and OCCASIONAL
tried hard right.
There was one knockdown. II was
the NTH round. o'Keefe was siandir
0At-fOoted when Johnny lifted a rlgl
tnto his solar plexus o'Keefe, ups
rather than knocked down. took "A SUI
daa seat on the floor He Sat there
moment. then grinned CT kiioane. stu
his tongue out and got up again.
a FAR better bout than the ma
event was that between ia,
: = Goodman and Paul Kohler. Th'
weighed l45 IA pounds each In ring tog
ana were beautifully matched
strength and skin. kohler was a lit
mere muscular than Jack, and he vi
hard hitter. But Goodman foug
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