Arizona republican., 1912-02-23
Little Hebrew Feather weight Has Champion ship Wrested From
 Him at Last.
FIRST DEFEAT IN
 ELEVEN YEARS
Ohio Fighter Had Better Of Going in Almost Every One of Twenty
 Rounds
I IAsSOciatcd Press DiSPGtchl

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 22.-Johnny Knbane. of Cleveland. wrested the featherweight championship from Abe Atten. at the Vernon arcN' this after noon in 2O-round fight, and admin istered the first defeat by a man of his weight that Attell has suffered in the eleven years that he held the featherweight title.
 Almost ten thousand people saw the fight. It was the largest crowd ever attending any fight here and fully five thousand were turned away. The receipts amounted to approximately twenty-five thousand dollarsa The men fought for a purse of ten thou sand dollars. Attell getting $6.500 win, lose, or draw, and Kilbane get ting $3,50O, each also getting third of the moving picture receipts. The decision was popular. Kilbane emerged from almost every round with the advantage on his side his marvellous foot work standing him in good stead. evading the blows of the shifty Attell
 Attell in almost every round took the aggressive and time after time sought to draw out the Cleveland boy. but Kilbane contented himself by let ting AtteH do the leading shooting straight lefts and rights to the head repeatedly. During the fight Attell emptied his entire bag of tricks in an endeavor to gain a decisive ad- vantage over his younger opponent. but the Cleveland boy was equal to every emergency. and only occasion ally did Attell get the better of the clash: then, usually with rapid fire rights and lefts to the wind. i In the early rounds both men | fought cautiously. Kilbane darting in and out with blows to the face with out return. He soon had an old cut over Attelrs right eye opened and kept jabbing it. In the sixth. Kilbane rushed in but was stopped with d stiff left to the mouth, Attelfs first | hard punch. Both stood off and eX | changed long arm jabs. The round was even. Attell began to force the 1 fighting in the seventh when he put left to face. Kilbane. backing away. 1 landed a left and right. Kilbane nearly upset Attell with a straight | left to jow. Kilbane backed away and Attell followed, putting a good left to wind. In a clinch with one arm free, the men exchanged hard
 body blows but at the bell each was smiling. It was Attelrs round.
 Kilbane had the better of every
 succeeding round until the eighteenth, | which was even. In the sixteenth, Kilbane administered severe punish ment as they broke after clinch and
 in the closing minute, Attell butted Kilbane over the right eye opening a big gash. Spectators hissed and hOOt- ed Attell and Referee Eyton. Both fighters complained to the referee
 that the other was holding repeatedly
 The nineteenth was fast and furi-
 Ous. Referee Eyton got left from
 Kilbane while trying to break the lads. Kilbane had the round by 9 lwide margin
 In the opening of the twentieth the
 crowd fairly howled for Kilbane The Cleveland lad landed hard lefts and
 rights and had Attell swinging wildly
 They clinched head to head and eX-
 changed vicious blows to the ribs
 They were clinched when the bell rang.
 Eyton held up Kilbanes hand and
 the crowd went wild. The Cleveland
 boy was hoisted to the shoulders of
 his seconds and friends and carried
 from the ring.
 The days program brought out a new White Hope" in Soldier Elder a prototype of Bob FitZsimmons, who
 knocked out Jim Cameron, colOreC heavyweight, in the sixth round of . ten-round semi wind-up. Cameron
 was a heavy faVorite but after tn, first round, in which the negro pileC
 up a good lead. Elder, who was al , least ten pounds lighter, got bus, and sent the negro to the mat as the
 bell rang with a clean right to thu jaw In the sixth Elder put tn,
 negro through the ropes with a righ
 to the jaw. Cameron was counted
 out. The crowd went into frenZ! Q of iov.
 | Johnny Kilbane was born and rear . | cd in Cleveland He will be g year , l old April 18th He is married and ha |, ! baby daughter. He supports hi 2 blind father. The wife and daughte :. are at one of the coast resorts wher
 Kilbane trained.
 |, Telegraph Mary" instructed Xii
 bane before receiving congratulation = on his victory. He had promised hi
 wife early word