El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26
Fans Eager For KiEbane-D Dundee Battle
Champion Featherweght Declares He Vii Enter the Ranks of the Light
weights-Rrvers Appears to Have Shot His Bolt.
By ". ". NAUGHTON.

IAN FRANCISCO. CAL, April 90
~ For a while the heavyweights
~ hghtweights and middIeweights
will have to take a back seat We have
a classy featherweight event to. focus
attention on now, and by the same
token it is a worlds championship al
fair.
McCarey's arena at Vernon viii be
the scene of the encounter, and April
% the date The principals viii be two
Johnnies-Kilbane and Dundee-and
unless all signs fail the bout viii be
KfIbane is Gaining Weight.
Kilbane has said frequently that the
&c with Dunde viii mark his farewell
-anpearance as a featherWeight Johnny
has advanced a double reason for his
desertiOn of the 122 pound division
Increasing weight is the main IhlnS
which impels him to throw IN ms lot
with the lghtWelghtS and he IS also IN
fIuenced by the reflection that Dundee
IS almost the only fe~atherWelght Ie1t
10 fight
Tor 17. 10 meet2" is Kubane's favorite
way Of putting it
II is . notorious fact that when a
champion ringman avs anything nus
remarks are shredded and analyzed Dy
critics and Others who want to satisfy
themselves as to whether any hidden
or double meaning turks IN them me
usual course is being followed in the
L95G VI
covered thai JOhunyS reference TO Lne
scarcity Of opponents, increasing
~poundage and a consequent change OF
class that the |Cna4plO Is
laying the foundation for an alibi l
case things 90 wrong IN the clasn WIN
Dundee.
wise guy" said a man who 1ncl1nes TO
the belief that Kilbane is Intentionally
II Dundee wins 1t viii not
surprise me If Kilbane avs I knew L
m~n~nE H~anEEn mWEaNT MAKING Lue
weight and I was foolish to try II L
had already given out that It was 10 pc
my last fight as a featherWeighG Inc
one before should nave been my last
Champion Is Optimistic.
This merely goes TO show how a
champions word ma be weighed 1t
must be said, however, that If Kilbane
is a~ssaI1ed with an atom Of doubt IN
respect to the result Of next Tuesdays
bout he is concealing the 1act won
derfully- Everything ne says Drealnes
os the utmost confidence. He is even
accredited with the desire to back
himself to the tune Of $4,000, Dur TINS
is probably One Of the innocent DluIIS
that nigh class fighters are sometimes
allowed to get away with II any back
er Of KiIDane were to say what ODDS
do YOU give" Kilbane would probably
say, 7 want even money and as sup
Dorters Of Dundee can do better than
that in the open market there IS Smal
probability Of Kilbane's $4,000 being
tapped
about Joining the ranks Of the light
weights. He has frequently shown him
self to be possessed Of an ambition OF
that kin and now that he is getting
heavier it is natural that q move Of
that description should be close to his
thoughts.
AS an augury Of success in his new
field Kilbane points to the fact that he
defeated Joe Rivers shortly before the
latter blossOmed out as a lightweight.
He thinks he can step over into RIv-
er's present class and repeat the per-
Torrance and from what the sports Of
Los Angeles are saying, it is evident
that quite a number Of the fight fans
agree with hilbane.
Rivers Seems To Be Slipping.
Los Angeles inhabitants are begin
ming to look upon Joe Rivers as a