El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-17
KiIbane

FEW YORK, Nay IA few weeks
M ago fans read in the sporting
- columns that Johnny kilbane
had made I'D his mind to relinquish his
claim to the featherWeight title after
the bout with Dundee, and that ne
would shy his castor into the hgnt-
weight ring
It turns out tie story was bit or
press agent spOOnng to add interest 10
the bout for the featherWeight cham
pionShip. klbane does not entertain
the slightest intention of quitting the
ranks OF the featherweiEhts-w he
appears TO have q. cOpper-riVeted clncn
on the championship search OF
trouble among the 133 FOUNDERS
The press agents made up a good
story bit IL would have been a better
and a more truthful one had they in
serted Johnny Dundee's name IN place
OF the champions For the little Italian
has given UP the idea or trying again
for the featherWeight hOnOrS and viii
campaign as a lightweight in the fu-
tUre.
This may be a wise move on the part
Of the New Yorker The task OF max
ing 122 pounds has long been an ar
duOus job for him Around New York
he was not compelled in recent bouts
20 make the featherWeiEhL limit as
most OF his matches we're at catch
weights It was only the opportunity
TO tight for the title that Influenced
Dundee and his manager to agree to
122 for Kilbane.
Dundee may give a better account Of
himself at the heavier scale. There
was something lacking in the young
sters recent work as featherWe ght
and Ii may possibly have been that the
strenuous lob Of reducing not only
slowed him up but took a great deal OF
the sting out of his punches Certainly
Dundee has made no great Roadway in
the past year Twelve months ago he
looked the best prospect in the division
but recent performances have not borne
out the promise indicated by his earlier
work in the ring.
Dundee has been matched to box %
ROUNDS with Ad WOlgaSt; former light
weight champion. at McCareys Los
Angeles club on June 10. Tt is be-
0eved by many WeL-infOrmed sporting
men that this match was arranged
sometime ago and that knowledge Of
its existence had considerable influence
on referee Eyton in making the recent
draw decision in the Kubane-Dundee
match Newspaper accounts Of the
battle agreed that the champion was
clearly entitled to the victory The
announcement Of Wolgast-Dundee
bout strengthens the arguments Of
those who have cOntended all along
that there was method IN the referees
madness in giving Dundee the benefit
Of a draw
Right here il might be pertinent to
ask the New York critics who are con
tinually trying to belittle Johnny Kill
bane and who question his class as a
boxer JUST what they expect OF q cham
pion. Kilbane won the featherweieht
title from Abe Attell a little over
year ago, and in such a decisive manner
as to leave no doubt of his superiority
Since then Johnny has engaged in
something like 10 limited round
matches besides the recent 20 round
affair with Dundee. and in every in
stance has acquitted himself spIendidly
he is the busiest champion the ring
has known since Abe AttelTs paImv
deys- When Attell was good he aver
aged match or two a year with
every ambitious boxer in the division
But Abe was past master at nursing
them along and could generally man
age to make a bout look close enough
70 create public demand for a return
CnCa cement
kilbane's record since he won the
title viii bear the closest scrutiny.