El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-06
By Leading Leagues Philadelphia Shows She Not So Very SoW
DrauU Decision For Dundee Robs
KiIbane of An Earned Victory
Experts Figure Champion Of Featherweight Division
Bested His Opponent at Vernon and Was Entitled
to Decision Lack of Punching Power viii
Keep KiIbane Out Of Lightweight Glass.

CBy Thomas S. Andrews.)
Followers Of the fistic game have
had plenty of good matches lately TO
ponder over, including one champion
ship match in which Johnny Kubane,
the feathergVeight champion OF Amer
lea gOL a draw with Johnny Dundee,
the nuslJy little Scot from New York
and piloted by ScOtty MOnteith; and a
near-champiOnship match between Bob
MOha- the Milwaukee aspirant for MID
dleWeight hOnOrs, and Jack Dillon the
Indianapolis claimant Of the title
The Klbane-Dundee contest was a
disappointment in many respects. There
were few fans who believed 1t would
90 TO a draw, although many were o.
the opinion that it would go the limit
OF 20 rounds with the Cleveland Doy
taking the verdict There seems TO De
a diffeTcnSe Of opinion regarding the
decision. many claiming that Charlie
FytOn. the referee. could have given
the decision to KIbane and have been
within his rights From the account
round by round, it seems that kllbane
had the best Of the exchanges, what
few there were. and that he was the
agressor throughout the battle. 1t was
a case OF the champion trying 10 land
a sleep producer and the other fellow
acting on the defensive a great deal
Of the time.
Dundee did some mighty clever foot
work and made Klbane miss with his
right crosses many times. but II always
takes two to make a fight and the ag-
sideration for carrying the battle 20
his opponent
If Johnny Knbane cannot show
more punching power than he did
against Dundee he had better nos
monkey too much with the lightweight
class; still, it may be that If the
Cleveland boy was carrying more
weight he might carry also q heavier
punch. But he would need more than
cleverness alone to wallOp with such
boys as Ad WOlEast, Willie Richie,
Leach Cross. Pal Brown and Joe Man
dot The chances are that Kilbane viii
remain a featherweight a while longer
and that he viii be re-matched with
Dundee for another 20 round battle.
Seldom base two 100 Founders fought
harder than Dillon and MOha battled
before the South Side A u in Nil
Waukee- The sQuatty MOha was not
Up to his usual form, but perhaps this
was due in a measure to the fact thai
Dillon fought him in a different style
from most Of the boys who have met
him lately. Instead Of allowing MOha
TO take the lead Jack became the ag-
gressOr most Of the time and beat the
chunky man to it Jack showed Won
derful Improvement over his work Of a
year ago and if there is any one who
has a right to battle for the middle
weight title that man is Dillon His
work was clean-cut all through the
contest and he worked lightning fast
at times. His left jabs were well
timed and he put lots Of steam into
them, while his right crosses and
swings were wicked ones and hurt
every time they landed
When I saw Jack fight McGOOrty he
appeared slow compared with his work
against Mona and his hitting was not
SO clean. but now he seems TO have dis
covered the correct knack of delivering
2 blow and making 1t count the most
His strong asset was long range work, Z
but at times he mixed with the husky /
ffH hold p at su-are --HrE -
something 1t was not thought posi- Die. Z
Mona received a severe setback in I
the bout, for he was looked upon as j
one OF the strongest Of the 158 pound I
contenders for the title. Dillon. how /
ever, must not be overlooked after his 4
showing and to make his claim to the 4
title he has matched up with Frank /
Klaus, the Pittsburg claimant. at In
the big auto classic in that city. The
route viii be 10 rounds and if Jack I
can put up the battle he did against t
Mona he is liable to put an awful crimp \
into the aspirations of Klaus and his
Pittsburg admirers
Gilbert Gallant is young French
American lightweight whom I tipped /
a year ago as lad worthy Of notice /
IN the 135 pound class and he gained /
considerable attention when he gave /
Battling Nelson a severe beating at .
Boston IN II rounds Gallant is not D
0l4g d LAENEE EU4Lus DuL ne mas a good
wauop in either hand and he is not /
afraid to take a chance with any man I
in his class. He is only q yOungster
but has been showing splendidly the
past six months and his new manager
Alex Mclean. thinks he will be fight
ing among the stars on the division |
before long Bat Nelson insists upon
meeting these tough youngsters. but
be is getting the money. However, for !
Bats sake we hope he will soon give
up the game and retire, and read /
lows"
With the Gunboat Smith Jess VIII
lard bout on the coast approaching. /
the other heavies are getting busy 50 Z
rs to be in line for the winner of the {
big match George ROdeI, the Beer
champion. came TO the front again bv !
leaung Sailor Fritz, the latter losing !
1n a foul when he was all in. and Jim I
JOffey, the big Irish heavyweight who I
put Whitley Allen to sleep in one round.