El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-01

TO have my views once more now that
the match has been cl1ucneQ- EacAeE
is probably the most sclentlIlc POKER
fu the ring today BrlttOn IS mOdeleu
somewhat on the Mcfarland plans Dll
comparing the men on their New YORK
exhibitions he hardly looks the equa1
in skill OF his rival Chlcasoain' , JLcA
showed in a recent bout with YOUNG
Ahearn that his round arm SLy4e OF
hitting leaves him open at tunes Loi
fast left lead and II Ahearn.S leIt an
moved Britton, Mcfarland viii be sure
TO take advantage of every OPPORTUNITY
10 sting him with that member WINE
expect Packey TO lead on points
thrO1IghOut the contest ] hardly iO0h
for the bout to terminate before t4e
limit although considerable III 1eeIlnS
exists and there is no telllnS Mndt
may happen in a grudge battle How
ever. 1 doubt If the mill VIII develop
into a slaughter, and look for the boys
TO regale the sports with high form
OF Queensbury entertainment
Local critics are at last forced to
admit Kilbane is real champion
Johnny's display of form Wnen ne
stoned Geo. Kirkwood, the hard hitting
St Louis featheTWeight. so impressed
the experts that they are now reaoy 20
concede him a chance Wnen ne po4ss
Johnny Dundee in Los Angeles next
month
To NV way of thinking Kilbane's
victory over kirkWOod does not stamp
him as worthy holder Of the 1eatneeI-
weight title Not that il lowers MIN
any in my estimation as a great boxer,
but because KirkWood had demon
strated in recent contests that ne was
on the down grade Only Few Weehs
ago he boxed Teddy Hubbs, a young
ster from Pittsburg, and was given
thorough trOuncing for 10 ROUNDS 30
I fail to see where the champion salhea
much prestige by stopping him IN SIX
Kibane's performances in this city
-aaaFa
more impressive than his showing with
Kirkwood, or I am no Judge Sun u
was his failure 10 stop those laos th1t
started the local critics on ms tran
Dundee and O'Keefe are both clever
boys that is as compared to klrkWood
whose chief claim to fame has been
his ability to put over a knochoAt
punch every now and again As a
boxer KirkWoOd does not amount 10
a champion has his work cut out to
please everybody. The trouble is too
much is invariably expected OF aim
KiIbane came here fresh from his VIC
tory over the great Abe Autell, ana
when he failed TO annlnllaIe ms 9p-
ponents he was branded as a IalSe
alarm. If any other featherWe nj
succeeded in outpointing Dundee as
clearly as Kubane managed the loo,
he would be boosted as a coming
champion" for the little italian IS hisn-
Iy regarded here
am a great admirer Of Kilbane hoth
as a boxer and as q member of So
cietyF Isconsider him every bit as cleV-
er boxer as Attell ever dared to be,
and Abe could 90 some. we all know
I think he is a harder hitter than the
average featherWeight, and while hard
" the equal of Terry McGOvern or
Young COrbett in that respect, his rec
ord suggests that he can WELD a
mighty punch when occasion demands.
HIS clean knockout of Joe Rivers lends
weight to this line Of argument. How
ever like the majority Of Skillful box
ers KiIbane is satisfied to demonstrate
superiority by outpointing his rivals
# the French sports have. made
Biuy Papke a I TO . favorite over
Frank Klaus for their battle next
wednesday, as Al Lippe writes, am
at a loss to understand their method
of handicapping fighters On his re-
cent form in this country Papke would
not be that hot q choice over a good
husky lightweight. Still the French
men may not be the boobs We imagine
Such odds suggest that there is some
thing doing"
Luther AIcCarty is a trifIe tardy in
his announcement that he wants TO
box Bombardier Wells. Only a couple
of weeks ago manager Gibson, Of the
Garden, offered him a guarantee OF
$4,000 to meet Wells and he refused