New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-06
May Be SCRAMBLE
IN BOXING world
Two Divisions Likely fl
Lose Champions bv
Their Withdrawal.
KLBANEANDWTLLIAYS
WOULD MOVE UP PEG
Shugrue Offered Many Good
Matches as Result of Bout
with Welsh.

Two divisions in the boxins w,,
are more than likely TO he wi,S...
champions in he near futpro ;s. ~
present title holders follow ,beis we
nounced intention and fcbt in ~ Al.
heavier class. Johnny Kilbane. featssr.
weight champion Of the world NJ.
thrown his hat into the ring Of ne
llehtwelghts, and will face Joe NanSo,
the New Orleans boxer, in a twsI".r,
round battle at Akron, Ohio FAM.
row kid" Williams, of Baltimore ~.
bantamweight title holder, who Is va
garded as one of the greatest 6gh,s~,
since McGovern ruled the ranks ~ ,es
little men. is credited with deela,ins
that he will leave the ban,amwsish,
class and contend for honors as a
featherweight
Should these stars attempt 10 riss
over another planet. merry scramble
will ensue. Dozens Of self-styled cham
pions will spring up over night, as wa,
the case when Stanley Ketchen. ma
late middlewelght champion, Tell be-
fore the bullet of an assassin. II nav
require a series Of elimination bouts
which may last over a year or mere
and with new uspirants constantly
cropping up, before recognized cham.
pions in the classes will be found
A fair line upon the degree OF sue.
cess which kilbane will achieve in the
ranks Of the lightweights can be
reached when he meets Mandot The
latter is one Of the best Of the second
flight Of 1873 pound men. He is clever.
fast as streak. and can hit with con.
vincing force. lie is a rugged fighter.
moreover, quite as much at home at
close quarters as at long range, and
has met the best men in his class. in
GLIDING 40 Wolgast, Joe Rivers aad
many others.
Kilbane is clever and fairly strong.
On occasion he has shown signs OF
hitting ability, but only on occasion.
When he won the featherweight elm
ination tournament, previous 10 his
match with Abe Attell, he stopped Joe
Rivers in eleven rounds, but the Mex
lean. then a lightweight in reality, was
so drawn from making weight that he
was in no condition to make a win
ming fight. II will require more than
science to carry Kilbane up among the
bigger men. He will have 10 develop
a wallop. Il is likely that the addi-
tional poundage will increase his
strength and with II his hitting power.
II that be so, then Welsh may have to
look to his championship laurels.
Dealing in actuslities, however, one
comes to the conclusion that some
mighty stormy seas will be sailed by
Kilbane before he ever becomes cham
pion Of his new class.
In "Kid" Williams the boxing en-
thusiasts have more faith. lie IS only
a voungster in the ring game and
nothing more than a boy in years. he
entered the ring at the age OF seven.
teen and has been boxing four years.
He has developed wonderfully 10 the
last eighteen months and taken On
weight TO an extent that makes II more
than difficult for him to make 10
nounds. IL is feared that these sieges
of training may have the same enect
upon him that they had on Joe Cans,
the greatest lightweight OF them slL
In the opinion Of one who mas
watched the boxers Of the last sevefsl
wears carefully. Williams could sep
out and hold his own in the feather
weight division. He is a little he''
cules. tremendously broad Of shoulder
for a bow of his height and deep 81
chest. He can box and he can hit
Rarely does he break ground, and men
onlv for strategic reasons. 1t woud
seem that the faster and harder ne
punches fly the better he relishe. !.
Il NAV be said that he IS ano,hH
Terry McGovern, with all the Ter
ror,sb speed and aggressiveness ana
far greater knowledge Of selentihe DOL
ing.
Sam McVea, the negro fghter' VIZ
has been abroad for seven years, w
make his Temperance in a rlns
.bis country on Thursday night. ns
will face battling" Jim Johnson g..
ronderous coal HEAVIER from the mss'
Side. at the Fairmont A. c, Billy w.
SON still contends that McEea !.
meet Jack johnson, and that II D ~.
fling" Jim wins Sam will lose ns
chance. That sounds all nice ana gOTu,
but the skeptic might inquire Just va!
McVea would be foolish enough 70 ms my,
such a rough person as Jim yonn.'.
and thereby run the risk oil ios'ns
match with Jack.
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