Evening journal., 1914-10-01
KIbBANE, johnson
Hold Their Titles
Only Ring Game Men Who
Come Through With
COlOrS Flying
SOME LOSERS
OF THE YEAR

Johnny kilbane needs sympathy. Hes
a champion with the nobody to fight.
He's a regular Robinson Crusoe In the
prize ring and he might as well be on
faraway island as king Of the feather
weight division.
It's all because they are not growing
any more good l22 and l24-pounders.
There isn't a thing at the weight--re-
gardless of the long-winded howls Of
managers with touted phenOms-that
can give the Cleveland marvel a battle.
Johnny can make the toughest kid in
the class look foolish in ten rounds II
he doesn't get over the dream wallOp.
he usually gets over that wallop, how
ever.
Now somebody wants Johnny to pick
on poor old Abe Attell, from whom he
won the championship. Abe was a
whale for the thirteen years he held the
title but only a couple of years ago he
luit in the midst of a fight with a com
paratiye tyro in st. Louis, walked over
the ropes, held up his gloves and an
nounced:
Gentlemen, l guess I'm through"
Since then Abe has been no stranger
TO the high spots. It is agreed that
Kilbane should finish him in five rounds.
But who is Kilbane to fight2
Last year Johnny was on the verge
Of plunging into the lightweight class.
While he is without a class he is by
no means without class. He undoubt-
sdly could clean up pretty near all Of
The lightweights, but what could he do
with the half dozen at the top remains
to be seen.
Thee Iur~e fb, oh
class is a wreck, wise managers are let
ting their youngsters build up and try
the smaller lightweights. There are
enough l2s-pounders in the business to
create now class. In reality, the boys
in this section are the legitimate light
weights. Business is good at this
weight, and the youngsters well within
The l33-limit are doing most Of the
lighting.
To get back to Kilbane, it is to be
lcplored that there is no good test for
him in his class. Johnny is one of the
few legitimate champions, and the only
one, with the exception of Jack John
son, who has held his title through 1914,
the disastrous year for ring crowns.
This brings up another point Take
all of the championships all over the
NWAAN NNAN nave NAsliiNN0 AtuIAN nnNAh-
this year and quite an imposing array
is had.
The biggest blow, OF course was when
Willie Ritchie dropped his title to Fred
lie Welsh. Next in line comes Johnny
Coulon, who took and lost the bantam
honors.
Bombardier Wells lost the heavy
weight championship of Europe to
Georges Carpenter
Arthur Pelkv lost the white heavy
weight championship of the world t.
Gunboat Smith who in turn lost on a
foul to Carpenter.
Dave Smith lost the heavyweight
light heavy and middleweight titles OF
Australia to Ed McGoorty.
Mats Wells lost the welterweight
tile Of England to Harry Stone.
Hughie Mehegan lost Australia
lightweight crown to Freddie Welsh.
Jack Harrison lost the middleweight
title of England.
Digger Stanley lost the bantamweight
honors of England to Benyon, who was
whipped by Hughes. Charles Ledoux
the Erenchman took it away from
Hughes.
Thus it will be seen that Johnny Kill
hane and Jack johnson are the only
champions of year ago who are left
And the season isn't over yet