The Detroit times., 1914-12-07
Old Feather Champ Makes De-
but at Akron. Meeting
Joe Mandot
NEITHER SCRAPPER Is =.
CONCEDED THE VICTORY
Fight May Have Important
Bearing on the Next Cham
pionship
BY HAROLD v. WILCOX.

There is something big doing IN
the boxing world tonight. johnny
Kilbane will debut from the feather
10 the lightweight division, and the
opponent who will grace the coming
out party is none other than Joe Man
dot, one of the toughest little speed
boys now drawing down big coin. the
scrap will take place at Akron, ana
Is scheduled for IL rounds.
The fight would be OF national IN
terest for no other reason than that
Kilbane and Mandot were In the
same ring.
But with Mandot matched for a
long distance encounter with Cham
pion Freddy Welsh In few weeks,
tonights bout is likely TO play an inn
portant part in the naming OF new
\ champion IL Kilbane should take the
( measure OF the New Orleans boy, he
/ will probably get an early chance at
Welsh, and might even beat Mandot
! To II after all. And there is con
I viction slowly gaining ground in these
parts that Welsh's la,Idable endeavor
to rake in all the mazuma he can In
a hurry by fighting EN- all is weak.
ening the Englishman, and that the
! FIRST lightweight OF class who can get
I 10 him in a marathon scrap, will get
the crown and a quick fortune. II Is
I even limited that Welsh realizes that
/ ne is slipping, and that he is fighting
so often because he wants TO climb
toward the plutocrat class as far as
( possible before the inevitable stamps
him as a "has-been."
Rflt mora ahOut fnniUht'S runp hing
fest. lot of scornful things have
been said by the friends of each
fighter about the chances OF the other,
but among neutral fighting folk, the
pre-gong dope has it that both Kill
bane and Mandot have cracking
good chance TO win. Ed Smith, the
scribe who is to be the third man in
the ring, says he is of that opinion.
and he is a good guesser. Whichever
way the tide of victory flows, the
Akron bout tonight will surely be
one of the memorable ring events OF
\ the winter
Kilbane is planning a busy season
in the lightweight division. Four
days after he meets Mandot, Johnny
will go to Toledo to take en- frankie
4 Daley. who may meet Patsy Drouil.
lard late in the month After an
other four-day rest, the debutante
will fight six rounds in Philadelphia,
probably with Pat Bradley.
Walter Johnson has no easy time
ahead OF him. Hired as a circus at
traction, IL will be up to him 10 win
every game he pitches. That is an
unreasonable expectation, but IL will
10 Ga II 10 yHvfn
pitch as he has never pitched before.
The least failure TO live up to his ad.
vance notices will start a panning
that will seriously impair his value
at the box office, and the least slump
there will be heard from as soon as
his present two-year contract is COM
pleted. Then he will have to take
what Is offered him providing the
outlaws will be in condition then 10
cffer anything at all, for the gates 10
organized ball will be shut and bar
ricaded. Walter should have many
more years of stellar pitching ahead
OF him, and they should be years OF
golden income. But TO realize on
them, he must twirl the horsehide
pellet as man has never hurled be.
fore. He probably realizes IL, and the
But he may make good II he does.
he will have gone far in making" the
Federal league. II he doesn't. the
leap to the Gilmore organization will
break him. It's big stakes these out.
laws are showing into the Jackpot.
q The European war has probably
broken one OF the longest unbroken
a. ~ m Of al
tory or sport. Since 1854, Cambridge
and Oxford has met each year in dual
regattas, but the call 10 arms has
been answered by so many oar tug
gers that 1t Is now considered very
improbable that the 1915 crew duel
VIII be held. The great English uni.
verslties nave rowed 20 regattas, 90
or them In unbroken sequence Cam.
bridge has won 80. oxford 80. and
one, that OF 1877. resulted in a dead
heat. II is reported that all racing
has been banned until after the war
ht both Cambridge and Oxford.
Golfers Weekly has Joined the dew
otees OF the national holiday indoor
sport and gone to picking all.star
teams. This week an all-western team
will be the Offering. with AIaulbetsch.
OF Michigan. OF course, as the stellar
selection. OF Mauly il Il said.
Maulbetsch is one of the great
eat line plungers the game has
shown In years lie has not yet
reached his top form as a defen-
f siye back, where he still has some.
thing TO learn, but any weakness
here Is more than Offset by his
ability To rip almost any line TO
sh-eos. Not even the fine Har-
ward line could hold him back
from consistent gains as he pune.
tured the Crimson forwards on
t play after play. Maulbetsch runs
trife too low, as he is often un-
t able TO keep his feet after whirl.
ing through the first line OF de.