The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-15
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land another effective blow. The l other night he didn't start one that | looked hard enough to do any real damage.
 The men divided about 1000 be- tween them. This will keep Jean nette's motor in gasoline, and John | son in "eats" for Q. few weeks more, | when they will likely get together again. That is if Billy Gibson will stand for another affair like the last one.
 By the middle of next month the boxing game will be in full swing throughout this country unless we are pulled into the European war mix some way. Tom McCarey has book ed a star attraction at his Vernon arena for Labor Day in twenty round bout between Johnny Ki1bane, eather-weight champion, and John ny Dundee, the fast New Y ork com bination of feather and lightweight. The weight is not stated in the dis patches announcing the bout, but I should say 126 pounds ringside would suit both lads better than 122. the supposed feather-weight limit.
 Kilbane and Dundee have met twice before A ten round no-decision match in this city and twenty-round bout under Tom McCarey's auspices. The latter was called a draw-and, of course, both men kicked at the injus- tice done them. If KiIbane is in good condition when he boxes Dundee I fancy he will outpoint the New York CT, as Dundee has not been doing as we'll as expected in recent contests. For while the little Italian was coming along fast but he seems to have reached the limit of his ability and I doubt if Kflbane has ever yet shown us just how good he really it. Kilbane's style gives one the impress sion that he always carries sone-1 thing in reserve and conversation with the champion strengthens that inpressio on- Kilbane is a brainy lit- tie chap and believes in coserving his strength and stamina to the utmost As a rule, like Packey Mcfarland he is satisfied to outpoint his man, method of getting the laurels and the money as any other way.
 Mike Gibbons. who has been rest ing'' all summer, will, it Is announc-
 ed, return to the game shortly: Mike ositions to start with-just to show the folks he is still there.
 Gibbons has the skill and the punch
 that makes champions But there is considerable doubt about his cour- age. Certainly. he lodges the best he Fought a real classy man all last
 winter, I do. not recall the gentle
 mans name
 I guess we will have to look else
 where for the next piddle-weight
 champion. Mike either lacks the am
 bition or the courage to ever cop
 the title
 l The European war has certainly
 killed the boxing game the other.
 side of the Atlantic. Those of our l fighters who are in England and
 France are probably not now thinking of how much money they thought
 they would make, but instead how
 are they going to get back home to
 the land of the free, etc.
 Georges Carpenter has already 1 joined the French army, s0Ne are ad-
 vised Georges, without, doubting l his patri iotisrn and all that, probably had no choice in the matter. That's
 a little way those European coun- l tries haVe-of not leaving such mat l ters to the discretion of their cfti- | gems.
 It is an i'll wind that blows no good, and while war is no joke as General | Sherman sonce remarked, English and 1 French sports are to be congrat atuIat- l ed on their narrow escape from Carl I Morris and other more or less classy heavy-weights who were packing
 their keisters for a European trip when the trouble broke out. 1 One thing. looks reasonably certain, the worlds lightweight champion
 ship will remain in England for quite a while There is small chance of
 Welsh's visiting this country for some time, and it is a cinch no Americans are going to visit the old country in search of trouble at this stage of the I proceedings.
 F. However,, things may. clear up soon
 CT than we expect. That old war game is a pretty costly proposition
 to the interested parties and in these l days the money cuts more ice than
 anything else. Nothing will bring the
 war lords to their senses quicker than a depIeted sfrong hoy