Evening journal., 1914-12-29
MANY RING titles
IN new Hands NOW
Johnson and KiIbane the
Only Fighters Who
Retained HOnOrS
M'COY OUTCLASSED
BY HIS RIVALS

memories OF the iistic fans. OF the
many champions of the ring only two
Jack johnson and Johnny Kilbane--
weathercd the storm. These two men,
the respective title holders of the heavy
weight and featherweight world cham
pionship, managed TO retain their
honors
Willie Ritchio, George Chip, Johnny
Coulon and Gunboat Smith, men VINO
were regarded. when the year opened,
ns practically invincible in their classes,
lost their crowns.
johnson retained his title easily be
cause he picked out two soft marks
battling Jim johnson and Frank Mo
ran-as his opponents. He refused TO
fight Sam Langford Joe jeanette, Gun
boat smith. Georges Carpemtier and
jess willard AS neither Battling
Jim nor Frank Moran was able TO force
johnson to show his best skill or
was strong enough TO hurt him with
punch. the champion had little or
no trouble in retaining his title. on
Battling Jim the title holder broke
his arm But this did not prevent
the champion from meeting Moran In
Paris. June 27. Johnson refused 30
consider Moran seriously as an op-
ponent and easily outpointed him IN
slow bout OF twenty rounds.
Johnny Kilbane proved champion
in all that the term implies He met
all the men who challenged him and
was a busy fighter all season. He
won all of his bouts and scored sew
oral knockouts. That he was not
afraid of his opponents in his division
and that he had supreme confidence
in his boxing ability was made evi-
dent when he stepped out of his class
TO fight Joe Mandot, a lightweight.
Although Mandot is one of the best
bovs in the lightweight division, Kill
bane held him to a draw.
The bout that caused the biggest
sensation in the pugilistic world was
the loss of the lightweight worlds
championship by Willie Ritchie 10
Freddy Welsh OF England. Ritchie
had held this crown since Nov. Is,
1912. when he obtained 1t from Ad
Wolrast on foul i'm the sixteenth
round of their bout Welsh and Rit-
chic met on July 7. 1914, in London
for the title and while neither scored
lcnoclxdowns and both men were
fighting fast at the finish, the re-
forces decision was in favor oi
Welsh
Another American who made the
trip across the ocean to meet ms
Waterloo was Gunboat Smith, VINO
had won the white hope heavyweight
championship of the world by knock
ing ont Arthur Pelky in the fifteenth
ronnd of a scheduled twenty-round
bout on Jan. in San Francisco. The
Gunner lost his title to Georges Car
pontier. who had previously knocked
ont Bombardier Wells, the English
hoavyweight champion on two occa'
sions Because of the triumph over
the Englishman Carpenter was call.
cd the European champion. as he hac
the year before won the French ttle
The Frenchman. while on his knees
in his bout with Smith, was INT
foul blow. and that punch cost Smitf
his white hope championship since
his return to America Smith mas
proved a "nivver" Tor he was knocked
ont bv Sam Langford in short orde
IN bout in Boston and only rccenll.
vas outpointed by Battling Leviusk!
and linn Coffey. The Gunner showed
tbai nc was not "all in" by knocknl
ont Tom McCarty in four rounds las
Wednesday night
II will be seen by this that tw'
foreigners have annexed titles iron
mericane-something that had no
previously happened to the rim
fladiatra of this country in man
wears. Freddy Welsh. although n
won many bouts in America since h
.nnexod the title. ran into a snag u
the form of Young JUe Saugrue
Jersey City and was outpo.nted IN
bout held at Madison Square Garde
=. November.
Johnny Coulon as dcthroned afts
holding the bautarsWeignt title 10
manv years by Kid Williams Of Ba
timore Williams knocked out Gov
lon in the third round at Vernon
cal on June 9. Williams had bee
chasing Coulorr for the title for se'
cral wears. Previous TO his knocl
ont victory Williams had met an
,n,tnoinfed CoulOn in a bout in Mad
SON Souare Garden. At that peric
avilliams was new at the game bl
= he showed his calihre by Deatli
conlon Williams is real chan
nson-the best fighter in his divisiS
since the days of Terrible Terry Nj
Govern. He can box well and ca
bit a welterweight His wallop
his hig asset He is best over
twentv-round route. Unless he D
comes very heavy he should hold =
bantamweight championship I
many year. barring an accident
IS by long odds the best champi
we nave in America today.
One of the greatest sensations
the season was the knockout victo
that gave AL Mccoy, an obscure hgl
or Of Brooklyn. the middleweif
title. He met George Chip. the
coenized title holder. at the BroadW
snortlnc Club OF Brooklyn on Al
and in one minute and forty St
onds of fighting knocked Chip ,
conscious for nearly ten minui
chin had previously knocked
Frank Klaus. who had stopped &c
pes Carpenter in France. Previ'
ia This Klaus had won the title fr
Buly Papke Chip. before be
knocked out by Mccoy. was cons
cred the greatest middleweight sil
stanley Ketchel. although not
clever as Ketchel McCoy's vict
was purely a "huke." Since he v
Tho title lie was whipped twice