New Britain herald., 1914-08-15

cause of the dull and uninteresting contest, but the probability is that the men didn't try very hard. Jean nette and Johnson find it almost inn possible to secure matches. The box ing commission will not allow whites and blacks to meet, so conditions force fellows like Jeannette to save an opponent for possible future use. They have to live just the same as the white boxers. and while not con- doning the offense, if there be one, it must be admitted that the rule in vogue here in New York state is kind of hard on the colored fighters. For several years the only match Jean nette could get in this neighborhood was with Langford. They put up sev- eral corking battles, but their last effort was a joke. That killed them for the time being, and the only fel- low Jea annette has been able to draw ncke! with lately is big Jim John son.
 Knocked Out Joe.
 In the meeting of the men previous to last weeks match Johnson knocked Jeannette out clean with punch in the pit of the stomach. However, as the referee claimed not to have seen the blow and as there was a dispute as to whether it was a foul or not, it was decided to have them fight it out After Jeannette had rested for about ten minutes the bout was resumed and went the limit. But all through that battle Johnson was fighting his head off in the effort to land another effective blow. The other night he didn't start one that looked hard enough to do any real damage.
 The men divided about $1,000 be- tween them. This will keep Jean nette's motor in gasoline, and John son in "eats' for few weeks more. when they will likely get together again. That is if Billy Gibson will stand for another affair like the last one.
 Lightweight Fight.
 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 booked star attraction at his Vernon arena for Labor day in a twenty round bout between Johnny Kilbane, feath- erweight champion, and Johnny Dun- dee, the fast New York combination of feather and lightweight. The weight is not stated in the despatches announcing the bout, but I should say 126 pounds ringside would suit both lads. better than 122, the SUD- posed featherweight limit
 Kilbane and Dundee have met twice hefOre. fem rnI1nd nO.deciSiC,, match in this city and twenty round bout under Tom McCarey's auspices. The latter was called draw--and, of course, both men kicked at the in- justice done them. If Kilbane is in good condition when he boxes Dundee fancy he will outpoint the New Yorker, as Dundee has not been do- ing as well as expected in recent con- tests For a while the little Italian was coming along fast but he seems to have reached the limit of his abil- ity and I doubt if Kilbane has ever yet shown us just how good he really is. Kilbane's style gives one the inn pression that he always carries some- thing in reserve and conversation with the champion strengthens that impression. kilbane is a brainy little chap and believes in conserving his strength and stamina to the utmost As a rule, like Packey Mcfarland, he is satisfied to outpoint his man, which after all is quite as effective method of getting the laurels and the money as any other way.
 Gibbons No Champion.
 Mike Gibbons, who has been rest ing' all summer, will, it is announced. return to the game shortly. Mike has picked out a few hard CD proposi- tions 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 courage. Certainly he dodges the best men in. the middleweight division. If he fought 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 middleweight champion. Mike either lacks the am- bition or the. courage to ever cop the title
 War Has Killed Boxing.
 The European war has certainly Killed the boxing game on the other sloe Of the Atlantic. Those of our nghters who are in England and F francc are probably not now think Ing or no" much money they thought they would make. but instead how are they going to get back home to the land Of the free ctr