Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-23
IN FEATHERWETGHT GLASS
Another Fight and Then Kilbane
Gets Into Heavier Company.
SEEKS ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP
Has an Eye ON welsh and VIII Take
Him on 60 settle Rtght 60
LIghtweight HOnors.
Nv RINGSIDn.

Ivy RINGSlDE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Johnny KilbRne,
featherweight champion. will engage in
one moro contest at his favoritc pound
age-l22 pounds ringside-and then will
cast his lot In the next division, that OF
lightweight Kilbane is not spending any
sleepless nights worrying over the out
come of his bout with Johnny Dundee
next MONTH for he will enter the 1881
pound class regardless how the Dundee
clash terminates.
Kilbane has been verging on leap into
the lightweight heap for several months,
but Dundee nagged so perslstently for
return match with the peer OF 122-poun-
ders that the obliging Clevelander as
scented.
The only reason Kilbane is willing 20
lNtake Dundee on once more at weight
that both viii have difficulty in attain
ing ia to eradicate the only questionable
bout he has put up since he mounted the
| feathArweight throne Kllbane has been
/ eminently successful In all his bouts as
champion. excepting the one with Dun
dee, which the referee called draw at
the end OF twenty rounds.
1t Is to wipe out this blot--for Kilbane
looks upon 1t as suoh--that the feather
weight champion will go through course
OF hard training to be in perfect condition
| e. prove his mastery over Dundee,
A. To the weights.
The pseudo Scotchman will experience
even moro difficulty In pacing down TO
122 pounds ringslde, the stipulated weight
for the match Dundee has been fighting
lightweighta for over n year and has
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he never moved the beam at over 129
pounds. Kilbane has been disregarding
tho featherweight limit in his recent
bouts, being content to fight at catch
weights. He had seriously intended to
drift into the lightweight class, as he
had set his mind ON never fighting in the
featherweight division again. Despite his
laxity in training for recent contests,
Kilbane could tip the beam at no more
than III pounds
While Willie Ritchie was worlds light
weight champion. Kilbane repeatedly
challenged Richie to combat for the l3S-
pound title. II was Kllbane's aim to
hold the championship in two divisions
at the same time. But he was denied this
chance when Richie unwlttingly per-
mltted Welsh to lure him into a match
, that cost him the premier honors.
However Kilbane is not discouraged
over the turn of affairs He figures that
he will yet induce Freddie Welsh 70 fight
him at the lightweight limit, and Johnny
firmly believes that Welsh will prove an
easier proposition than Richie would
have been.
Welsh Some Boxer.
Kilbane is aware that Welsh Is one
OF the worlds greatest boxers. but he also
Is In possession of the fact that Welsh
cannot ut hard. In fact the new light
weight boss cannot deliver one-thIrd 30
forceful a blow as can Richie.
Should Kllbane book up with Welsh in
will be as pretty a boxing exhibition as
ever was staged for Kilbane is today re-
garded as the cleverest man in the Ameri-
can ring.
One thing we can rest assured Of This
will not be the last meeting between Kill
bane and Dundee, for II Dundee loses he
Will trail Kilbane into the lightweight
preserves and fight him at that weight
Should q quirk OF fate make Dundee the
feStherweight champion next month Kill
bane will surely abandon his lightweight
aspirations and demand a return match
with Monteiths jumping Jack.
The firm of Joe Jeanette and Battling
Jim Johnson has been dissolved. The two
black mastadons fought for the 'steenth
time at the Stadium club here the other
b night, and the bout was so unsatisfactory
that a majority OF the spectators left be-
fore the ninth round started
Up to their most recent encounter, the
two colored gladiators had put up some
fairly interesting battles. But they got
TO know each other too well. and they
simply refused TO make matters sizzle
in the last bout one could. but didn't
dare; the other would but couldn't.
jeanette managed 10 show just a little
more generslship each time they fought.
70 finally Battling Jim gave II up as a
bad job. The corporation OF Battling Jim
Johnson and Sam Langford is now in the
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