The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-23
K|LbANE WILL CAST HIS
LOT WITH WEIGHTS
To Box One More Battle rs Feath-
erweight-122 PouUdS-Ecforc
Going Up.
MEETS DUNDEE NENr MONTH
Hard Training Necessary To Put Him
Into Condition---Icnnnctt and
Johnson Have Severed Partnership
Relations.

Johnny kilhane. fca thcrweight cham =
pion. VIII engage I'm one more contest
At his favoritc noundagc--l22 pounds
rinEsldc-aud ;hcn VIII cast his lot
In the next division. that OF light
weight, kiibanc is not spending any
sleepless nights worrying over the out =
come of his bout with johnny Dundee
ueNt month, Toy he viii enter the 1888 :
pound class rcgyrdlcss how the Dun
dee clash terminates.
kilhano has bcop N"-Sine on a leap
into thu lightHc ght heap for several
months. but Dundee naCgcd so per
sistently for RETURN match wiki this
peer OF 10 Founders that "A. obliGiu"
Clovelander asserted
The only reason i\ilbaue - willing
10 take DUudce on once more AZ a
weight that hotA VIII have difficulty
in attaining is to eradicate the only
le mounted thc ieathgrweiEhi throne.
liilbanc has been cminentIy success
ia! in| all his bouts as champion; eN-
C.ptiuG tho one with Dundee which the
referee called draw 9; the end OF
twenty rounds.
Ii is to wipe ont this olc;-for XII
featherwe!eh; champion will go
through q course az hard training to be
IN perfect condition 10 prove his mas
terry over Dundee.
The pseudo Scotchman will expo
rience even more difficulty in pacing
down 10 L. pounds ringsidc. the slip
has been lighting lightwci,:his for over
wear. ana has permitted tn" weight
70 accumulate. Eut he never moved
the beam ~ over % pounds. Kilhan.
has been disregardinG the feather
weight limit in his recent bouts. being
content 10 fgh; n cotchweights. He
had seriously intended to drift into the
lirhtwee 5ht class. as he had set his
mind on never inE in tht feather
weight division again. Despite his
laNitX in training FOR recent contests.
kilbanc could tip the beam NJ no more
While Willie 8itchic was worlds
cd challenged Ritchc to combat for
the l33-pound Title. 1t WAS kiihan"'s
aim TO hold the championship IN TWO
divisions at the Same time. Bui he was
denied this chance when kitchic un-
Willingly permitted Welsh to lure him
into match mat cost him the premier
Howevcr. Kiihanc is not discouraged
over the TURN Of affairs. ne figures
that ne will yet induce Freddie Welsh
to fight him at the lightweiighi limit,
and Johnny firmly believes that Welsh
will prove an easier proposition than
Ri,tcchie would have been ,,o,.,, :, .o
Of the worlds Ercutcst boxers. hut no
also is In possession of the fact that
new lightweight, boss cannot deliver
one third so forceful blow "a can
should Kilbane hook up with Welsh
tiou as ever was stared. for lIilbane
is to- day regarded as the ClCVcrcSt man
in the American ring.
one thing W" can rcSt assured of.
Tiiis VIII not hc the last meeting be-
tween Kilbanc and Dundee. for if Dun
dee loses he Will trail i\ilbanc into the
lightweight preserves. ana nEht him
Mt that weight. Should i quirk OF fate
make Dundee the fcath crwoicht cham
piom next mouth. Nilhauc viii surely
abandon his iShtweipht aspirations
and demand n return mntcN WjtA Mon
t.ith's juWpiug Jack.
rae FIRM OF Joe jcaunette :ul Bat
Ting Him johnson has hccn dissolved.
The two black mUStadonS fought Tor
The siccuth time at the stadium Club
here tho other night. ANA the bout was
so tisf3CtorN that q majority of
the spectators left before the ninth
round started.
Up To- their most recent encounter.
the two colored plad.atovS hai put up
som" fairly ntcrcstin- battles But
they got TO know each other too Well.
and they simply refused tc make mat
tiers si22lc IN the last bout one could.
but didn't dare, the other would. hut
couldn't Jcanucitc war1gcd TO show
time they fought. 50 finally Batting
jim gave IT up as bad Job. The cor
porauon OF Battling Jim Johnson and
sam Langford is now i'm the hold
Before tho iorrit spell mylts away.
Wc VIII prohn bly, hear oC another match
between Willie Ettch.c tho American
White, who conquered the coas; lad
when Richie WAS the worlds cham
NioE White has established 70 clear
claim TO the American title.