Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-25
KILBANE TO BOX
WILLIAMS HERE
FOR $4,000 PURSB
Champions Will Meet !,
National Club Tbi,a
Week in February, |,
Statement of J. McCu;osD

The proposed Johnny Ieilbapo. ~, II.
,sine nna bout, which has been hs.., W.
,,ae hne ior tne last few weeks, has aenslns ens,,s
S,,,a setlIeo' according to Jact ,'sy ~
tuigan, or the National A Nc
city. The featherweigbt ana =, this
weight champions will boy a. bantam
and Catharine streets club nrohae llth
dourth wednesday night in Febrnsv.y tle
. Ath, If reports be true sVf"aFy the
SlNty-hVe hundred dollars-ths
purse guaranteed for a slx-ro,..s ~ isest
IN Philadelphia since 191O-is h w ~ oout
evenly between Kilbane and tp,n ~ splk
Ihe hghters' respective managar, ,'',,n.asna.
Dunn and Sammy Harris, have nrsa,,nl,eay s,,sIney
agreed to the terms offered 10 ssoaaly ss's4.ly
maker McGuigan. The date maten-
VIII not be decided definitely unt,I ,I',sH, ~
early part of February The mar ,.n, .ns
Weigh IN at 122 pounds, ringside. "'i
The National Clubs promo,.r II.
closed return match between Cbsmr,sv
miiDane M ana EDDIE Morgan, the EnrIIsh
tltle-holder, to be staged Febr,,ss,s,' ~ y
Manager Dunn and Jimmy inbrss.1a =
manager of Morgan, signed articlaS ~
tho night directly after Saturday n,st,..
encounter. nsht
Philadelhla Jack oBrien pulled ao,. .,
biggest purse for six-round bout haro IN ~ , tne
JACK Johnson In 1900. He received so06e ~
ms end while the negro champion rot sstm% %
In 1903 Terrible Teddy McGoverr 70, Sse6S 6Siyv ~
ms oout WITH Battling Nelson, and the ls,,s. ~
I,,iag reSelIed $4,000 The other big purses wss
ketehell s and Sam Lansford, each saaIos ast,Ies
nlSiil KId Williams next fight will be with Eas.
to weigh in al 22 u i viii s. WIIIIlScy Ths scy
biesora athse,npt he,p 10, 10 work his way among ~
Of battling Featherweight Champion Rtibannsa m,na
sammy sammy Harris has an offer from Tommy
pion siSrnS who b5or1ery s Sow worlds
Win FRANKIE Burns Harris 'n 3 'Ss SSusid,lESsI SESI
liams at Kenosha, Wis, against II FfanhI. mh.
Conley. Tho boys will weigh in al lis poans. Snss
in the world up to i22 pounds. Jehnnvy nvy r,, Soy
will be met by Williams at Milwaukee aiiss
the Kenosha fight |
The international featherweight battIs ~.
tween Johnny Kilbane and Eddie Morgan 4.
the National A. c.. in which the American
tiest and most scientific bouts witnessed m Nj,
city for many moons.
Although there was no doubt as to the cisys.
lana champions 's superiority, little Ncradt cas
be taken away from the Briton. He aid soma
thing that no other boxer displayed In combat
with Klbane here. That was to keep ths
champion on his toes throughout the bout Ana
make him box instead of standing flat-footes
waiting for an opportunity to cross his hay.
maker.
With the exception of the first round which
was even, Kilbane had a shade the better al
the boxing in the succeeding sessions, He
crossed his terrific right-hand punch on Nor
gan's jaw four times during the contest, bm
none of the blows even rocked the English.
man. Eddie was, willing boxer. At Gloss
quarters though he tried to tie up his oppo-
nsnt incessantly. and 1t was in the han
ciinches that Kllbane scored most OF hIs
points.
Not one punch landed by Leo Vincent in his
bout with Cap Wilson Travelled more than four
Inches. The blows were directed with beautiful
precision and they had sufficient sting behind
them to beat the New Yorker In two rounds.
The biggest surprise. pugillstically, that has
occurred here for some time happened Ia the
opening bout when Gus Lewis brother Of
Harry was knocked out in the second round
by Joe Fischer. little sailor lad.
Although Frankie McMnnus, OF Boston. was
dropped for the count OF nine In the fifth
round OF his encounter with Jack McCloskey,
the formers advantage In the other periods
earned him a victory. McManus possesses lot
of artifce in defensive ighting.