New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-05
BRISK BIDDING /
FOR WILLIAMS. !
KILBANE BOUT
Harris Holds Out for HI,
Pound of Flesh and
Ringside Weight.
CHAMPION NOT EAGEp
TO COME TO TERMS
Dundee Watches the Newspaper
Men Play Pool. and Makes
Some Comments.

kid" Williams, the bantamgsigh,
champion, has fought his first battle In
the featherweight class, and slthouos
me critics found much 70 carp sbou,
Johnny Kilbane has not rushed into
any matches with him. Jack McGylg.n
manager Of the National A. C., ars
Jack Hanlon, Of the Olympia A. A. Of
Philadelphia, are bidding again. each
other for the contest, and the latter
ha offered a purse Of $4,000, which !,
$500 more than Michigan declared MIN.
self willing 10 give. With such a glit.
tering pile OF gold 10 be earned 70,
eighteen minutes work. there 10 litt.
doubt that the managers OF the chan.
pions will come 20 an agreement.
Sam Harris. manager Of Williams +,
holding out for his pound Of flesh with
all the tenacity Of a Shylock. He in.
sists that kilbane weigh in at 10
pounds ringside, while the feather.
weight champion haughtily demand,
that the contest be al l22 pounds, weigh
in at 6 o'clock in the evening. That wa,
when negotiations first began. A few
days ago he declared that he would
box at l22 pounds two hours before III,
contest Harris laughed him 70 soon
when this proposal was made. Sam II.
sisted that IL Kilbane could weigh |,
at s o'clock he could weigh in At ring.
side as we'll.
The stand Of Harris is supported y
the boxing critics. Surely difference
Of two hours al that time OF day would
matter little. Kilbane could not risk
eating meal, nor could he hope 10
take on any weight or recover any
strength lost By an arduous siege o.
training. On the other hand, there are
many who believe that Harris IL look.
ing for the best Of il in trying to make
Kilbane make a weight fhich may per.
hans weaken him. Williams showed in
his match with Wallace the other nigh,
that he can hold his own with the best
in the ring. He looked better than he
has in a long time, and boxed better
TOO. He needs little schooling in plac-
ing his punches, but that is about his
only weakness.
Johnny Dundee is now on hi, way 70
New Orleans. He left this city imns-
diatelv after his match with Tomm.
O'Keefe at the Federal A. c. last night
was declared off. He spent YESTERDAY
afternoon playing pool in Jack DoYei
billiard parlors, on 42d ST. johnny
watched the newspaper men who are
playing in that widely hsral ded tourns-
msnt, and then declared with emphasis:
"Some of those guys play pool the Esy
they write boxing.
Johnny is quite a pool plsyer.hirseN
and after he had cleared the table one
Of his friends said to him: "Johhny,
YOU don't seem nervous for fellev
who is going TO box tonight Why
should T." he ans<ered. DO you Z i
nervous in the morning when yoa's
going to work! =
II. Connolly Pollok c'Bsltimore
Nose"O has matched Freddie Welsh to
box six rounds with Jimmy Anderson
of indianapolis, at Grand Rapids, Mich
on February Is. Pollok said YESTERDAY
that when il came 70 being the hrj'
man in Rome Nero had nothing on
Johnny Griffiths. the Akron fighte'
"Grifiths is not only the first man 10
Akron" he continued, but the Only
fighter in the world in Ohio. he Is n''
tie pals with the Mayor, the Governor
of the state shakes hands with MN
every time they meet, and in order 70
get a draw you have to knock him OUT
Welsh walloped him in the last ny'
rounds of that bout, but only one paper
gave US a draw"
Word was received from Los ANGIE,
last night that Willie Ritchie nsd
signed articles Of agreement Tor hl'
match with Freddie Welsh at Madison
Square Garden on March II. Ritenle
agrees TO make 135 pounds.
Joe Parker and Paul Edwards VIII
cross gloves in the main bout OF zen
rounds at the Long Acre A. A: to,nishl,
while at the Vanderbilt A; {. "lts,u a
Joe" Cans will box with Tommy as'
loney