The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-06
MIKE GIBBONS MAY BECOME
 STAR AMONG HEAVYlNEICHTS
Jim Corbett Pays Tribute to Joe WOlcotts Ability
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and he may not But at that while Johnson on the records figures to win, there are many things to be taken into consideration when trying to dope this battle. and it will not sur prise me at all if Willard wears his man down before the forty-five rounds are over.
 Although the press agent for Phil ade1phia club has announced that Johnny -Kilbane, feather weight, and Kid Williams bantam-weight cham pion, have been matched at 122 ring side for February 24,,- there are one or two small details that will have to be settled to the satisfaction of Kill bane before it is a sure thing.
 k1lbane, it appears, after practical ly agreeing, to make 122 ringside for Williams, now wants his share of, the guarantee raised to $5,0O0, which is l a pretty stiff amount for six rounds particularly when Williams is also to get something like $3,5OO and the expenses of the show have to be paid. And in the Quaker City the fans want a big show for a little money. That means the promoter will have to stage at least half a dozen other six round affairs the same night, and at prices ranging from half g. dollar up, which is the popular rate for Phi1ly fans, a lot of people will have to pay at the gate to make the match profitable
 However, it is thought a compro- mise may be arrived at and the match "a corking one anyway one looks at lit-staged. And if Kid Williams has any of that Terry McGovern stuff they talk so much about in him he will have every chance to prove it against Kilbane. He will find Ki1bane not only the cleverest boxer but the most l ski1lfuL al1-around boy he has ever faced in his career. As for the weight the probability is, provided Ki1bane agrees to 122 ringside, that it will not be over a matter of two pounds difference at the most, and if Johnny finds it a, difficult matter, as some critics assert, to make the limit what advantage there is will all be in Williams favor. The Kids last ap- pearance in New York as bantam announced that he weighed 116 pounds. But to everyone at the ring side he looked more like a feather than bantan-weight.
 1 The impression prevails among To- l cal experts that Williams muscular development-he is a miniature Her cules in appearance-has cost him much of his hitting power. For ten l rounds he knocked the veteran John ny Daly about the ring, but at no time was the latter even close to g. knock down. Which would indicate that the
 
 force. Terry McGovern did not have to hit a man often to floor him. Once or twice suf1iced for the-~ssterrible one" and generally the first wa11op turned the trick. Williams resem- bles the old-time Terry in aggressive ness, but in recent battles his punch has been the weakest sort of iEnita- ton of the wallop that made McGov- ern famous.
 Kilbane. ought to win on points at six rounds. He is too skil1ful for the Ba1timorean, and while the lat ter may be every bit as fast he will find Johnny's defense the greatest he ever bumped into. Unless Williams makes a. good showing in this short affair there will be small chance of promoters bidding for a long bout be- tween the two champions. However, Ki1bane, if he is as foxy as his critics make him out, might draw a. close fin fsh if he satisfies himself that he is the bantam's master-With the hope o1 getting a bigger purse for a twenty round match later on.
 Those who have seen Freddy Welsh in recent matches must admit that the lightweight champion is far from at his best. In the recent bout with Willie Beecher at Madison Square Garden he looked anything bu a champion. In fact, had Beeche1 been in condition at all he might have reversed the verdict. For two or lthree rounds Welsh fought anna teurish a. battle as I have ever seer and Beecher, who by the way is fa1 from being a world-beater, was do1ne nearly all the work up to the time that his lack of condition forced him to slow up. In the latter part of the milling poor Becher was so tired tha' he couldn't do himself justice.
 Welsh. is not entitled to praise fol outpofnting Beecher Possibly it i; a fortunate thing for the champion that Charley White was taken i'll or the eve of their contest. Freddy cer' tafnly appears to be ripe" for a beat