Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
KILBANE HAS FAILED TO LIVE
UP TO TITLE AS CHAMPION
Has Not Appeared in Featherweight Cham
piionship Bout for More Than Two Years.
CLANCY Now Claims Title.

drawing sums of ) 900 and $1,000 for
soft bouts every few weeks, and over
the ten-round route. Gibbons could
nave cleaned up fortune by going
over to meet Darcy. but Mike is tied
to contract with the st. Paul Club
for three fights and will have to finish
his part Of the agreement before he
leaves. In the meantime, Buck Grouse,
the Pittsburgh middleweight. is on his
way to the antipodes to try to cop
! some of the Darcy money. Buck is
accompanied by Harry Stone. the vel
terweight: Eddie Moy. the lightweight.
and Alex costica. the Rumanian vel
terweieht. Costica is only nineteen
years of age and looks like a most
promising middleWeight as he is fast
passing away from the weller limit.
The battle between Mike Gibbons
and jeff Smith at St. Paul last week
was disappointment to the fans of the
northwest. There was a large crowd
present to witness the contest and
while it was enjoyed from a scientific
standpoint, there were many who were
, SoreIy disappointed because there was
very little action in the way of slug
ging during the entire ten rounds. OF
course, II could not be expected that
two clever men like Gibbons and
smith would get into smuggling
match but there was no reason why
! they should not put plenty of ginger
into II to please the fans
Jimmy 'labby is just as clever as any
49, II, ~ "orfi 'o'iaE' ana "hen he
:, trea, r. y-s.t ~ au ~
cleFernesS and hitting, although little
damage was done during the fight
bette- If Tho ha,,t. i,t &c, ~ w
would have e.rn.d ~ ,.ar1i, 49,, az"
been given '' 'i''
l.
Billy Papke the Illinois ,,,fJdIe
weight, and who held the Champion
ship for "a brief period when he yybin-
ped the late stanley EetcheI onIy =,
lose it again a month and a b.If IT.,
IN 1909 is going to attennt a come
back Billy has not engaged ju :. re.t
Irontest since 1913. but ne thinks ina,
the quiet life he has been leading AT
his home town in kewaue. win on
able him to make a s,,c,,e4sfuI re.
entry. He has matched himself 10 meet
Mike Gibbons at st Paul ApriI Is
and the distance will be the usual ten
rounds over the uo-deriSiou rnu,.
For a man who has h.er nrt of III.
ring so long his judgement ~ diet.n....
NAV b.. bad and Billy viii ro do,,ht
discover this fact rber he h.yins -,
try and Locate the .,i,nar, tIi,.b,al
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never forget 'heiii. ny the way. fapke
holoS the RECORD l"r me limited time
ne hfid my iioIt"ei2ilt CROWN III
was september - iStSr tha' Billy won
/ me hsle from hcichei hN kfochout IN
/ l"eiNe rohil"S a LOS Angeles. lheft was
lot OF interest IN Inc Two men at the
| time ana Netchei succeeded in getting
/ another hlat"h win the kewanee tiger
! Tor November ~, at san Francisco.
! This time ketchel was the winner,
scoring q knockout in eleven rounds
| and winning back the title They met
again July >, 1909, and again ketrhei
| was declared the winner after a battle
| of twenty rounds That was the last
! chance Billy got at the titIe until
| X etc heI met his untimeIy death when
| parke claimed il by right Of urece-
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