The Sentinel=record., 1916-02-09
KILBANE-CREELEY ID
 MEET HERE NEXT WEEK
INTERESTING EVENTS IN WORLD OF SPORT DIRECT ATTENTION
 TO THIS CITY.

This famous resort wil be the scene
 of a ten round boJt Wednesday.
 February l6. that Twill be of inter.
 est to boxing fans all over the country, for Johnny Kilbane. feather weight champion, will leave that dear Geveland' to mix matters with Johnny Cree,ey. the Cincinnati lad
 who had been torpedoing the old the ory that they never come back This will be the third time that Cree Fey and Kibane have been matched They boxed once before 10 a draw Tommy Dunn. manager for kilbane,
 had been negotiating with Eddie l Barnslack, manager of the-Vapor Citg Heather champ to come to the Sp1 were closed by wire this week KA- 'bane and Dunn Mil be the guests of | AL A. Reynolds propri tor of the | Como hotel. Mir. Reynolds is a | former athlete and there is neve- a | nil, in this city that he doesn't have a rngside seat. The Cleveland lad and hs manager are looked for to-
 morrow, as Kilbane desires to take
 a few Cf the famous baths before
 stepping into the arena with Greeley
 The Cincinnati lad is busy training in
 a local gym, and Kilbane wifi
 either go to the Fordyce, where Gun
 boat" Smith worked out, or to the Maurice gym. Roth places are pro-
 Nided with every facility a boxer
 needs.
 | Greeley is enthusiastic over the op- portunity to meet the champion. He 1 has been fighting in the best form of
 his career of late, as was proven when
 he recently made George K.rkwocd,
 a tough proposition from St. Louis, hustle in ten rounds. Greeley en.e ed
 the ring with odds against him but
 fought kirl1wood a red hot draw
 "They tel me Kilhane has leaned to tango" commented Greeley.
 well, one thing is certain, when he i meets me he will be made to realize
 he is there to box and not 70 danes.
 and am go ng to make h m exert him | self when we meet 1 real ze | hay | an opportunity to prove 10 every one that am in the best shape of m <,
 career and ] certainly VII De trying
 every minute Of the time I am in .he ring"
 Waiting for Willard.
 l If Tom Jones wtll kindly send a wire to the Business Mems League
 know just when he viii bring Jess | Willarf,to this city. as per arrange
 ments closed with Jones to have t-e
 champion dQ hs training in Hot
 Springs he Sfl relieve a strain sha local and visiting sporting elemenS l has been under for the pgst week. 1 From Chicago has cCme the news th2t Willard and Jones botd stated ue' | would come here for al least .h,ee weeks work, and the Leagge is an- Xious to learn when they will arrive,
 for the reason that. provided 1t :- ag,eeltie to W liard and h.s manag T, this city would like to receive them in
 the manner befitting the champion. i Jack Manier, manager of the For | dyce, has put into the gymnasium | everything that w Hard will need and
 there is a suite of rooms awaiting he | and Jcnes at the Eastman Out in | Wilmington park the theatre i all
 ready for Willard to step into in the | event he desires to give exh bitions
 there. The local stage is set and if
 the champion win make his entrance l ;he radioactive spotlight in operation here wll he turned on. There was a report current last week that Willard 1 mad arrived. Runner had it that he
 had made a quiet entry into the East
 man, requested his identity be kept
 a secret and was giving a good imta-
 on of the Monks of Th'bet where se- 1 clusion IS concerned. Newspaper
 men took half day proving the ru- nor was false.
 Dillon Due Next Week.
 Jack Dillon has written friends in | this city be will be here Sunday, Feb. 20. Jack is so busy, however, topp-
 ling over the big boys that it is prob
 able his arrival may be postponed a
 few days The locai club would lfke ] to get Dillon here while Willard is in the city and match one of the cham | pions sparring partners for ten | round session tn the Auditorium. D1- | lon stated in his letter that he would
 take few baths and requested that