Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-16

,,,s or nights-hence new lsn'
TEE ~, champion may be crowned me
Na.,nn II It is to occur VIII TAKE piaCe .,'.s
coron,s. park, on Lehigh avenue WIN WIN wv
~ champions as principal cn"i "a Wounds
real onS Iobnny Kilbane at 1873 pounus
meetlng Oard will put his much-cherished
Benn,tSSsiTht jewel in JEOPARDY ,,sr,o,ous
nghtWeo,s verdict will be as conspicuous
AreIeI,,o.ers want rain, yet the Ohloan
ue second title to his collectloH
can suu onIv way Jawn Patrick hlioahe' OF
BuI I"rd wy can assume the great hono[ ol
observation-disclosures chatlplon VI. ,u'S
~ y 10 thump young MI Leoi'"'u INV
nate Of coma ,yt,hora 70 anchor Leon
Tue .Sa canvas for at least ten seconds
arc W ,h the short end Of at least lo-to-l
rs W.. the same goes vice versa, ana II 5
pAnS het any way you look at H. lhey
goou ~ the most prominent knockem-
are W. V,ore the public and also scientih-
ous Sr,II,ant; nevertheless, the man VINO
ealy ey,,.s Knockout and II it finishes so
pIsuiSS ~ nut up as a logical prophet for the
s.sh OF the great war
sOeaking of Wages ,
'r - oondescending to jab, hook jolt and
us IV otber for the brief period of 1S
ul aonard and Kilbane each Will
mL iu. down a greater compensation than
sss, ~ the President of the United states
un.nortionately. Nine dollars and twenty
pOiS cents will roll into the boxers cof-
~ az each second rolls by. Delving into
.Ss @ we discovered that his Honorable's
,ss nN6 ner annum brings him only .OO2-
,.o mIlls--for the same time. 1t may be
w wrong. but figures don't lie.
ror thousand dollars each will be the
..,.sss handed over to Kilbane and Leonard
..,,IIs's baron, and here's proof Of the
so,ld's greatest money.accumulating job:
six rounds (1S minutes 100000
On. round g minutes). 1,667.O0
m, minute ute........ $4,000
oDs second. O.27
with prices ranging from only 81 to S..
can be seen, with little reasoning, that
tremendous crowd will have to be in at
,.rdance at Shibe Park so that the pro-
,,oters can regain more than their health
when the contest is jotted down in his
,ory, The $4,000 purse seems like a
thuous sum TO pay the titleholders. yet
with the popularity of Leonard and Kill
hsne here and several other cities to draw
rom. Il is freely predicted by those on
NE inside" that $4,000 will breeze through
/, the turnstiles
Praise Here for Both
There are no two greater drawing attrac-
uons in Philadelphia than the respective
ttleholders Each usually has worked be-
fore capacity audiences here in all previous
cOmpetition Nothing but praise is had
tor Leonard and Kilbane in this city. They
are always at their best when they enter
Philadelphia ring
Many fans from out of town can be de-
psuded on TO visit the Athletics battle
Eared grounds of many championships to
vtness the Leonard-Kilbane set-to. New
York will send it's quota that may be as
rat as the Philadelphia contingent, and
towns from up the state, Ohio, in fact, al
most every city in the East and Middle
,Kad will have at least one representative
present
Both Leonard and Kilbane have been
indicated boxers for years. Victory on
the 18th means much to each, and he will
b primed for the greatest battle of his
career TO keep Dame Defeat way. While
Leonard has nothing to gain, only victory
over the wonderful featherweight, kilbane
has the opportunity TO become the most
sensational gladiator of the decade.
This will not be Kilbanes first attemp
10 wrest the lightweight laurels from III
rossessor. Before Leonard knocked tn
bunting from the bean of Freddy Welsh
Klly distributed a fine and emphatic trim
ming to the Briton, but the bout went tn
Init and n. D. went down on record. Thu
Welsh retained the title, only for less thar
month. when Leonard stopped him il
nine rounds.
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