Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-21
WELSH-KILBANE GO
AR0USES INTEREST
Fans Are Eager to See King of
Feathers Clash with the
Lightweight Champ.
DARCY FEARS BILL MIsKE
By RINGSIpE.

the fans than the proposed match be
tween Freddie Welsh, champion O
the lightweight division, and Johnn,
Kilbane, who, as king of the feathers
can find no one in his own class t.
oppose him.
= Harry Pollok, Welsh's manager
writes that negotiations for the match
long hanging FIRE because of the
weight question, seem in fair way
OF being concluded. with Toledo, O.
as the scene of the bout. Kilbane has
been demanding that Welsh make l31
! pounds for him, an impossibility il the
: Briton is to be at his best, and the
: compromise now calls for 1856 pounds
Z at 2 o'clock, which would send the
lightweight king into battle around
7 l40 pounds--at least I've pounds more
Z than kilbanc would weigh.
Matt Hinkle OF Cleveland probably
. viii stage the battle. II would 20 to
. Toledo, because Ed McDanial has
made the astonishing offer OF $4,000
J for Welsh's end. Just what Kilbanc's
share will be il the deal goes through
=
J eager to get crack at Welsh that
there probably will be no quibbling on
that score
Welsh apparently is preparing for
the busiest season OF his career. Al
. ready he has signed up for a battle
with Joe Rivers at Grand Rapids,
Mich, and one with Hal Stewart IN
Fort Wayne, both this month This
would make early February the first
available date for the Welsh Kilbane
fight,
King Headed for U. S.
Another fighter has skipped Aus
tralia and may soon be expected to
arrive in America He is Mick King,
cx-champion middlcweight, and, &C
cording to word from Snowy" Baker,
the Australian promoter, he is headed
for these shores by roundabout way.
The ship on which King left home
evidently is tramp. as her schedule
! calls for stops at India, Africa, the
Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Genoa,
Naples, Marseilles and London.
Mike Gibbons and Jack Dillon are
the men with whom King hopes to
hook up when he arrives.
Kayo Is Hopeful.
George Knockout Brown, the de-
mon Greek, still has hopes that he will
get whack at Les Darcy in spite
Of the fact that he was trimmed by
/ Billy Miske.
II is via his bout with George Chip
Tuesday night that Brown expects to
get his chance. II he beats Chip de-
cisively he believes he will be
matched with Darcy Il
Not only do think | can beat
Darcy, but | believe he will dodge
Miskc as long as he can" says Brown.
Darcy tried his best to knock me out II
in Australia. He couldn't do II in two
twenty-round bouts there, so what
can he hope to do in ten-round az
fair here? That is too short contest
TO give him good chance to display
bis wares. While ! was fighting
Miskc in New York the other night
] looked over at Darcy where he was
sitting by the ringsidc and he didn't
look happy. The going was rough
and fast and think he began to rea-
lie Just what he is up against. Ii
"Miske's punches hurt me- more L
than did Darcy's. Darcy comes rush.
ing in with short blows, while Miske |
can hammer you at long range. His
reach ought to bother Darcy il they
meet" Ii
yelling Pulls New One. t
Stories Of how one fighter got the y
goat" Of his opponent before they be- $
gan to mix it arc frequent, but Joe
yelling pulled new one on frankie 8
Whitney when they met at Kenosha
Jecently c
Il As soon as the men got in the ring 2
WHITNEY walked over to Welling's q
corner for the customary handshake Z
and perfunctory exchange OF good {
wishes Then he seized Welling's Z
hands and began examining the tape q
bandages. yelling, apparently dis !,
Interested, was looking out over the =
audience, nodding to friends and smil- 9
ing at their shouts Of encouragement. y y
When Whitney completed his exam =
nation and extended his own hands .
yelling didn't turn. 4
Don't you want to look at my BAN =,
dagcs" asked Whitney, p
What's the user" said yelling, !,
turning away. You'll need all you've !;
got, in them tonight" -
! Whitncy's jaw dropped and he a
sfood as il petrihed for moment. He ii
vas visibly impressed and the result :
ii the 6ght--a knockout Of Whitney A
u the fifth-showed that yelling had .
guessed right
Wolgast Had Trick.
nd Wolgast, in the days when he q I,
was lightweight champion, had habit y
of running over to his opponents r
corner at the end OF round and \,
sitting down. It generally had the y
effect OF irritating tbe,othcr man and 1;
making him less cool when the bell 7,
rang again, which was just what VOL I
CAST wanted.
Eddie McGoorty. twice winner over q
Dave Smith in Australia, and matched
10 meet him third time, made vic
'pry an the new contest assured by
completely unnerving Smith, already m
eyed up to the breaking point. At ca
ne instant when the men were shut be
hing their feet III their corners ready le
or the starting bell and with Smith m
loiscd for leap toward the middle or
y the ring McGoorty yelled out LEI
Wait minute" and called second m
nto the ring TO fix some imaginary sa
lcfect in his belt. ye
Smith. expecting the bell and com. ab
,eiled to wait, collapsed and fell an br
'asy victim in the first round. =
A tavorite trick Of Frank Gotch, the
wrestling champion, also has been
lsed with effect in the prize ring.
,otch had habit OF shaking hands