Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
KILBANE SHOWS HITTING POWER
IN TRAINING BOUT; KNOCKS DOWN
JIMMY DUNN WITH SINGLE PUNCH
Champions Sparring Partner Fails to Get Glove
Up to Face in Time and Hits the Floor-Huge
Crowd Witnesses Daily Workout
Bv ROBERT W. maxwell

"TF THERE is knockout in the Kilbane'
Leonard bout here next Wednesday
night I'll make a bet right now that Johnny
will not be on the receiving end said
Bobby Gunniss the peerless matchmaker
as he watched the featherweght champion
60 through his daily workout in the Op.ry
House in Leipervile yesterday. Bobby
was a close observer all afternoon and
based his judgment on his ability to size up
a boxer while training in a gymnasium
This fellow Kilbane is the hardest hit
ter | have ever seem" continued Bobby,
and II he ever shoots that right across to
Leonards Jaw Benny will lose all interest
IN the proceedings and take short sleep
right in front Of the mob which will at
tend the show at Shihe Park / now know
why Johnny is featherweight champion and
the likely possessor of the lightweight title.
He has the wallop, and knows how to use
it. Id hate to be Leonard next Wednesday
night"
Audience Is Surprised
Klbane gave wonderful exhibition OF
punching Yesterday and surprised the huge
audience that found its way into Jimmy
Dougherty's favorite village, He scored
clean knockdown over Jimmy Dunn, his
manager and chief sparrng partner, and
almost ended the days work then and
there.
Johnny was boxing with Downes and did
not work fast enough to suit Dunn.
Hey, quit that stalling :" he yelled. DO
some work and loaf after you get through.
Get up some speed and stop acting like a
truck horse"
I'm doing this" Kilbane flashed back.
III you think I am stallng just put on the
gloves yourself and find out"
Dunn Is Knocked Down
Jimmy jumped into the arena and put
on the gloves He rushed Silbane, but was
met with a stiff left jab which sent his
head back He rushed again and this time
landed a hard right on Johnny's head. This
seemed to nfuriate the little champion and
he tore into his heavier foe like tiger
! pouncing upon its prey. In miX-up Kill
oane shot his right TO the jaw and Dunn
| dropped as II shot. He was up in an in
| stant but cut out the mauling tactics. He
had enough for one day.
Johnny and Jimmy pull that little trick
| quite often. The object is for Dunn to
| catch the punch with his glove and do II
| so quickly that the audience can't see IT,
| Then when he fails, there is shout OF
| amazement and every one begins counting
| him out. Perhaps this was the stunt yes
| terday, but there was only one thing wrong
with It. Jimmy didn't get his glove w
in time and received the full impact OF
the blow on his unprotected jaw.
Used 14-Ounce Glove
He went to the mat because he couldn't
help It and the remarkable part of it al
was that Kilbane wore 14-ounce sparrins
! gloves. If he can inflict damage on q
clever 16O-pound boxer with those pillows
| on his mitts, what will he do to a 1873
pounnder when regulation gloves are used
Answer II yourself.
Kilbane is training in a camp which re
minds one Of the stories Of the olden day.
| in the West The training quarters are II
the huge frame Op'ry House building ant
all of the work is done the board foo
in the middle of the room on each side ar
chairs TO accommodate a couple Of hundrei
spectators and in one corner is the platform
for the punching bag. In another corne
| is a piano, but that is allowed to have
vacation. One can't play very we'll will
boxing gloves.
Spent Busy Day
Johnny was kept busy yesterday. Firs
he sent his wife and little daughter to At
lantic City and then posed for more pho
tographs After that, he took a ride in tn,
old hose cart owned by the Leipervillt
| Fire Company, while a dozen prominen
citizens pulled It through the street-ther,
being but one thoroughfare. This hose car