The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-24
SPORT SHRAPNEL

Johnny Kilbane, featherweight cham
pion OF the world, wants 1t distinctly
understood that he is King and will be
king until he corfers the title on some-
one or someone knocks, 1t off his heaq.
Also Johnny wants II known he mas
no idea Of handing the title TO any
one.
Furthermore Johnny says once more
that he will do no real fighting IN the
ring until the kaiser Is lying with ms
back on the mat with his eyeballs
rolled back.
Which facts-welI boiled and strained
mean that all this talk about holding
a tournament to pick a new leatner
king Is all bunk.
To those Of US who know ]. kiloane,
this isn't any news.
Now It so happens that one of the
prime i~nstigators Of this idea OF pick
ing a new champ Is Johnny Dunn, man
meeting featherweights In every cline
and dashing their hopes.
That's odd, isn't itf
Dunn discovered Kilbane, trained him
for the title, handled him In the years
after he won the title! The two offered
the same time. They were real pals,
at least up until a few months before
the war, Kilbane vas assigned to
teach boxing at Camp Sherman, Dunn
was assigned to Camp Taylor. JohnnyIs
still helping the cause. Dunn. Is back
in his home town OF Cleveland, O.,
working in the circulation department
And in his of hours he is pulling
wires to place a new featherweight in
the limelight to dim Kilbane's name
to become an alleged featherweisht
champion.
MI atA,v xtn-A Nna NJ tnO ~ RtlhanA
placed implicit confidence in Dunn,
Dunn did the taking and the match
making. Kilbane did the fghting-the
part that brought Dunn his money
Dunn pulled off many queer FRANKS
Many Of them hurt Kilbane. but johnny.
stood by Dunn.
drop all regard for Kilbane in his de-
sire to get a moneymaker-a meal ticket
Some say Dunn and Kilbane disagreed
after Johnny's scrap with Matt Brock
In Cleveland a couple OF years ago. But
the break, II there was one, wasn't ap-
parent then.
Anyhow, az matters stand, Kilbane
will continue to be featherweight champ
in the fans eyes until he loses the
title or gives 1t away. IT.,
And IT'S a good bet that Dunn will
not get far with a new champion" UNI
til the present n lays down his gloves
Dunn's new protege Is Kid Wolfe. He
wants Wolfe to meet Artie Root, also a
Clevelander, for the title.
They're both clever boys, but Roots
the better boy. But it's a cinch Kill
bane could lick either Il Of them
without mussing his hair. But for XII
dered if he met John In a title contest,
The whole wad OF talk by Dunn Is
piffle.
pitchers are In the majority among
major league players who have enlisted
for army or navy service during the
war, or have been called into service
major league has given up at least one
boxman, and some clubs have given up
several. The Brooklyn Nationals gave
five Fingers to Uncle Sam and Pitts
bureh six, while Cleveland and the
Philadelphia Americans each gave four
slab artists.
Among National league mound. men
smith, Pfeifter, Galore, Mitchell, Mil
jus, Reuther, Rixey, Goodwin, Horst
man. Evans. Ponder, Scott, Jones,
Stryker and Hamilton.
In the American league the list OF
pitchers gone 10 war service includes
Fisher, Shawkey, Smalwood, Klepfer,
Lar7beth, Dickinson. Torkelson. Shore,
Pennock. King. Johnson, Seahold,
Mitchell, Ehmke, Scott and Yingling.
A New York scribe says:
The old story that the ownership Of
the Giants soon viii change hands has
been revived. There Ia nothing in IL.
who have been mentioned In
connection with the alleged sale Of the
New York club ridicule the yarn. Last
spring, 1t is said, the majority stock
holders when asked to name their terms
that they would sell a controll- |
ing interest for 81 900 900 in cold cash
OF course this proposition put am end
to negotiations. The present owners,
it Is understood. pre- satisfied to hold
onto their baseball property during the
period of the war, feeling that a revival
Of the national game pext year isn't en-
tirely impossible. Besides, no sane per-
son would invest $l,0s0,o 900 in baseball |
at this time. Pipe dreams are out OF
order.
The United States National Lawn
association has sent a letter 10 |
every club IN the country belonging to
the association, asking It's members TO
do everything in their power to boost
the Liberty loan, The association de-
credit for its patriotic work. II
has contributed anbulances, aided the
Red Cross, assisted the commission on
training camp activities n in many
ways given Its untiring efforts to
the cause
Minnesota is the only state having
oren season for moose this YEA,
'noks Ike Minnesota or the Canada
w,Ids for the moose boys
r. r. Nemeyer, OF Pasadena, Cat. re- |
cent'y landed a tuna weighing 105G |
pounds, after batting with It for All
hour and % minutes.