The sun., 1919-09-14
CHAMPIONS TO BOX
IN JERSEY RINGS
Kilbane Will Risk Title in
Bout With frankie Burns
on Tuesday.
LEONARD ALSO TO FIGHT
Will Have Dundee as an OPP
ponent in Newark on
Wednesday.
LEONARD ALSO TO FIGHT
nv CROSS COUNTER.

Two champion boxers and three box
ara of championship calibre who hold no
tt,es will entertain the boxing epthusi-
,sts Of New York and New Jersey next
ruesday and Wednesday nights in rings
nltched on the soil OF the Skeeter State.
The first event next Tuesday night
will be staged in the International
tsagre Baseball Park in Jersey City
and will bring together in the chief bout
yohnnv Kilbane, featherweight cham
MON Of America, and Frankie Burns of
Jersey City.
The second event on the succeeding
night will bring into the ring of the
sportsmen's Club. Newark. Benny Leon
ard and Johnny Dundee.
BURNS once knocked out the present
holder of the bantam title, and was in
yincible during his career as a bantam.
Ne met every bantam champion In
America, one English champion digger
stanley and every bantam Of class
during a period Of ten years, and while
he failed to capture title he lost de-
oisons by only a shade. Having grown
ont Of the bantam class Burns Is now
about to try for the featherweight
crown, and his friends believe he has
an excellent chance to take the honors
from the Clevelander. Although Burns
now is 80 years of age. his perform
ances in recent bouts prove that he has
suffered no loss of vigor or combative-
ness and has gained in marked de-
gree in hitting power and ring craft.
Kilbane and Burns met in ten round
decsionless contest in 1912 and the
featherweight champion won handily on
points. Burns and his friends believe
r.. will daU mi oh
reverse the verdict with considerable
emphasis
The fact that Kilbane recently had
much trouble with Joe Fox. an English
featherweight of negligible ability. is
pointed to by Burnss admirers as proof
that the Forest City champion has lost
form in the past six years.
Knockout Essential.
In order to acquire the featherweight
title Burns will be compelled to score a
knockout. which may be dIfiicult OPP
Grafton. True, Benny Leonard achieved
that result in the third round. but
Leonard hits bit harder than Burns.
or for that matter than anybody in the
lightweight class.
II Burns could bring Kilhane Down for
the full count, there Is reason to believe
that the State would designate Septem-
Der IL as a holiday for the future.
There will appear on tho same pro-
gramme, and preliminary to the CHIEF
event, Joe Lynch of the West Side of
New York, bantam of international
fame and the leading rival o. Pee Her
man, present title holder of the class.
l.: nch will be opposed by PATSY John
son, an able bantam of Trenton, and
while the New Yorker dc nbtless viii be
returned a winner Johnson. on mis- rec
ord, should make it interesting for his
opponent
An important figure IN tho heavy
weight division will also be seen during
the night. This is Al ROBBERS the
Staten Islander with "a rip hammer
punch, who has sent sixteen opponents
ont of eighteen to the canvas Tor the
full count. Roberts's last victi.r Tas
tie redoubtable Sailor Fritts. who a
sf0rt time ago was himself buslly en-
gagged in scoring knockouts Roberts will
Rave Ed Kinley. a rugged heavy. as his
opponent, and the bout should be pro-
ductive Of exciting incidcntA
Roberts Only 20 Years Old.
Roberts is but 20 years old. is as fine
specimen OF physical development as
Jack Dempsey. and may II properly
handled get into the ring with the cham
pion at some future day.
In addition to the exceptionally good
matches above referred to, Johnny Buff
and Micky Russell, Jersey City's best
oantams, will tussle for supremacy, and
Johnny Shugrue. brother of Joe
shugrue, once a formidable candidate
Tor lightweight honors will be seen In
bout with Tom Bradley.
Dave Driscoll. who arranged the
bouts, has invited as the guest of honor
senator Edwards. leading candidate for
the Gubernatorial nomination. and fire.
works, band concert and vaudeville
VIII precede the boxing. The gates of
me park will be thrown open at 6
PM
Leonard VS.. Dundee.
After the devotees Of roped square
contests have digested the Jersey City
pugl!lstic menu they can on the following
evening turn their attention to the spec
acular events in the First Regiment
Armory in Newark, where Impresario
David Mackay will introduce Benjamin
Lelner, the worlds lightweight champion,
III an eight round combat with Joseph
Sarrora. Both of these gladlators are
New Workers. To their admirers they are
known as Benny Leonard and Johnny
dundee and in each OF their six pre-
Nous meetings in the ring the stand
ing room only placards have been in
evidence.
The reason for this is that Leonard
ana Dundee in all their engagements
nave fought each other with fury that
caused the excited onlookers TO jump
on the chairs and otherwise exhibit their
interest in the controversy.
rms meeting will be the seventh
between these noted boxers and each
declares it will be the last. The reason
Ior me declaration is that Leonard and
dundee each express confidence that the
contest viii terminate by knockout.
naturally Leonard does not concede that
dundee will score the knockout, and
vice versa.
Leonard. according to his manager.
nn,y Gibson, will weigh 1876 pounds,
Nllch is the weight at which the cham
Poh won the title from Freddie Welsh,
ana therefore II Dundee wins by knock
vu' me Italians claim TO the title will
DC perfect, provided he does not exceed
ule weight at which the title holder
enters the ring
GRIP" KING RETURNS.
MoRGANTowN, w. Va, Sept. l3.-The
return Of RIP" King, West virginia's