Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-28
Match Bet,veen Southpa,U
and Feather Champion
Dependent Upon Result
OF Wind-up at Phirs Park
TO HAVE 5 REFEREES
BY JAMES s. CAROLAN

BY JAMES s. CAROLAN
Johnny KILBANE and joey Fox
= clash at the Phils' ball yard tonight.
This fact has been known f more than
a month.
Johnny Kilbane and Lew Tender will
meet in this city before the end os the
open-air season. This is news, and
came from an authentic source last
night.
But for this match to be certainty
kilbane must knock out or defeat de-
cisevly the English fcathcrweight c....l-
pion in tn: scheduled six round frey
tonight.
The imrortant Nug'c :, tho whn', af-
fair is that Kilnanr-Tnudlr" cron2n-
mcnt. This fight has h?rn in the making
all season. Promoters tried to clinCh it
for one of their June open air cards,
but all efforts to bring the two brilliant
battlers together failed
Kilbane in Form
Kilbane is in form again. If he was
not, there would be no chance of him
meeting Lew Tender. Jimmy Dunn, the
brainy manager who discovered and
pilOted Kilbane to a championship, will
not be caught mapping again. He ad-
mits that he vas nailed off guard once.
but he learned his lesson and there will
be no repetition Of that blunder.
If Kilbanc was not in shape, he would
not be allowed to 60 into the ring, even
against Joey Fox. But Dunn and Kill
bane are 10Th certain that Tender will
be met before the end Of the season and
that Fox hasn't chance to fatten the
wheels that now are turning out this
match with Tender.
When there is big fight ahead Kill
bane trains religiously for the battle.
He has worked industriously for this
match. Yesterday he boxed three fast
rounds at Philadelphia Jack O'Brien's
gymnasium. played some handball and
completed his work with a half mile
run. He scaled 1241a.
Fox Also Works.
One of the most industrious fighters
in the game is little joey Fox. He has
system and allows nothing to inter-
rupt. He never stops working from the
time he gets into his ring logs until it
is time to turn on the shower.
Even yesterday he was discovered
working just as hard as the first day
he started to prepare. He boxed FIVE
rounds. shadow boxed, skipped the rope,
worked on the pulleys and ran. He wGs
down to 124 and looked ready for a
hard grapple.
But all condition means nothing If an
unprotected chin strays in front of a
Kilbane punch. Johnny is one of the
best sharpshooters in the game. 1t will
be we'll for Joey to remember this. Fox
was present the night Kilbane fiattened
Mealy with one punch. joey cannot
forget the sight nor the power behind
a Kilbane wallop.
Dougherty VS.. Mooney
Trouble has been brewing between
Promoter James F. Dougherty and
Johnny Mooney over the moving pic
lures. Promoter Dougherty plans to
have moving pictures Of tonight's show,
the first ever taken at an open air show
at night.
When Manager Mooney learned of
this he insisted upon having something
to say. Mooney wants a percentage of
the receipts. Promoter Dougherty said
tnty NtIc hOI DVihS uiuuS ioi Baih
that he was running the show and would
have the movies taken without question
from either of the principals or there
would be no fight.
Kilbane Favorite
This is one battle in which the cham
pion is going in the favorite. Bobby
Reynolds is one of the few qualified to
speak who has come out and favored
Fox. But, despite this, Kilbane is a
2-to-1 favorite to win on points. In
many places they are wagering 1 to 3
that Johnny wins by knockout within
five rounds.
Five bouts will precede the Kilbane-
Fox fray. Here is the schedule:
First bout, o'clock, Al Bell VS..
Johnny McAvoy. Referee, Lew Bailey.
Second bout. s 80 o'clock. Willie
Harmon VS.. Whitley Fitzgerald. Ref
cree, Lew Bailey.
Third bout, o'clock, Max William
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