Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-18
JOHNNY k|LBANE:
RETA|NS TITLE;
DEFEATS FRUSH
Featherweight Champion
Knocks Out Baltimore
Fighter in the Seventh
Round at Cleveland Arena
(By The Associated Press.)

Ringside, Cleveland, Sept. IL
Johnny Kilbane, 80 years old and
gray haired successfully defended
his title of featherweight cham
pion of the world here today when
he knocked out Danny Frush of
Baltimore in the seventh round of
their scheduled twelve round fight
before $4,000 people here this af-
ternoon.
The fight nearly ended in riot
in the first round when" Kilbane
kicked Frush In the groin in retail
iation for a kick which Frush
gave him. Frush's handlers
claimed a foul, but Referee Kelly
refused to allow it. Frush writhed
in agony on the floor and the ref
ee ordered his handlers to take
him to his corner. After ten Sec
onds rest the fight was resumed
and Frush was the aggressor,
staggering Kilbane with a solid
smash to the chin in the second
round, the only really effective
blow he landed.
Kilbane, after boxing cautiously
in the first two rounds, opened up
in the third and was master OF the
situation until the finish. He
floored Frush in the third round
with a right and left to the chin
and drove him to the ropes re-
peatedly but failed to put over the
knockout punch. In the sixth Kill
bane floored the challenger for
the second time and the bell saved
him from knock out.
AS the dazed and fast fading
Frush came up for the seventh
Kilbane tore into him, knocking
him flat with rights and lefts to
the head. Frush took count of
nine and when he staggered to his
feet went down again. He hung
Imply on the rope when he came
up and the champion showered
him with rights and let's to the
head. Frush slid to the floor, his
arms and legs outstretched and
the referee counted him out.
In the semi-wind up, Jack Wolfe
of Cleveland, bantamweight,
knocked out Jack O'Leary of
Bridgeport, Conn, in the second
round of scheduled ten round
bout.
The semi-wind up was staged In
a downpour of rain. Big drops be-
gan splash into the arena during
the first round of the Kilbane-
Frush match and the crowd yelled
for Kilbane to finish his opponent.
The spectators, although
drenched, remained in their seats.
The fight by rounds:
Round One-They rushed into a
clinch at the bell. Both missed
rights to the head, Kilbane was
boxing cautiously. Frush dug a
left into Kilbanes face. Kilbane
landed a right to Frush's jaw and
received a left to the stomach in
return as they clinched. Big drops
Of rain began to splash into the
arena before the round ended. Kill
bane landed three hard rights to
the Jaw. Frush went to the floor
after a close exchange in which
the claim was made that Kilbane
had kicked him while in the
clinch. The referee did not start
to. count and after short time
both fighters went to their corners.
The referee announced that the
fight would go on. Frush writhed
in agony while on the floor but his
claim of foul was disallowed.
The fight was resumed.
Round. Two-Frush took the
fight to Kilbane. landing lefts and
rights to the head. Frush planted
a hard right to the body and lefts
and rights to the head without a
return. Kilbane missed left TO
the Jaw and took a right to the