The Connecticut labor news., 1921-09-16
KILBANE TO DEFEND TITLE AGAINST DAN
 BRUSH TOMORROW
Difference in Ages 10 Years but Sports Expect Great
 Battle.

Once again a pugilistic championship is to be fought for and again it is the ancient story of age versus youth.
 Danny Frush, of Baltimore, IS the youth. Johnny Kilbane, of Cleveland the featherweight champion, the veteran The former is g, the latter 32-a diff ference of 10 years. And what a diff ference a few short years make III the prize ring! Jeffries found out the ex- tent of the difference; so did Johnson Willard, Cans, Nelson, Attell, and two score or more of pugilistic nOtabes.
 Frush and kilbane come together 1T a 12-rOund to a decision at Dunn Field Cleveland. tomorrow. Frush will make 20 pounds ringside, or four pounds above the limit at which kilbane took the crown from Abe Attell in 1912.
 In the opinion of sportdom, kllbane has been retrograded for two years or more And yet, no one has decisively beaten him except Benny Leonard, the lightweight champion who knocked him out i'll three rounds at Philadelphia four years ago. The critics said Benny Val gar outpointed him last year in Newark and Young Andy Clancy and Frankie Brown were also given credit for out hitting the champion. Nevertheless, the margin i'll each case was so close that there was some question about it.
 The one fact that stands out IS that kilbane, old as he IS and B IS old age in the ring) has not been considered old by other fighters in his own division Whether this has been due to the psy- chological advantage of title possession or to superior smartneSs or to having sufficient physical power to enable him to carry along satisfactorily is a ques- tion which will probably be decided wher he faces Frush.
 Many fans are of the opinion that Kilbane is still holding his champion ship because he has "buffa1oed' his op- ponents into believing he still possesses stamina which has departed with the years. Artie Root, 1t is claimed, coulc have beaten him when he boxed him last summer, had he not had too much re. spect for Kilbane. Only a month ago Freddie Jacks, the Englishnan whom Frush badly defeated, had the champion groggy in one round, but feared to risk going in and finishing him when Johnny threatened to drive his right at him. IT no fight except that with .Alvie Miller al pion shown the stuff that made him ( ring star. He nearly murdered Miller but of course, the Lorain boy was hard ly match for him in any way.
 In Frush. Kilbane will meet a tall rangy lad with two good hands and { good head, as we'll as enough speed tc enable him to move fast both offensively and defensively. He has gone through the featherweight division and beater such boys as Andy Clancy, Kid Julian Artie Root, Johnny Pape Freddie Jacks Artie O'Leary, Joe Leonard, Tommy Noble, Eddie Wallace and Texas Kid The only ones he hasn't met are Charley Beecher and Sammy Sieger Frush whip. ped Freddie Jacks by much large maf- gin than did kilbane. He knocked out Root twice and trimmed up Jacks to : queens taste. He, therefore, is probably more entitled to a bout with the cham pion than any other featherweight
 kilbane anticipates making short work of Frush. He is extremely confident o1 winning, but then, other champions be- fore him have been just as confident anc have been dethroned. Those 10 years may make a terrific difference after the first few rounds especially if Frus1 makes hurry-up fight of it and tries to rough the titleholder in the close range brushes, as he undoubtedly will kilbane Is much the better boxer of the two but the question Is can he keep III the pace for F fast rounds?