The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-07
Hitting The WITH G. E. FIRSTBROOk
 Sport Trail

Much talk is being made in the press these days regarding an oppon- ent flor Championship Jack Demp- sey before he takes his European trip, where he is to meet Georges Carpenter, but opinions seem to diff fer as to who should have a chance.
 Bill Brennan, Battling Levdnslly, Billy Miske and Harry Wills have been thrown into the discard by most sport writers and there is left but Tom Gibbons, Harry Greb and Capt. Bob Roper.
 Most good judges of boxing are of great ring man. is too small and would have little chance with the champion. Tom Gibbons. who Is the best press-agented boxer in the ring, good, big men and while 1t Is true he has a long list of K. O.'s with whom were they.
 Porkey Flynn, the old warrior of Boston, kept Gibbons busy for eleven rounds and only through exhaustion did he stop. the great Gibbons not scoring Q, knockdown until the an cienE war horse had to stop.
 Therefore, who is left that has been tried and found to be a worthy foeman - Capt. Bob Roper. During the past five years Roper has met some of the best big fellows and has come out with colors flying and has
 never yet met with a knockout Roper easily defeated the much tout ed Bob Martin. who the press had thought had a chance with Demp- sey.
 Roper stopped Carl Morris in three rounds recently. something none of
 the others have been able to do Also, the Captain has press decisions over BiM Brennan. Harry Greb. Tom l Gibbons and has knocked out Al Ropetts Frank Moran. K. O. Samp- son and many other lesser lights. Jack Johnson. former cha ampton was defeated by Roper
 What heavyweight has a better right to battle with Champion Jack Dempsey than Capt. Bob Roper? Kilbane's Title Disputed. Why should the boxing public be buncoed any longer with Johnny Kill erweight champion? For more than a year the featherw g1ht limit has been quoted at 126 pounds at 2 o'clock, but K1Tbane insists that chal- come in at 122 pounds, at which weight he detl1roned Abe Attell
 Is Kilbane bigger than Boxing Commissions? Why should he low ognized at a certain weight through out the country? Ktlbane has been offered matches by all big pro noterts in America, but he insists that he will not fight unless the party of the second part makes the weight he den1ands-122 pounds. The real
 matter in a. nutshell is that Kilbane
 doesn't relish boxing at all. If Kflbane continues to declare that he is the 122 pound champion then the 125 pound division is an open issue. In reality, it is, be- cause he has never boxed at that scale.
 Then why doesn't Tex Rfclkard l crown a 126 pound at o'clock title holder? Already he has decided championship matches in every class and. it is said, that Rickard has conceived the idea of deciding on a
 featlherweight champion by an elim- nation process.
 One of the legitimahe 126 pound
 CTS in America, and one who has
 been given iihe merrygoIbye. the icy stare the turned-up- n ose and just-ordinary- -"nothin' doin', bo''
 sign by Kilbane is Andy Chaney. Chaney has no trouble making the weight. He has met most of the stars at that poundage, has never qutbbled about opponents and always mas made good-even in his last
 bout when Andy suddenly was taken i'll with pneumonia during a match
 with Babe Herman. Chaney game ly finished the bout and, further. he was awarded the decision.