Show I L THE KILBANE SYSTEM FOR FORY 0 l 0 J r Y P e r t 1 r i rt 1 r C t i a. a r n r r 1 4 r 5 r I- I z r rr r IT 1 T rue 5 15 THE y F. F Y ti r r i f fr r rG I G S SPIRIT SR R RAS AS S A AS NG w st 5 S SLL K t LL THAT JOH o N ti j r N N JE INTO To L r C sr- sr r THE NEW N W RECRUIT i v n TN rJ J. J l I L. L I BA BAYONET ET WORK i 1 y J 1 r J JJ JV J V I t If Its J E EUE R M THERE ERE E EJ J WAS J 5 A A A. Boy Bo tr STY ST Lt l. l At ADAP ADAPTED TO 10 BAco BAYONET ET WORK c r K KILb tl HAD HA HAT IT T ITIN WE H HG NA NAN IN N T KE E PRESENT CHAMPIONS DO NOT r- r FIGHT FICHT FREQUENTLY ENOUGH By Jack Skelly Shelly 1 NEW V YORK April 19 It It would have been much better fo for the boxing game gamet and Jess and Jess Willard himself if he had boxed half a. a dozen decisive bouts since he won his crown on April 5 19 1915 froni frani Jack Johnson at Havana The gigantic champion would in my mx j opinion have a much bigger bank account and be in far better fighting trim today i Theres There's nothing that booms and makes great worldly fa fame fam me for a champion especially than frequent combating within the ro ropes patties Battles for championship whether they turn out to be good bad or on indifferent always create considerable furore among almost all kinds Th of d people h I. I h even although witnessed It 1 t they I ey may not be regular fans I d h h witnessed A 8 w e nave at c ne never t ter ere a n boxing bout hout will eagerly read and gossip gossip gos gos- sip about a title fight for weeks How often orten havo have clergymen judges lawyers In physicians and other highbrown professional professional gentlemen chatted with me privately privately I about certain Important fights rights In all II their details At heart most of these gentry arc ardent ardent ardent ar ar- dent admirers of bo boxing but they do not want to let the world know it IL They Thoy Imagine I suppose it might shock chock the select society they move mo In But when they meet an old like Jlko myself thc they will talk about flinty fights galore alore for hours In a strictly confidential manner of course When hen Sullivan Corbett Jeffries Fitzsimmons and other famous champions champions champions cham cham- j of the past were at the height of their thc glory and fame and rind the dall dally daily newspapers were filled with their pictures pictures pic pic- 1 tures an and doin doings s. s thousands of swell so society so- so o- o I clety peo people peole le of both sexes exp paid top prices pricer I to see flee the th famous gladiators In their acts 3 at t the various theatres It was no harm harmor for or these goody good ladies ladles and gentlemen gentle gentle- men to 10 watch the tho fighters before belore the footlights But Hut to see them In real fightIng fighting fight fight- Ing action In the ring Oh my that would be E s mph dreadful ODOWD LEONARD KILBANE AND H HERMAN ERMAN INACTIVE For young oung champions In Their respective respect respect- ive Ivl classes It r ln rather r that Mike like ODowd the welterweight ht champion Benny Leonard the light light- lightweight i weight champion Johnn Johnny Kilbane the featherweight t. t champion do not defend their titles often orten enough h to keep them in the limelight and ar arouse enough of In Interest In In- terest In the boxing game ame I know all these kings of na ba have been more or less bus busy as boxing instructors tn- tn In Instructors 1 In the hl big army camps but that does not prevent them from front combating a few ew real twenty twenty round round title bouts a 11 year Ut Uncle Sam has not refused them the privilege liege of a few tew battles occasionally If It they the really want to fight Besides It would Instill the soldiers with the gallant battling battling bat bat- bat bat- battling spirit more If the they saw their Instructors In a few class classy mills now and t 1 I then i j The coming coming- conflict between Willard Villard and Fulton will wll certainly cert arou arouse e renewed s' s Interest and enthusiasm In fn the It game But why cant can't we have a f few other champlon championship contests this coming I summer In the arm army camps or other open I air arenas s' s I r |