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Show :Bantam Champion Is I Favorite Over Forbi By Saw P. Hall. Jr. M CSICAGO, -ln. 21. fohrjny Toulon. I ho i-hnmpion hantaiV iveight fighter of the day. will defend Ins Ikhoi s lomorraB night for ton rounds at Kenosha, Wis., attains! Marry Fail bes, the kingpin btara of 1903. Thr new star ;i n 1 the nll osM--will battle ;i half hour unless ii kmockoul or a loul shortens tT engagement without the decision of the umpire. m.i They will scale in at 116 pounds ;M 6 oVlm-k tomorrow cvoM inc. and are billfd to stdrt t'irrlUinir four limn l.in i T1k vim' box before a throng of Chicago dml Wisconsin fichl I'ans. probabjT 8000 in thp center of a spacious skating rink in ihr rwirltT ;.w , and promise to furnish one r the lcsi cxhihii inns tr thn avta fisticuffs seen around this neighborhood in years. Both are brained to tha minute. will make the weight without trouble and naturally nat-urally each is out to win by the knockout knock-out rout. Goulon Is confidence person-irled, person-irled, as is to be expected of a champion. cham-pion. FOrbea la a bit doubtful about the outcome, hut sincerely believes rje has a grand chance and will make the flghl of his life Of course Ooulon Is a der-ioe.j f a r Ite in the be.ttinR. lie iiaa been the boss of his class over since he whipped Kid Murphy, iiie New York Itali.in. B few years ago. None has been able to beat him since, though hr- ha had one or two close calls. Forbes is a veteran vet-eran of thirteen yagra In the rin? He has fnusrht the best in 1 he w-orhl, has benton the beet and lost. too. The weigh I for thin UrM liau hurt hiin. and he will Not oe he iffla-K Beaded 118 al or 6 o'clock. TT St. m and ajpAfl confidence in I Ik- world. He ia mnn on :i t t .:! a r: 1 1 has i'"tnsnBlU dofenst to.- .oa-h ineHs v. ich s- -. . ral I'-'-.in.l- ;tll l'eifjjggf- t he I . ti-.e FtnLc and 'l.i- ''' lie i- iK-tterHal to rn -a rout". -el ;. I he nMjBaj of th v. tod 'Mi hit bK : enough lo stop Hi-.! wiUlBfj punch. v v:,i;.:j. i ozen. he can IuikI i d".' "a"ltp tt;e ove on not foil' ' ' 1 1 ' 1 e8-elBBl K is a wonderful lilt' CflBi; lr . -.- dj;"' (Continued on Page Eight,) B"j BANTAM CHAMPION IS THE FAVORITE (Continued from Pago Six.) doling Corbett's victor.- over McGovern If Forbes rewlmi the. rhainnionshlp. Forbes's chief asct will be a rlpht-hand rlpht-hand punch thai will spell victory if II lands ForbOS U danircrona UnUI knocked stiff. Aa ion as he is- on his feet he has a olianoe to beat anybody Forbes 'an hit hard enough to stop Coulon. That he will bo trying with Lie right all the (hue cro.-:s without saying say-ing Then Forbes is great on the clever :-tuff. though not as fast with his hands as Is Coulon. if Coulon stands Off and boXGfi with bint llarrv will have a. belter bel-ter chance- if Johnny keeps close all the way as he did the last time. Harry's Har-ry's opportunities to slip over the haymaker hay-maker will be fewer. The last batUe of this pair foUgbl in the same arena was a pretty so. Forbes went the route nicely, holding the .hiiin- ulon practically even. Forbes never got a good chance with his right. fOl Coulon Cou-lon was careful and kept his chin behind be-hind a forearm all the time Harry was-In was-In trouble only In the ninth lound When a righ chop to thi- chin sent him to his kneea for a moment, lie pot up anci finished breezing. Bui Forbes fought Lie last time jus' to ylay. Ho '.wis afraid of himself at the low weight. This time he is going to nit loose, which presages a sudden ending to the encounter, one way or the other. Clarence Forbes, Harry'.- lighting brother, broth-er, will make his debut as a "comeback" In the seml-Wlndup. He Is to meet another an-other veteran. Kid Taylor of the National Na-tional Athletic club, for elcrr.t rounds, and this battle has stirred up almost as much Interest as the wind-up. |