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Show WELSH BRINGS " OLD-TIME SKILL Surprises Friends by Condi-: Condi-: tion in Leonard M.Uch; Kilbane and Chancy Are Matched. By T. S. AXTKEWS. tis' Sl-''rl Uv- "mU.'-U'KKK. Wis.. An. .v-To v,v- t'sv.s i'ritU-s iho i-.siuod V ,v0:'v WVish -Hs .1'' in " ul h:uo ;;JUa;.;.vtheir ..-.iv.Js a nor Co '-'- u :..' t ''. cba'.v.'.'uui mkuio hi .V"V.; tlt l T . Hon'.'.v l.oo".:iru .St ,f" v-V;;r in Ivvo'na'.i ";ist we-'';. ;a: IS--,-' :vo . : in a t.-r. .. f.;.Jt':-t'nt ! Ma,!. son :-,i'.;.r, J." '.'VJ. Vw York. Mar.-h 31 it was ".".T'sv Co critic auU i':u:s sliko. V.Vj. est l.w.:ir.! ha,! tho v!-v- o: thi oonrost. It was v.uvtc.I .-j. 'to w,n:!,!. row at when t'.iov mot iVt,-. b Fre.'.,iv was sotv.ow h.-tt of - t sr..!. lnstoa.i ot boi'-iit .,'".-..'-4......i::i. ':: was in tho host of 'scs'iv.i: jv.st a Os'.'.artor ot' a ' over the H;hlwo:j;!:t in;U of loo. ' i:, s :"ast a:l showcf a" his o) ti:no s f'jv?:'v.ss a"! v sl'.a;,-,! at t :::. 1!o- .se v.r.i-hit;incf N,nv York Kv. ' T"-.--e wore o.'-t :o-0'-:ocs of o: ;.:-.ion ro-. ro-. ;r :-r the c-"tcon:o. as nsnah A few fsrfrs rave tr.e verrtot to Leonard. - l- ot'thent cHv.e.l it a o.:aw, hut the ' ti;::;tv d'.i net hesitate to rrooiaim . o winner on yoinrs. Thev a'.! ir-eei. however, that it was a rent ' rr:?t sr.i showed YVoVr: in r.n-..'h bet-ter bet-ter tor'-, than thev had exreoted. Leonard a Contender. r-,". srlendid showino; trsoo bv Lr.'r.Trh he should r.ew be eorsidered n Trortrr o: a tw-enty-rou:;d eontost :i Vo!sh. so that Ho :nay have a f--r.:e st the title. There are three C'-?r hvs who deser e a ehar.ee for lif title, r -o t harae White of Chicago. Mit.'hel! of Milwaukee ani rfihrrv r-.:r.:.-e of Xew Y'ork. These f::r h-v? l-ave rrove i their elas? jn lie lirhtw-eir-h- division a1 i if. as W elsh pv5. is w.'linc to r;ive all of them I :ii:e at the title there is a ossi- - Ihl'T of n-.ore than one twor.-y-roo.ud rr:-:s: heir arrarred d'.'rinji the ee:n-fcj ee:n-fcj j$ja. Thj first of tire lot will be vith Charlie 'White at Colorado rrinos e: L::r cav. Many of the followors lit J MJ3 cf the 0-Mr.i-m that Whit worii surely cop Welsh in twer.tv Kr:;.N hu: Charlie will have to be at 1:5 best in order to have anything on t; ciir:op. even over the V.3rathots rtrte. rrcviiir Welsh is in the eond.i-t:r eond.i-t:r art shows the form that he d:d irsurst L:sr-J at Brook'.vn. If Wo'sh ecrr-j o:t of the firtht with W'hite all if", trcre is a ehan 'e that he will be - tsfh'J with M it -hell for a s-h'o wa;or 'fl:r-;"10. The Milwaukee bcv haa.-the .." hriir; of 'hat amount in rea iroriev L.ci Harry Poilok. n-.auajor of 'Welsh. . t::;.-::"; verT seriouslv of trviuj to Fib :t cf. ' Ert!e i. Farmer. Miie M.'.Vu'.ty. isaarer of Johnny E::.1!, o.a:...a!it of the tuai'tarrwoiiiht -i u .iryir.E: to make a farmer out It -sir-re. Durir.e the last sea-on Mike t: .'ouury gathered con.-i.ierable coin r.?i ani imxediat-'lv tuev rro-to rro-to buy a farm of i' u'.tv al-res r?5ota. Johnny had his' father rest of the familv settle upon fc :-rr. with the result that thev are .- p-.T-.r; corn, wheat, oats, hav and anv .-lit ;;ae i3 ttat line. Even-thin'j ' 'T'' S-''"z ni"elr until Johnav" was .. la-.i on. ;ae iam bv his marajer and p:u," work like a real 'farmer, ic.rry ci i so for one wpek and then - c't. but on the promise of MeXnl-. MeXnl-. ?S !s::! tue same thine ho continued . 11 ns ioo. MeXulty iastd barelv a . he threw 'up both hands "and u:ea tait he was not out out to be a -' ?' -r- -e savs he had blisters on - w tar-.s as big as American half ..a-s sad. of course, so lonj as he - K'-ji ret work himself he could not - ris star to do it. As a result. co-promised and decided that it Vi,";1 oe ""u. t0 le: ti;e old folks -work l'oV1:31 Johnnv went east aeain '.'?, 'o Eather in more shekels Mi-4 Mi-4 ras arraneod to start for the east ?-:,:" Tart of August and will be f t0 .m' matches with the best I !'?-' a the countrv. Am ",n'VS- ka!"l. Si'b was ininrod tra'-mtr for Pal Moore, is ail s,'am, and he will be reartv for r.vat-"a 'at mav b arraneed". ..t.Nuity has tnke'n Johnnv 'a' brothr C ... - ac'-i also Diinlew, the ..;.auan teatherweicht. He is" no-, no-, j"?,n0T for another featherweight i b .'.'''Pht. and exacts to have " tarj.e completed in time for the ';'ni invasion. ir:,t,0 Jla.v say for me," Raid Mike, oo "" Johnn.v coes east be will -o as cnamp.on bantam, and be ready - pj1!..?11? of his weight a chan-e. X V11'5 snd Youne Zulu Kid in- ':Vrr'L T';" llt:!e fellow will piav no ' ' tk'' ' 1 meet 'he best of them ' Uc-V come along." - filing Steps Along. V'em"- the f'bieo lishtw-Msht. '' .eVjt i ,.om'n to the front since "his ''V t" nan the n.anaemont 'j 'ns wiril-'nl Jr',aI1on- -loo's) last battle -'Wrka'w. bMor'. and he showed re-lo-h le,lmI'rovement in his work, nl-Xhr't" nl-Xhr't" fle s'J,fi'"ed an injured hand o-uiat r ft nbi'ttle- After Vellin t r, i ' 'lanimer at Kenosha, Wis., ' condif e aI'Far('l to be in verv ''" rr.tr, ' j re he rcste,i for a 'nonth Vlijo'j',?10'1 in fteen rounds tit r'i'b a . l This was followed i'iloom , und eontost with Phil fl r,i,h' a vr- elcver New York liht- I '"' iiaeowan, v"', '0"n,i .- ' " :in,l another ton-with ton-with llarrv PI.tco .n fO'A m ; 1T,:e 13 'iecmed a very i he h3.:-u'n east, in fact, one of 'lirv, ou to beat in the hi-' hi-' 'e C : 1 f I!f'n'lv "'nurd. 1? .thar.,;,' 0t- ,"IT"r an"v ""t-hack, ths 'mt V .5aVK,rM,! (or bim to land i': 'howr f"11,' cs the coming season. 'i riihl r'l"n'y "f '-lass wh-n he :ralin , ..""' Lit'honstein in Aus-' Aus-' :;ar-'l 'it VJ' ,hi h.alt'' holds Uood ' no r,V 10 he improving) there "r tuT h" h" should not be -' ' top-notchers. Xn,.rs J.'T'l' J)i:n,: anii hi-s bun.-l, of -turted for Australia they had y cocsiderablo trouMp portir.j thotr ra--' ports in tin:?, nu'i it was only thiu.iu'h t::e assistaiu-e ot lrionds at Nov ra;l Pa., ar.d Vonrornan W. J. 'ary ot Milwauivee, a: Wahinton. that' the 'aiLjai-'!t'1 japers vc:e pit tl:roi:j'n. my was wise to the job. as he .ii I int want to be bothered at the oihrr end about coning pasPot;, so he z busy with the boxers. It was ihrn t hat h:s troubk-5 started ; in faet, J i 'iiruy was resncns:h' for ome of the d- lays hi-n-self. l-;-:i'ire Ji;n:ny be. -a:!;? a iv.:r.;i-r . of boxers h was "yAi?'! lighter himself, him-self, ami that is how he r.iino to take the came of Ii mo. is real name is Fox , end he h ails from the old sod in Ireland, but whrrt he made out his papers pa-pers he forgot about h 'S former name and came near spilling the mans, tut it eame out nil riht. The r-f the bunch pot into mix-ups by put t i 11 cr down their nationality as Iris;., Italian. German, cte., when in reality all were American born. It took some time to eet matters straightened out, and then the papers wore, rushed to V,"aMiin:n bv sr-O'-'ial-delivery letter, with reqiu'ts to have them rushed ba--k by special delivery to cateh the boat at 8a u lan-ciseo. lan-ciseo. The boat was to leave at 1100:1, and the mail did not reach San Francisco Fran-cisco till about the same time, but the boat was delayed a bit and it was 2 o'clock, before it'sniied. In the moan-time. moan-time. Congressman c.'ary had soen the see ret a rv of state, and hurried matters along. a"nd also bnk the precaution to wire the ?t earn ship company and the San Francisco officials that the party was O. K.; so they ot away on time. Urge Kilbane to Fight. Matt Kinkol, the Cleveland sporting man and referee, also head of the American Boxing association, is mak-ine mak-ine one desperate effort to fret Johnny Kilbane into a championship inati'h. Matt has offered a purse of -i i5,0i.iij r'ar a fifteen-round contest, to a decision, between Kilbane and George Chancy, the Baltimore featherweight and contender con-tender for the championship. The date of the match is set lor Labor dav; thai is, providing it can be arranged. Kilbane, Kil-bane, in this instance, has been very fair and has offered Chancy the, chance over the fifteen-round route, asking SK'.OnO for his share. This would leave $."'JlH) for Chaney, which is a pretty nice chunk of money fur a challenger. Henry Bletzer, manager of Chanev, has been raisini: the tv that he would not a-ecpt less than (hM0., v.-ith a piivi-r0 piivi-r0 of per cent, owin to t ho t'a'd that Kilbane failed to fjo throuu'h with tho match at Baltimore last year. Uf course, it would matter very little to Kilbane whether Bletzer objected, or in faet the entire eastern bunch, as he holds the title, and as lon as lie is willing to make the match, it is up to the others to accept the terms oilered that is, as lon as they arc within reason. Unwarranted Demand. Chanev 's demand of i1"'" guarantee, fv:th a 30 per cent privilege, is absolutely abso-lutely unwarrantetl. In the first plaee ! he should not ask for one penny -rnar-antee in view of the fact that I'ro-moter I'ro-moter Hinkol is han-ino" up a purse of 1,"W)0U, of which .-r.Viuti is to fro to Cha'ni'V. yome of these flht managers ' and tiuhters ajM'ear to have an idea that ithe promoter is entitled to absolutely nnrhin" except the work of putting o;i I the mat.di and the j-avin of all the i bills When Kilbane refu.-ed to meet I 1 hanov a v,-nr auo, I aid emphatiralfy ' that he should be compelled to take I ,i:,rt in a championship mateh or for-I for-I feit his title, but in this ease Kilbane u i:i the riL'ht. and unless ( hanev j agrees to the mat:h and terms oUem' bv Mr. Hinkel, he liable to be b ft out in the cold as far ns the featherweight feather-weight t i;le is concerned. There are e 1 1; er f ea t h e r woi s h t s coming to the front who are deserving of a chanee at 1 he t ;.t !e, and no dou i t thev will pet it if the Baltimore lad fails to grasp the opportunity now. Later reports are to the effect that Blether, manager of Chaney, has h a n t 1 d his mind and will agree to the terms o tiered by Hinkel, whh-h meal's t hat 1 he mateh will go through for Labor day.) Miske Coming Rapidly. Fighting Billy Mi-Ke. who has been eouung along so rapidly of late among the muMiewe'ights ami light heavyweights, heavy-weights, is a t. Paul boy. Thev hae certainly turned out a number of classy lighters in the Twin cine the past few years, and it looks as if Miske will be among the best of them. He is merely a lad in age yet, ha v ing just turned tweutv, but he has made a reputation seconil to none the past six months. He has battled with some of the best boys in the division and has shown eoi:iderable class, although in some, ot his earlier bouts he did not look so good. His match against Jack Billon recently shows that be can go the route with any kind of an opponent. It was a hard battle all the wav. and he did net have any weight on i'illon, as both boys scaled at 170 pounds. Miske has been in the game for about three years, iiis manager, Pearl Smith of St. Paul, d;s,-oered him in the Y. M. C. A., and it was not long afterwards that ho demonstrated dem-onstrated his ability as a lighter. The young fellow worked in a blacksmith shop swinging a sled 70 -hammer, and e v e ry one 1; n 0 ws that Bob F i t v.s i m mo n s and Los larcy are graduates of this style of work. If it is any criterion to go by, Miske should make good. Billy 's tirst rig lit of any importance was against Billy Papke, and he made the ex-champion do some tall hustling to make a showing. M iske is nearly six feet tall and has a seventy-fivedncb reach. He is well developed about the shoulders and hits hard and straight. His bat ties against such men as George Brown, Gus Christie, Al McCoy, Terry Kellar, Jack Lester, Jack Me-Carron, Me-Carron, .lack Dillon and others, would indicate that he is among the top-not top-not chers and anxious to climb still higher. .Billy is very anxious to make a trip to Australia, so as to get on a match with Farcy and Eddie Mc-Goorty, Mc-Goorty, aud his manager is thinking seriouslv of going over there the coming com-ing fall. |