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Show ' SSI'S STARS SUM BE NUDE 10 FIGHT I Andrews Denounces Pres-; Pres-; ent System; Kilbane and Chaney Matched. By T. S. ANDREWS. 1 By Trinune Special Sport. Service. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jau. 1: There arc numerous promoters of . -tioxinc around the country who seem to think that it is a popular stunt to sta''econ-tosts sta''econ-tosts between one of the stars of the arena and soino prelim inn ry fi filter. Usnnllv the manager of J he Mar is m a.nxiou? to nick his own opponent and t hereby take no chancer, fand the prelim pre-lim .boxer is sarifjJ'ieJ with the small end of the bargain for the coin he jets and the l.vinflr thrown in. The tur ran cut loose, if he deMres, without, fear of being made to look bad and the coin comes easy. The star 's manager is usually willing to work for shorter s purses when ho knows he is facing a dub and taking no chances. The promoter pro-moter seems to be at the mercy of the .tars and their managers and the public pub-lic pays the freisht. There is no reason why t lie chani- pions and so-called 'stars? should not be compelled to meot men nen r their own peed and to ive the. public the best they have ' in ;hem when they make matches. Of course, there hre exeep-tiona exeep-tiona to (hie rule anil pome of the real stars are ahvavs ready to meet the b.st in the land; in fact, they prefer the best because they know it increases the receipts of Die house and they profit thereby. However, there are n't Iters', hh stated above, who try to . sift by" with the Jea.t effort, and with 'no consideration for the public. All they can .e is the almighty dollar. It is prrtorrnatices of this kind that hurt th.vpyrne and disgust the 'boxing fans. After dickering for months the Baltimore Bal-timore promoters have finally succeeded succeed-ed in arrai:rin a match between Johnny John-ny Kilbane, tlie featherweight champion cham-pion rf i.he world, and Georpe Chaney, the hard-hitting . Baltimore featherweight, feather-weight, to take plsee March 17 before be-fore the chib controlled by Sam Ilar- ri. The distance is to be fifteen rounds instead of twenty, whir h was first suggested, and the weight ringside. This will be the first time Kilbane lias defended fiis title in a championship match since April 29, r.H-'lv when he" fought Johnny Dundee s- a .twenty-round' draw at Los Angeles. Kiibane 'won . rhe title from Abe At-tell At-tell on February 22, 1912, in a twenty-round twenty-round cron test, getting the decision on points, fcjuee that time he has had only mie tweuly-roufid battle that one with Dundee. 'Chaney has been after the mat id; with Kilbane for a long time and", 'in. order to put t fie match through tie promoters agreed to pay Kilbane $5500, with a privilege of -P per cent' of the house. Chaney will get very JU1I0 for his end. Billy Ro-cap, Ro-cap, the welbknov.D Philadelphia sport writer, has been agreed upon as referee. ref-eree. Chaney is a very strong lad and has a chance of putting over one of h 0 sleep producers. Johnny is one of the, cleverest featherweights who fever . wore the crown and wtjl be hard to catch in a fifteen-rouiHl-m.il. Me can; a. I so hit when he wants to take a chance, but it seldom happens that! Johnny will open up and .take a chance at mixing and putting over a wallop himself. He likes to play the "safety firt" at all limes. 1 is a match lhat will create a lot of interest rn the east and will help boom the game a bit. .It will be the. first, match in the east where a title has been at stake" i. since the day's of the old II or ton law in New Y.orli,, slate. |