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Show glE TMLL SffMlEO Prospects Good for Battle Between Mike Gibbons and Mike O'Dowd. Anson's Squeal Another goW to Game; Kilbane Growing Old. By T. S. ANDREWS. jLffAL'KEE, March 22. Xow that 4Vobons, bt. Paul phantom, is '".'j; the army and back in the boxing there may be some chance for :ai ctampionbhiP niatcll for tbc mid-'iiilt mid-'iiilt title. Mike O'Dowd, another T.-,;t of St. Paul, and also a pupil Gibbons school of boxing, is in France and England, but is .. "a member of Uncle Sam's army, -"'notes to be mustered out before '., &ni will then be free to match "Vita anyone in the world, and as "' rjoK-d likes to mix in "real battles, ...e mil be no hafr-'ling over terms conditions when be gets ready, "yilotvd bas been talking of meet ins -;es Carpcntier and Eddie Mc--v over in France, which shows -.'"that tbe Yankee champion is all ."'be good, but what the fans here like to see is a match between i'lvo Mikes Gibbous and O 'Dowd 'fee championship at 15S pounds. GiVbons had plenty of opportunities Trab off the title; merely by whip- JaI McCoy, who claimed the title, ; i'is townsman, O'Dowd, beat him it and knocked McCoy out, thereby ;-Jt the only claim to the title at time. Tie fact is, the title had been iu :-szace for quite a time, as George :'s, whom McCoy stopped in one -:i,did not have a. clear claim to the Jim' in 1914, when the upset hap- ' Vita O'Dowd toppled over the left-xiti left-xiti JlcCoy everyone agreed that ;,;( was a real fighter and worthy : the title. Gibbons has never fought a real championship match and, -ret'ore, has no claim to the title, ..: he is the one man whom the fans -,;1J like to see matched with O'Dowd :: the honor. Boxing the "Goat." S'hile .Major General Leonard Wood is debating with himself as to v'her or no he would accept the i!:iencv of the national board of ::vol for boxing in this country f :n is, for the soldiers and sailors ii'k Johnson, the former heavyweight "Bpion, and a few would-be reform- were trying their best to kick the -..or old game about as they would a iMtbalL With no national head, the :m game is tbe "goat." for all i Tiers. When they are lacking in thiols to shout about, they just Ue another kick at bo3ing. It must it a wonderful game to withstand all : abuse and kicks which have been i:.Tid at it the past century or more; 1 tact, it is in a stronger position ; 'lay than ever before, despite all the ; fat Johnson tried to imitate Fred in making a confession that he ii agreed to fake the championship i;;hwitli Jets Willard at Havana in Jack waited four years before ii3 it known to anyone and then ' at a time when Willard was ' M?1 with Jack Dempsey for the - - (he first time since he wou the ' npionship from Johnson. Jack said M agreed to "lay down" in the !! r0lmd, but waited because Jess such a poor showing. If that , strac, what on earth did Jack want "it in tbe hot sun for? Why ... ', he follow instructions and g'o in the tenth and end tbe agony ? - Juhnsnn had any understanding wi'lh :,"i, I do not believe it was with m or his manager, Tom Jones, for never worked harder for a match '- Jess did, and Jone3 certainly stuck we to his protege that he could .wo out of his sight an hour at a . . Jones pawned his diamonds and 'W 'f Jess did not win he i tare to take up.-a collection to ', J' home Ho was broke and the . money they bad was what thev during their tr hiing at the ;n quarters. 'il'ard Cautious. ";?J8 no,.loubfc that Willard could ';.?" ,fa4r,f ' bad he so desired, but .;.."l't talking to .him about being aBl taking no chances. In tbe ' ':T,n2"d.i.,,lss delivered a terrific .,. Mer the heart that nearly made ; !-,tat at his corner and heard . ; 'i lis second so when he rested ' -Wt.mHds' Jack came back in t. ,i f"'1!:. and made his best show-, show-, .v"? Willard a beating in that '.trv. was to l8v down, wbv f'";r,K. a-F" Jops out'at that time"? ' .;h L 1 try' n,Kl bis swings and ' '" I,! TT his full force. kt ;st'fl effort. In the , 'tan 'T 'll81'''1 liad Jack in bad : "? cned c",t "Bc careful ? iiVwbl? s!''"ing. Take your ' :' to 1 1 VL 'oi't.vfive round's in I'U l i 11 "as in tlle twenti-' twenti-' km. "ut for Jac!; I.'urlov. ! hi V, waa. slow " responding. " , L" tll!rd or twentv-iourtb , ;-i-o', , . Cm!fy H)'P''ared. Er.Mn '"in wif tnifgl- U was then I a rou ? "tyted to leave the ,-. ... roui"l later .less put over the About Through. j t"f..nS.M,0,'-v (locs not souud good cw !,1 b!"-1 bat the boxing . ani'V- , lor M,b stuff. Let '. ''ir , ulton fight ir. out for ''; ' " ,,p f tbeir clasf. .. 1 1(,"?b Johnnv Kilbane, I t ,i'i," i ''hanipion, utter holding ' . ;i-' h i?f n"le vears. is nbo'.it ' ... ,Zh?By 8rved through the :s , r of boxin ""'I l"-avo-5r' 'ss supposed to be' in K . .. !pe- Planned a come-" come-" "'i I'-e'i'-!,'' n but ls firpt mat-h mi 1 ' aitain;.t Fiankie Brown. ' M'i' ev"'' little" fellow as x ; "in";"-v 311 'be papers rau ' '-l-.n, i B,'"-n. the latter Vcor-Hi,K"?lawt Vcor-Hi,K"?lawt in the third V ' liu'k, dlnt ,llat Philadelphia ' " '' -ihr.p. -, sl'ot for Johnnv, icr it !'' til, ', ?? aao tlii I Hennv ' "''. tin, , , ',,h"" il"-'.-" r.nnvl-. I ''-""i'lio 1 1 1 t he c.ui.l I five awav weight and hold bis own with the' lightweight, .'hampion, but the sudden cud convinced ln.n u,tt -ent'.v He sot back to . t .ca '-weiaht '-weiaht clnss, but this .tune a ,e ; a-iinst him. or e!.-e Joonux b.. b'aok so completely that he ne-.cy wi.l bo able to make good r.tatu. ;. uvni. the tenure nf his title houiing he hi..-fouolit hi..-fouolit onlv .-ne ro.nl ,.,a...rif.r.sjip match that- cai!..-t hew uanv, n; ioi(5 which he won in th-fc romu-.s b'v a kiiockoul. It wao tea! conic-: that ;ave Johnny tho impression t.:a! l,o could b'-at l;-'inv Lco.vur.l. I ii'-v; H,'-e . rial .-haliougers tor iviluanc s orown mot now. but th-- chances arc that Krowo will given the prci- rcn.. on account of l"s newspaper M''-o,v .. ,,p.. IT tliov arc matched 1, ii;' h-n , l.'i be at i'-i-' p"a:,ds aiM o C" ., i,; .list.-u. . '! a '' ,'frf'' ' '' - |