Show I i BEN LEONARD AND JOHNNY KILBANE I SIX ROUND GO HAS HASK K O. O POSSIBILITIES J wn Will Meet 23 on July at Philadelphia to Settle Feather Light Dispute c G By Robert Edgren LEONARD and Johnny Kil- Kil B banc baie are to box six rounds In Philadelphia July 23 3 For this pair six rounds may b be bo enough to settle Lettle all Leonard and Kilbane have haveS S each shown a a. round one-round knockout punch on many occasions even when against first class opponents And as far as KuS Kilbane Kil- Kil S bane tane Is concerned there will wilt be every effort elfort made to end the fight tight In less than feix aix rounds for tor If It he can stop Leonard as na Leonard stopped Welsh Kilbane wilt will gain In a a. title that can easily earn him a a. fortune Kilbane Is popular as a featherweight feather feather- featherweight i weight rl risen to f yet the popularity the Ul feather r e of f class the sll lightweight never Ih has And as ac a two-time two champion Johnny would be able to demand almost as much attention as Jess Willard Villard It would be Impossible to make a a. match that would draw better That the fight promoters all over the country think so BO BOhas has haa been shown by the number of ot big money offers for the bout Matt Hinkle of oC Cleveland leveland has tried hard to land It for twelve rounds and anta anda a decision with a apUre purse pUre that t would be good be good enough for a heavyweight championship But Hut the Philadelphia proposition was even better Kilbane will try thy hard to knock Leonard Leonard Leonard Leon Leon- ard out But I haven't the slightest doubt that Benny Leonard will wilt try Just I as hard to finish the graduate from the featherweight ranks At the weight pounds at 8 S o'clock his title will wilt be at j ot kc And Benny has already made good his promise that he would be a a. real fighting champion if It he whipped Welsh Where the englishman was was wa content to stall and run through his no decision matches clinging to the title by virtue of a a. fast pair of ot heels rather than by real ability to defend It Leonard has taken a pride In keeping up the remarkable remarkable remarkable remark remark- able fighting spurt that carried him Into the championship D Before ore he whipped Welsh elsh Benny knocked out five fhe opponents opponents opponents In a row Immediately afterward he lie won a fight by outclassing one Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia scrapper without landing the knockout and then turned around and knocked out tough Johnny Nelson elson who had never taken the coun count before beCore in a fe few minutes of fast almost reckless fighting S S S SWILL WILL STAY AGGRESSIVE Leonard wont won't be content to sta stay on the defensive with Kilbane Hell show the tho featherweight champion more fightIng lighting fightIng fight fight- Ing than he has seen In six rounds since he met and knocked out Mexican Joe Rivers And by the way Kilbane will not hot be a featherweight in this fight He lIe lias has grown so that it is at least extremely extreme extreme- ly difficult for him to make the featherweight featherweight feather feather- weight limit He lIe will be a a. real light lIe weight weight probably probably Leonards Leonard's equal in weight Kilbane told me a few months that ago he has grown so that he must weigh at least pounds to have his full lull strength No doubt today he needs a few pounds more than that Both Leonard and have fighting fight fight- ing records to be proud Kilbane won hIs nis featherweight title titie five years eara ago S last February 22 by Abe Ab I Attell in twenty rounds S S The preceding Septem September er 4 he lIe fought I one of th most sensational fights in his whole career knocking out Mexican Joe RiVers in sixteen rounds Rivers was then a featherweight an and ami considered the best beet little fighting man in the world He was fast Jast as lightning wonderfully clever lightly yet powerfully built and j a h hard hitter Kilbane who was then 2 22 rears ears old had won a lot of good fights S Ju u regarded as a coming chain cham- Jt It was a desperate battle Rivers like Uke a a. winner at times but In the in-the the l Kilbane went after him fun fun- 5 and knocked him out with a a. terrific ter- ter ruic blow on the chin BEGAN EGAN WHEN 18 13 Kilbane began fighting when he was 18 Like most of ot the others who have achieved fame in Ute tIle ring rind he won a nu number of ot his early battles with quick knockouts and then became a a. very clever boxer and began to win decisions Among mong the good men he stopped or were Biz Mackey Tommy Kilbane Al Delmont Patsy Brannigan Tommy Jimmy Walsh Patsy Cline and Charlie White The The- fight In which he ie knocked out Rivers was a re return return re- re turn fight Rivers had won from Xii Kil- banc bane a few tew months before beCore twenty rounds on points After winning the championship r from Attell Kilbane settled down to outpoint outpoint- ing lug his hla men Just as Attell had done doneS S when he held the title He boxed scores of oJ matches and as A. A a rule won them easily by his men During all competition Kilbane dev lopel an S l st t wizardly skill with the S-lov S gloves s. s 1 i cui J even lay laya a glove on i HIT WHEN HE WANTS TO After r awhile e Kilbane's I ne winning on points o b became r rath rather r monotonous o g ol It was thought he coul couldn't nt fight as he did before he beat Attell But suddenly he S put ut aside aade the clever boxing and started a a. new streak of ot knockouts He showed astonishing ng hitting power usually knocking knockIng knocking knock- knock Ing his Ilia man out cleanly with a a. single punch S Leonard and Kilbane fought ten rounds with no decision in New York a little ver r two years ago At that time Leon Leon- 4 hadn't t developed Into the wonderful S er he is 10 If rt Kilbane bases his ent of ot Bennys Benny's on that fight X be surprised umaro began fighting when he was au att boy and became the champion championS S S' S 5 5 b block c In t those days a fi of dollars oll s st looked big r purse to Benny of a the fhe he began going to see bouts at the He didn't have any money rj jend end nd for tickets but managed with 5 rJ iS ked other boys boys to horn in in- inOn On One night Billy Gibson to put him on In He lie did so eo well winning well winning j JB with clean knockouts knockouts' that knoCkOut that he 1 attracted Gibsons Gibson's attention and 1 lias en been his manager ever since jS START I nards nard's career from t tart He soon took the place of ot Jh Cross in popularity on the the east S 3 t I Leach ach was ab aboUt abit it through when S pT K vas oa coming Leonard onard fought ought h f three times timea The first time lie he t Welsh bad badly I an ana J nearly finished f S The second Welsh elsh boxed safely S S ugh ugh The third hird y went f a after r the h champion I beat eat him I into a state o of helplessness elg i ing him Wm senseless S across ss the rop ropes s re cf s was entirely defense defense- i Refer Referee v e l stepped in m to toS S him from I e e of L best fights as with S e eU considered the bel beet beat t I in- in inthe the Middle West West- Th They I rO the for American lightweight title y an and Benny Denny I hung Mitchell on the ropes with yjih a knockout knockout- punch Just as he afterward after after- 1 ward did with Welsh Mitchell 1 is a very clever dever boxer and but tor for Leonard might hAve beaten Welsh and became becam cham cham- S pion plan fought Welsh fought Welsh a little time b wore before Leonard ore ore- He lie had the beat best of t the fight but never ne handled handler Welsh V In the ful manner t m de Leonard Jeonard S champion Io q c S I IS S S |