Show I KILBANE ANSWERS 1 KILBANE NE doesn't think he lie J deserves alt all tho the panning r ho he has gotten gotten gotten got got- ten for tor laying idle a at t Intervals aa as II the tho to feather er kin of the world He Ha In n defending hi his title only against logical contenders That Th was the tho road ho had to to become th the champion In 1912 I 1 had to dl dispose of aI all the contenders contender before I not l a crack at Ab Abe Abo Attell's Attell a title fays UR Kilbane n From 1910 to 1912 I fought aH alt the tho logical aspirants and eliminated them Tom ty promoter held It an nn I elimination series crIes of bouts for tor featherweights featherweights feather leather weights on tho Pacific coast I whipped tho the five contenders I t had boxed Abe Aba Attell at nt Kansas City In 1910 He Ho beat me mc That give gave mo roe a a. lino on him SEE SEESAW I 1 wa was offered 1000 to go to th the tho coast and fight Ight Joe Toe Rivers Rivers Rivera be beat t moTho me mo Tho They Thoy matched us This time 1 t knocked him out in sixteen rounds That fight tight made mado me I Ins ns then next In line Uno for Attell Attell had to fight tIght mo me I 1 beat him and won tho title In twenty rounds Within r tho the next year 1 I mot and defeated der de do- r ted four tour leading contenders for tor my newly won wn crown Then came camo In my first period of Idleness Idleness Idle Idle- ness fleas as a a. champion There w were ro nomore no moro more feathers of cl clas ss to bo be whipped shipped BOXED LIGHTWEIGHTS I had to fight tight lightweights ts to keep busy I boxed practically all aU of them In 1915 1015 I gave h I Kid ld Williams bantam ban ban- bani i tam c ciamp a a. chanco at me mo Ho weighed 1194 pounds and I 1 scaled I 1 was his master Soon after atter that I trained up for Benny Ben Den n ny fly Leonard leonnrd lightweight and beat heat himI him I fought fought- Leonard again This time he beat me mc I wasn't knocked out but my manager Jimmy Dunn Dunn stopped the fight right after atter I was hurt After that I had learned m my lesson Fighting out of o. o ones one's class doesn't get you ou any apy credit I found George Georg Chancy was the last logical contender for my title I beat him hini at Cedar Point 0 O. in 1916 NO GOOD ON ONES ES Up to now thero there haven't been any real tenth r of or cUss c Tho The bo boys s 's arc are fighting at 12 pounds at 2 o'clock which means they go in Hr the tho ring practically JI lightweights Im saU satisfied fled to raise tho the weight limit I can cnn fight either cither at or It m makes kes no difference I consider that there are aro four tour real conten contenders ers for or m my title noThey now no They are aro Danny Frush Beecher Beech Beech- er Young Andy Ch Chancy ney and Billy DeF De Do F Foe Foo o. o Frush Is the hardest hitter If Jf I 1 ears can beat bent them then Im I'm going to retire for tor good and pass pass the title along c 1 I Ir I r t I II 1 I 4 4 t r y i v 5 tv AS e I c. c C j 4 2 4 4 4 C CU V U 13 I 4 I t 5 e 4 e C W t JOHNNY JOiY KILBANE AS HE IS S TODAY |