Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-26 | Page 12 | Kilbane Champion at Ditching Ring Encounters

I KILBANE CHAMPION AT DITCHING RING ENCOUNTERS Featherweight King Prefers Dancing and Singing to Boxing By HENRY L. L FARRELL United Press Staff Correspondent EW YORK Nov 26 In In N NEW NEV these da days Ys of champions Johnny Kilbane histrionic histrionic histrionic his his- expert and erstwhile Cleveland politician wins the pewter Croix de Ring fling Hes He's the undisputed champion of all weights and classes at avoiding ring en en- en Beating through the smalltime smalltime small small- time circuits with a vaudeville act in which he dances sings S and pla plays s 's a violin violin vio yio- lin the featherweight champion of the thew w world has no ear ear ar for offers of Tex Rickard Rick Rick- ird rd and the challenges of a pair of first first- class contenders i The rhe champion told the writer during the tile the worlds world's series that he had received no offer from Rickard but that he was not disposed to risk his title in the East where he figures there is nothing but prejudice against him In a decision bout Eastern fans sincerely believe that he would lose his title against either Billy I De Foe the St St. Paul little litt fellow or Andy Chancy Chaney I De Foe with his slashing attack his clever boxing and his obvious desire to do his best every minute made a tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- hit on his first appearance in New Mew York recently when he Ralph Brady almost into a pulp Brady weighed over pounds and he was later suspended for failing tailing to make weight by the New York state stale commission Coming out of Madison Square Garden after aCter the bout the fans were unanimous In n something like l this That this That De Roe hoe Isa is isa isa a real boy AVe We want to see him some more Wouldn't he make he-make make a mess of or Kilbane Kil Kil- KIlbane bane KIl De Foe was unable to get a fight in the Middle West AVest and he had to mingle I with lightweights and welterweights Rickard is Is having the same trouble in I getting the featherweights of the East to tOA go g against him I Andy Chancy Chaney y is another g good od bo boy Bugs around here are confident he would finIsh finish fin fin- ish the champion in a round fifteen-round go to a decision Eddie Mead Chaneys Chaney's s 's manager caused a lot of amusement recently re recently recently re- re with a novel advertising stunt to force torce the champion into a fight He spread broadcast notices bearing the picture and description of Kilbane and offering offering- 1000 for his capture One thousand dollars will be J paid maid aid by bv the undersigned Eddie Mead to an any person who captures Johnny Kilbane and delivers him into the hands of Andy Chaney Chancy in any ring of the United States the notice e read Kilbane has run away with the featherweight title o of the world which is public property and is known to be hiding somewhere in vaudeville at the present time Kilbane is about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs in the neighborhood of pounds His hair is fast turning white from iron worry to which Chaney has subjected sub sub- him his left ear is slightly cauli- cauli flowered and his lIs nose bears testimony to the punches which have ha bounced off it Kilbane is a very cry natty dresser He has a penchant for brown suits and always alwa's wears a brown velour hat A fraternal pin is worn in the lapel of ot his coat He lie wears a large diamond in his tie and another another an an- other on the fourth finger of his left hand For the good of or the game Kilbane should retire and pass on his crown if he doesn't doesn t want to give other boys the chance that he was given It is easily understood why the champion is not as keen about boxing as he was when he was la laying the foundation of a bank account Account that now must be close cloRo to i JIe He is now independently wealthy and while he is ma making ing very little money out of th the ring his his- title as champion is helping him to cash in on a vaudeville act Kilbane refuses to make maliC weight for any one and this may be the tho one big reason why he refuses to come conic to lo New York It U is becoming an accepted belief that he cannot make mak the weight of or his class clas I under any conditions I