| Show WORLD CHAMPS F john johnny aa kilbane Is simply am arne can oan title holder philadelphia newspaper writ e r willie P ritchie Is overrated fa die welsh Is I 1 undisputed lish champion fit thero there Is 15 not a champion boleck america europe or australia 1114 e J jack Joh caon raon who can claim te 0 a N or ast dst c champion amp on do declares clares awat in tho the philadelphia ledger you read cherb somo dome overzealous oua o 0 J coast ring critic alludes to ritchie as a world worlds champion those of tho the middle west refer to join S ny kilbane aa as holder of the vodel feather weight title doth both are itc ditc 1 reel neither la Is a worlds they are simply Ameri american caz title bogir ere era 4 ritchie voa wo a bla his light weight d from wolgast on a foul N e ither gnat nor ritchie ever beat t welsh tho the recognized champion o at 0 england and present holder of ti lord lonsdale Lon Lons edalo dalo helt belt 11 in fact waa mas beaten by welsh on Novt abir 30 1911 at los angeles over tal th twenty round route that wa wag aft to the young californians victory oytt wolgast Wol gaet j until ritchie meets and dete iti welsh he can only bo be regarded u ath th american champion up to p prex atte writing he has not exhibited any put grut prowess with the gloves he hu buhi hg A V CC A johnny Kl klibaner featherweight clim clam plon pion only a few contests since he wu WAS downed champion although he hu his seen been repeatedly challenged he ile Is I 1 rated by philadelphia sports on the th vork he performed there he vil wa completely out boxed by young era erne ind charley turner neither of whom snake make any pretensions to be chain cham aone of their class johnny kilbane of cleveland Is the recognized feather weight cham champeon plon loa af america and not of the world as ho h Is constantly alluded to by tic writers of the middle west KU j bane won the title from abe attell I 1 february 22 1912 at vernon cal aver the twenty round route the bout lasting the limit attell was not worlds champion at the time because io 10 had never beaten jem jern driscoll thea then the best man in england at the weight kilbane has never fought an intern lional battle in fact he has not been n a championship contest since be b won the decision over attell johnny coulon the bantam weight I 1 title holder bolder like kilbane and ritchie ble has been very careful not to lize his ring reputation although re heatedly peat edly challenged coulon has not fought a championship battle since rebr february uary 1912 when he was awarded a twenty round decision over frankle burns bums at new orleans coulon Is I 1 only champ champion loa of america despite the th tact fact that way back in 1910 he met jim ira kendrick twice in new orleans Ori eane winning on points in ten rounds ani and again by a knockout in nineteen rounds kendrich kendrick was nn ail englishman but not a champion of his country |
