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Show KILBAHE KNOCKS OUT JOE RIVERS Cleveland Boy Proves Too Much for the Los Angeles Mexican. LOS ANGELES, SepL 4. With a hard right swing to tho Jaw, Johnny Kllbane of Cleveland knocked out Joe Rivers of Los Angeles In the sixteenth six-teenth round of their scheduled twenty-round bout at Vernon today. With Rivers leading In almost every round up to tho sixteenth, Kllbane scored the knockout thirty seconds after the gong hnd sent them together In that round. A blow on tho Jaw dazed Rivers, Riv-ers, but did not knock him down. Another An-other terrific ldght to the pit of the Htomach doubled the Mexican In a knot on the floor for tho count of nine Rising groggily to his feet, Rivers tried to rush Into a clinch, but n well directed right swing sent the defeated man sprawling to the canvas can-vas It wa3 fully five minutes before Rivers was able to loavo the ring. |