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Show DREAMS OF BEING DODBLEXflAMPION (By Sam P Hall, Jr ) Chicago, July 31 We notice by the dispatches from Cleveland .the home of the featherweight king, that Johnny John-ny Kllbanc is sighing for new worlds to conquer. He Is weeping and walling wall-ing over tho fact that Laero are no featherweights worthy of his consideration consid-eration as boss of the dlvisjon. He accepts Abe Attell, pf course, but mentions that Abe now has turned his attention to the 133 pounders, such as Haleni Tommy Murphyi So, according ac-cording to Johnny, thore is nothing for him to do but fight Hgptwoights. too, and ho picks out the chkmpion as the one he wants to battle Jfjrst. Johnny John-ny evidently figures that k Wolgast cannot decisively whip Joel Rivers, a man he knocked out, Jie cerfainly cannot can-not whip Kilbane. Vislois of two championships are seen in Kilbano's dreams. f However, since WolgastJ has announced an-nounced that he will not box until Thanksgiving day, porhapi not then, we think Johnny's dreams will end In d 1 earns for this year, it any- rale When Nate Lewis was! shown the Cleveland story, in which JKilbane asserted as-serted there were no fettherweight3 for him to meet, he mopped his perspiring per-spiring brow In pertulbation and cased his vocal chords in this manner: man-ner: j "What's that? No featherweights for Kilbane to meet? How about Charlie White? Charlieboxed him a 12-round draw last winter In Cleveland Cleve-land In the presence or all his home folks and lias been legging for a whack at him ever rlnce Charlie can beat Kilbane ovep' day before breakfast just for exercise. "There is no need lor Kilbane to Jump from the 122-pdund class and try to fight fellows wpo are too big for him If he is gettlig heavier thin 122. White will be milch pleased to mingle with him forlany distance nad let him weigh 12C pounds five hours before the gong rings I guess that's fair enough. Jphnn has no chance to get on withj Wolgast. and will get rusty waiting around Cleveland Cleve-land and looking for soft feathers "Just as a little Irducement, I'll make him a side bet pf $1,000 th it White can beat him : t 12C pounds over any route from tin rounds on I'll put the money up he minute h.3 says ho is ready to cover it aud will increase the size of the wad if . he cares to risk morj. White will draw with Kilbnno anywhere and is the one man Johnny' will have o meet before ho has a clear claim to. the title" |