Show N l CY j T r 9 i 3 F Feather TT fH D ath Y r 31 tamp C-tamp E f y Smiles C h B I As x j-x A HeP- HeP Punches che KAPLAN'S BOYISH ENTHUSIASM MAKES UNUSUAL BATTiER BA IlLER Interestingly Tells Tell of Record of F Feather edhe Champion IJ Bl JOE JoL W ILLIAMs Jan 12 writer r saw Raw Loul Louis Louit Kid Kapla Kaplar I win In the eathel ht champion championshIp shIp hip in Madison Square Garden le- le me and is pei Jo o rank the American hi Russian American at a top class high A No 1 batter And An Anet et Kaplan has no genuinely out out- outstanding out outstanding standing characterization 11 lIe does docs not possess the he all round er- er cf ot of DIXon tho ho hitting 10 ver po of ot McGovern 01 ot the combined boxing and punching skill ot of Kilbane But he ha has something fo fea fIght era show vou ou today today-a today a spirited en- en en for tor time the game Kaplan likes to fight ficht Perhaps he t I been In the ring long lone enough to Le- Le become become come hardened or calloused being bein but 23 cars old At an any rate ht he gets more mor heer unalloyed ed cd JoY out or of flinging punches In true the general direction of oC an opponent s a than any boxer boer we I ie ha have halo e seen In ten seats vear CaiS Throughout the th title Inning ci inning fight with Ith Dann Kramer Phila- Phila Philadelphia delphia Kaplan wore oro a confident radiant smile mlle which widened as he warmed to hi his task It seemed to annoy anno him sOme somewhat hat uthen hen Kramer s a handlers tossed In iii lithe the tho to towel el In the lime ninth lound bo- bo betokening defeat ULAS K II 11 HIS t Till i 1 I 1 s 's S I lI I Cl There Ther Is something of o the kIll kill kill- er cc Instinct In Kaplan Kapian and ringsiders alders got sot the Hie Impression he lie would h hate I preferred to keep hammering away ny until the tho man In hoot ot or hIm dropped helpless 1 hi smacks macs of or bl but buthe the professional proCessional fighting man mut have haue a bit of or the lIt iii hIm him Dempse Dempe Leonard and amid Wal- Wal Walker Walker ker have hate the tho age sa Instinct and they are arc the three outstanding fighters of or the plesent da daIt's d Its It's It a good rood sign len to find finch the surno Instinct In the new nw fe champion even eten It if he does when hen denting dentine an enemy jaw jun Kaplan tells vou ou hit his hi best Lest punch Is a l It ft ft hook hool to the hotly body However euer eHr how he arrives al lit this con con- elusion is I lIme he truth Is Kaplan hit hits ho so 0 fast fact and ani so fl lie lie- e- e with both hands It is int- int to tell which Is the tho mote mOle live I would not call him hm l 1 1 great creat hit hit- hitte te tom though he did the time unexpected in an stopped h amer an admitted admitted- admittedly admittedly ly iy superior puncher Kaplan s punching l wore oro do down n even euen as drops ot Of aler it ater 5 will ill iii ii weal eal eat out stone slone In one ono round the ho seventh c hap hap- Kaplin hapin hn in hit Kramer 28 S 8 time bv bs b actual count without a return A great does docs not need to hit ou that often otten to score a knockout Amid o Kramer at no time was as even knocked oft off his feet teet Just Jint the hame Sante Kaplan Is a re- re little fighting mili mn and an anIn h In he II It be o a popular champion Fir Fir- P r- r haps it U t make e much differ differ- coca ence how ho lou ou bring brine sour our man do don doan doa n a at long lone as you sou ou ultimately turn the and with his relent relent- relentless relentless Kaplan less drum tire fire of short lefts hefts and an rights to the th body boty with Ith an occa occa- 0 overhand erhand s swing winy stems to have a II winning formula Wo We found him much easier casler to t watch than sluggers slugger or of o the th George Charley haney Charley thaney-Charley White Whilo t tape pc who ho tlde around round utter lound waiting for an on opening III HE lIE TO Ill III Ill ilL UL Y SilL SilL- MILLI LI 11 n It 1 Kaplan Is a of the ama ama- rings of ot Meriden Conn Comm Ills Hi first fights fight as a professional ere us ore conducted under the tho name of lien lien- Benny ny Miller This because Ma oa would have no box fighting In her famIly Pa Kaplan a gifted junk dealer looked upon the th profession proCession with mOl moi e tolerant eye eyes and In duo due time Benny Miller became Louts LouIs Loul Kid hid Kaplan and as a such uch proceed proceed- proceeded ed cd to win In the featherweight ant and an l junior lightweight titles of or O-e O sew England I Kaplan aplan has hns had about fights and has ha been a consistent winner mner He has two t brothers Noah loah oah an Israel who ho are nr folio following Ing his In the rIng Kaplan has the th build ot or a wrestler tier front from the chest up imp Ills His forearms arms are aro unusually large larg gives him great hitting power po amIs Is the tho th secret ot or the success ho he gets get with a 11 short blow |