Welsh as spent the last two years
In the army, rising from a private to
,t,eaptalncy because of his great work
aAiong crippled soldiers at the Robert
y"Treat Hospital in Washington.
New York, Jan. 28. The fact that
Johnny KlEbane, featherweight cham
pion of America, has been outpointed
in a few declsionleea bouts by young
sters of the calibre of Toning' Chancy
and Johnny Murray, has (brought forth
the doleful prediction that ithe Cleve
Iander is neaxtaig the end of his pu
gilistic career and is apt to have his
featherweight sceptre snatched from
his hand at any minute by some lusty
young chap who sets a match with
Johnny.
Before Indulging in. any deep seated
grief over the predicament ofl Kilbane,
a survey of his performances for the
past decade appears to be in order.
In- that period of time Kilbane has
been "outpointed" in decisionless
bouts more than, any other title holder
in the world. Yet with the greatest
"courage"
Kilbane has rematch ed
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them,
The result has been that Kil-
ne has received large sums of money
for engaging in numerous uneventful
with youngsters that he could
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stop with a punch
. (fact, Kilfbane has offered the sugges
Danbury. , H on other match between hlm-
gelf an(J -youing Cbaney would toe an
attractive event.
