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MILLER WILL HAVE SUPPORT OF FANSLOPAIN BATTLER WILL BE FA-VOFED AS CHAMPS NEVER HAVE CROWD BEHIND THEM.Featherweight Champion Johnny Kilbane is a Cleveland born, bred and made celebrity. Nearly fiftyper cent of the thousands which will be present at Cedar Point on Labor day, September fi. when the champion tangles with Alvie Miller, Lorain pride in Matt Hinkle’s feature twelve-round bout, will he Cleveland.-s Practically all of them will be Ohians.Still these thousands will not be their to cheer the champion to victory. Rather they will want to seehim whipped. And it's not because he is an unpopular champion with the fans. On the contrary he’s a general favorite.Rut it's one of the peculiar characteristics of the American people to bestow their favors on the ‘ under dog.” No champion is popular in the ring once he’s held the laurels for any length of time.In his earlier days, when he is gradually working his way to the top, the champion is a raging hero. But as a champion he finds the fans are always against him. Kilbane experienced this himself in his bout wMh Abe Attell. All during the fight the ringsiders implored Kilbane to “put the big bum away.”Attell, in his prime, had a equal; he was t'-e gnmest peerless performer. Yet on this day Kilbane heard him called a ‘‘cheese champion” and several such disparaging names. At the time it struck the little Clevelander funny. Now he understands.So it won’t be a new sensation to him when the farr ----will be his fellowwith his rival, tlAnd if Miller stivery lone before 1 these very same p.him on the memo him in subsequent wav of the worldMiller .to “knockhim up,” etc.
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Norwalk Reflector Herald
Norwalk, Ohio, US
Tue, Aug 31, 1915
Page 6
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