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JotonxJUUMpcK/»§*' WikaE^ Afc ....JOdy’s tfl'd-:,Wy\iriUi JaiV’4.—Pat*y;^S»«4|. won ..12rv« m°kv w ^Y- m won • Tg! \k? Vyc^rwdy- W*f;;a8pl.very action is peppery, effer- ’ ciaion -—vi*£££”*isparklingwhoso every action la peppery, -----. . .veseont, indicative of a lightning Oct: 22.—S«ra'tlt;ai?S®^ •*»brain and panther bo'tjy—wear* the Oeti .24.—Abe Attell^cwt. -1 crown’ of world’s featherweight No?. 25.—Benn^-.^Urti^ii • lio de-cfcamplon, a crown which haB bo clelon .......long adorned^ the cranium of one w \Abraham Attoll^ one of the greatest 1911. * '' Klt;*8,little men the fight game ever pro-|dueed. A boy belter, equipped . for! Jan. 2.—Patsy Brannigan, won ..12 this estimable honor would be hard’Jan. 7—Tommy O'Toole, won ..6 to lind than Kilbane. • With him aaJah. 12.—Gussie Wilson, won * . 10 leader. Lhe scientific standard of pro- [ Feb. 14.—Jack While, won ....12flciency introduced by Dixon, and Feb. 27.—Tom Breanahan, won .10 furthered by Attoll will not suffer.- ' \ March 8.—Johnny Albnncse, won 10 Johnny* Kilbane has a personality. ’ March 16.—Young Ghetto, won .10 and a3 such he will-afford a pleasant'March 24. -Monte Attell, won ..10 character-study. He was bom in: May 6.—Joe Itivers, lost ........20Cleveland,. April. . IS, .1889. Hie30.—Jimmy Walah, won ...12 father whe Irish;,.hi* mother wa«.jufy 15.—Patsy Kline, won ----20Irish, and r!I of'bis: relatives were Sept. 1.—Joe Kivers, K. 0......16deseeudculfi of -. the Emerald Isle.jSept 80.- -Frankie Conley, won .20 And thus Joiluny himself is Irish— Nov. 29.—Patsy Brannigan, won to one would never have to look twice - .to acquaint 'oneself with thc;'factr ViM2. Resile Is a typical Irish youth of today, hut sllll be would have fitted snugly into the customs of goneru-tions ago.When he was IS or 14 years old • l;e was as tough and wild an Irish kid who is forced to shoulder .the IFeb. 22.—Abe Attell, decision .. .20burdens of the world iihus early in J life, generally Is. Johnny has uj •fatherwho had the misfortune ofj having to grab up bits of knosvledge on i his rush through the grammar grades. His lack of itnished education ' doubtless lost lo Cleveland a biillliint-hum. He was quick of wit, possessed a hack bone and was a plugger. |He was a switch tender when Jim-mr Dunn, it Is manager, went to Cleveland five yeurs ugo. He weigh-! ed pfi pounds; stripped,- \fc*bIch- was-moBtly skin and bones. But he wasa spirited kid, chockful of animal1✓spirits, and it didn’t take more than* two words to get him lighting. Quit-] ling switch tending after putting in' a year at the Job, ho had a chance' to watch Jimmy Dunn train for fight. Dunn was a real, live fighter at rliaL time, and Johnny, of course' idolized him. Dunn and he became! great friends, and Dunn gave him aj few lessons tn boxing. That settled his destiny. Me decided then and there that he wanted to he a scrapper, and he beseeched Dunn to take him and become his manager.He fought Ills first fight Decent- j her 2. 1907, hi Cleveland. II wasj for three rounds and he won. He* kept-on. .Matches came regularly for him for six months and he wasj victor in most of them. Then hard j times ounfc and neither he nor Dunnj could get a fight.They had a tough struggle to ob-: tain thice squares a day, so *tis said. All this lime Johnny kept plugging:and- learning. . . ..The first real year of KtlbRne’s growth was In 1909, when he met and bent Jack White, Happy Davis and Biz Maekey. He scored a great hit with his speed and cleverness.There was considerable rivalry between hint and Tommy Kilbane, at Cleveland boy. of the same name,j but no relation. They had fought!three limes, twice ti a draw and1•onco in Johnny's Tayor. Tommy was‘ a mixer and siitr puncher, while! Johnny was a wlll-o’-the-wisp. Theyj fought on . New Year's Day, 1910,] and Johnny's cleverness wae too; much for his namesake. That* started Johnny on the road-to fame,] w»ii?h ended on Thursday, when he joutpointed the wizard, Attell. .....-'.IHe surely earned his right to bat-! tie with Aftelf last year when he beat sngh men as Joe. ftivers, the wonderful. Mexican, Patsy Kline, Frankie* Conley, Hater Brannigan, Tommy O’Toole and Jimmy Walah.Kilbnne • Waa little known in this part of the country , when he was matched lo meet the crafty Abe, but! his reputation was Thai He ’wa* '*! good, Btetftyv'WiiUnk boy, ohe Who would put forth everything he had. And he did with Attell,- • jKlllmne-s record from 19in to the present tinio Is as follows:3»10, ' tide. *Jan. I,—Tommy Kilbane, won ..12 Feb.-2.—Jack White, decision .. ’8March 3.—Kifl Tyler, K. 0.....3March 30.—Biz Mackey, stopped . 6 April 30.—Bobby Tickle, won .,. 1|D
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Olean Times
Olean, New York, US
Wed, Feb 28, 1912
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