Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 312, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1917 — KID WILLIAMS WILL RETIRE [ARTICLE]

KID WILLIAMS WILL RETIRE

iftlnq of Bantamweights Makes An- ” nouncement He Will Quit Ring Before December 5, 1917. Kid Williams, king of the bantamweights% is out with the announcement that he will quit the ring before another year has passed. Williams will be twenty-four years old on December 5, 1917, and declares that before that date he will Ipave the boxing game and never attempt a comeback. It is his purpose to" retire undefeated, but he will not dodge a match in the meantime with any bantamweight in the game. . /