Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1918 — JOHN KILBANE OUT FOR GOOD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JOHN KILBANE OUT FOR GOOD

Former Featherweight Champion Now Teaching In Army Camp—Accumulates Fortune. Johnny Kilbane’s defeat at the hands of Benny Leonard in Philadelphia last summer marked the end of the featherweight’s career. Kilbane,

after ruling the featherweight ranks since 1912, when he won the title from Abe Attel, has announced his permanent retirement from the ring, and his intention to devote his entire time to instructing soldiers in the art of boxing at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, 0., where he is serving as boxing instructor. Kilbane has accumulated a small fortune from his ring engagements. He has sufficient, he announced,' to provide for himself and family for the rest of their days, and he has invested his earnings in Cleveland real estate. “I am through with the ring for good,” he said. “There will be no attempted comebacks. I have fought my last bout.” With the announcement of Kilbane’s retirement there has been a wild rush on the part of other featherweights to claim the championship.

Johnny Kilbane.