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i, KANE, OUT OF
j RETIREMENT SEEKS
i-' WORLD TITLE
(By-BftX MACKLIN)
L0NDON, (A.P.).—Saucer-eyca
Peter Kane—the , “professor” of
rhythmic callisthenics ;nt Leigh
technical College—needled new
hope into the British sports world
tjy, coming out of retirement to win'
tile' European bantamweight
^EbrKane;fik'e firltish sport, was
(face nil washed up, flotsam,of the
ring, holder,oI the, dpplous ;reccrd
dr/having been the most quickly
peitten World-champion in the his
toryol boxing. . . _ 4
He lost the world flyweight title
■he-liad heialor live -years-to Jackie
patersdM'of srotland' itrfir seccnas
or the first round In June 19. 1943.
That knockout—plus an eye Injury,
oddly enough irom the collar or an
army greatcoat—pushed Kane into
retirement at the <?nd of the year.
gloves on aipfc&Uhe former
d<Kborn^'blacksmith? a job
+IV/i'T*nWafi*VllrP Prill
tedchlHB*wlth'the "Cah'fiashlre edu
cation’ committee. The lire or a
pedagogue was okay, but the post
war’,boxing boom enticed Kane to
launch;a-comebuck,’.>- .
l-Ex-boter,’ Nel-'ToVlcton,’- -consid
ered the greatest ring strategist in
Britain, revamped Kane's style1,
Britain, revamped Kane's siynr,
pulled mis head‘ down, his gloves
tipi -end t steered him through 11
etpslghti triumphs. He mnde It a
dt&n'by-jouNpoIntlng Theo Med
lna.pt Prance lot the latter’s Euro
pean bantam title on September 19
at,Manchester.
Sports writers hSlled his teat,
accomplished ih 13 months, as the
greatest,-comeback In the history
.-,r (British .(boxing. putting the he
to tlie pld tale that “boxers never
come back.”
Cantor? A .bout with ’: Manuel
Of ills .lor the world bantam crown.'
he hopes.
■Wc khall go to . America and
earn some dollars,’’ said Tarieton.
“I knew Kane can -win the world
tjtle: arid we arc prepared to. flght
out-way to tlio toil in the States.”
lTlmt«shouldn’t be an Impregn
able goal,-stall' the National Box
!n!i 'Association- of. the U.S. already
rates-Kane as an ‘.'outstanding
boxer? behind logical contenders
Hatold Dade of the U.S. and
Hawaiian Kul' Kcfig. Young. ’
, Mdf'eoyofl. i the - InfctJ. Kdho was
Mice'.ftowritld’ ’ eliahlplon a weight
lower dmvn,.ls a - strong talking
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