The evening world., 1911-12-13
Frank Erne Thinks Gibbons Is
One Of the Greatest Fight.
ers That the Game Has Ever
oopsrisht. 1911. ny Tho ''rvss Publishing 20.
The New York WORLD.

HRNK ERNIE has some Interesting
things TO say about Mike Gibbons
as n tighter. Frank trained with
0iuoons for n week or so down at Bor-
deotown before Gibbons fought Coney.
Gibbons Says Erne. is one Of the
best fighters ] ever saw. think he's
ecing 10 be one OF the best we ever had.
He 10 young and has only beer nghting
for a little while. and for the amount
OF experience he's had he IL n wonder.
He has a lot to learn about boxing still.
but he a a great head. He knows ex-
actly what the other fellow Ia doing
every second OF the time n what he.
doing himself. His Judgment n tim.
Ing are perfect. and he can hit at the
night time and hit hard, In fact. he has
everything a fighter needs"
Gbbons's knocking out OF Perron last
nisht shows that he has a punch. even
II he hadn't demonstrated the same fact
In his New York fights. Perron Is n
good. rough. rugged nghter. accustomed
70 nshting Frank Msntell n other
h~ssvyweishta.
nERHAps X. o. Brown doesn't know
II. but he's In for a lot OF trouble
In n little while when he lights
Eddie Smith. Eddie weighs only ies
sounds. % X. 'O.'s regular demand for
- riagside won't worry him. IN fact
he'll be glad II X. o. will make the iss
Sounds himself. Smith Is fully as rough
and tough and strong AZ Brown him
elf. and 10 . fairly clever boxer. He
has never been knocked down. although
he has fought scores OF nights. Eddie
has whipped other, coming champiOns''
20 consistently around New York and
tho outlying districts that no boy OF
his weight will fight him. Al a rule
~ 10 matched against welters and
mt6dieweights. and On a few occasions
~ has even tackled some upstate
heavy. A couple Of months ago Smith
fought . very clever weiterw weight Just
imported from Chicago. The top Of Ed
dis's head came 10 the Chicago welter's
shoulder. For a minute on SO the Chi
ago man was q Kid Mccoy. but then
kddie began getting to him." The
referee did what he could to protect
the imported fighter. who had cost
something In railroad fares and train
Ing bills and who was wanted as a
future card. but In a couple OF rounds
more EDDIE hammered him so badly
that the bout had TO be stopped. I've
. notion that this will be one time
that X. o. Brown hasn't picked n soft
one" for q 'rpbe show
NAr POWERS a signed a lease. It
IL said. covering a nve-year period
in the new Grand Central Palace.
Wonder II this 10 a tacit admission that
he regards the case Of the Madison
Square A. c. vs.. the Boxing Commits
Gbon a. Q hopeless affair--and II II u
his Intention 70 remove the Madison
Square A. c. TO new quarters whom the
trouble blows over'
nAN JOHNSON came to New York
with advance notices that would
make any theatrical star turn grass
erssn with envy. He was said TO \have
trunkloads OF evidence ana 10 be
breathing threats Of exposure against
the New York Baseball Club OF the
National League. The ticket scandal,
according to reports. was to be settled
With Q slam and a bang.
But up to date nothing much has been
done. The American League has passed
resolution that II won't play with the
naughty National League ans more
unless Il has charge OF the ticket selling
on It's own grounds. This Is interesting
In view Of the way the ticket spectators
grew fat In Philadelphia this fall, Also
the American League win be quite re-
served and naughty while communi-
eating with the National League, and
will strictly avoid sticking It's nose into
the Nationals business AFFAIRS.
This Is something OF a come-dowr
after the glowing threats n ominoui
rumbiings OF only two or thrs 20 day
aeo. But In any ase II Is something
II isn't an exposure OF the ticket specu'
lating scandal. but II Is at least an IN
dication that the American League re
eards the National League with sus
Diclon. That ought to stir UP SOME
trouble.
TALLY UvIcK. who jumped out O
the ring last night In the inter
val after the ninth round OF nj
tight with Sailor Burke. has an explana
ton. He says that he couldn't see an,
that his right arm was helpless. and tha
his seconds refused to throw up tn
towel.
OF course there are bulldog-ike night
srs who would prefer being killed L
quitting. and whether II Is logical or no
10 do so We admire their gameness. ]
Uvlck was so badly beaten where wa
the Boxing Commission representative
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