The evening world., 1911-12-05
Gibbons. coffey Bout One Of the
Classy Events Of the Sea.
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cepyrtnt.i 1911. by The Prc~s Publishing Co.
~ THE New York World.
TMT fight between Mike Gibbons
IND Walter Coffey at the Fair
mont to-ntGht Is one Of the classy
events sof the season. Gibbons is from
~. PaQ. Mimi. and Cofey is from Cah-
}prnia.S Gibbons has had two engage.
Ooots IN New York. and Coffey three.
~ their work has been Of a quality
thA3 Advertised Itself. They didn't need
~ work their way slowly to the top In
this town. They reached It at a bound.
Gibbons Is a very clever boxer with
. good punch. Cofrey Is less clever.
1oss speedy and SNOWY than Gibbons:
but he il n genuine tighter. with a 100
head nd a deliberate style. Critics
called him awkward. But he
knocked out Jack Denning. a very
clever and speedy middleweight. with
ease. He fought Young Loughrcy. one
OF the most rugged middieweights In
the country, and rave him a beating
be won't forget for a long time. lie
beat Dan Sullivan-another frst-class
nghting man-ail the way from start
70 finish. What more could any one
ask Of him7
~ oFFEY IL so dangerous 4 puncher
that he has a chance against the
cleverest boxer In the world. lie
neoos only TO put n over. and then
the curtain 10 quite likely to fall He
e>anoS straight up. dabs out lightly
WITH his left hand and holds the rlsht
ptioed. There Is something deceptive
about his action. Dan Sullivan watca,d
his night with Loughrey. Afterward
Oaa said: Amy good lightweight ought
~ be able to beat this fellow. lilo
lossn't know anything about boxing.
ed he's slow. But after his own fight
with Cofey Sullivan added a few re-
masks:e 1e.
y thought cofey was SLOW" said he.
THAT was my mistake. lie doesn't
loos fast. but when he starts a punch
e comes over like a stroke Of lightning.
lidn't understand how he shot them
~ ] didn't zee them start. He's sup
pr I'd 10 have a great right hand. but
H. left IL worse han his right. lilo
hits short M straight with either
hand and doesn't pull them back.
NJ had anybody hit me half as hard
before. Sailor Burke's punches were
tAps beside CoYey's. Coffey's punches
seemed to have n deadening effect.
why. I only remember four rounds
cut OF the ten. I remember the first and
second. and I remember seeing a punch
couing.l Then ! remember some round
after that. and then l care up with a
fairly clear head again and the referee
aa4: shake hands ] thought II was
the beginning OF the fourth round. !
turned 10 the referee and said: Why.
you're not going to stop II. are your
And he, said: Motifs the last round.' !
thought I had the making OF a sham
plon. but Til nave to hand II to Corey.
Hes the rea thing. I'm going home to
the rancho In Western Nebraska"
4 SIDE from his hitting power Coffey
~ lacks many things. He needs to
learn how to block and avoid
punches as well as how TO deliver them.
But he has had only half a dozen fights
or 10 In all. Considering his short rims
experience he's n remarkable fighter
He can make Ia pounds very easily
that betog about his natural lghtins
weight.
In weieht Confey will have some ad
vantage over Gibbons. who can hsht n
~, and al q pinch might make ~
GIBBONS expects TO make up for this II
e3overnSSs. And he Is clever-a secon'
Paekey Mcfarland. Billy Gibson says
Ne has. a. head. experience. speed.
clever defense and a clever attack. And
beside al that, he has a punch. al
though Ms not a Corey punch even a
49, h.- NJ. EpAnkad mt Rtllv Shar
man, q ~fast-coming welterweight. an
he knocked Willie Lewis down Nat
Common. report has II that Willie ha'
nice lnng count before he rose. Glib
bona Thinks II was about iHteen sec
onds. seemed as long as that I
him. After the k~nockdown Gibbon
S.asn't sble 10 put another punch o
jusl the rlkht spot. but he gave WIFI
merciless whipping. entirely outclass
Ing hinns When n remembers wha
Lewis lbs done In Nights with Sailo
Burke. lHltte. Papke and a score @
other tough mugs OF the ring this 10 n
small feat. especially as Willie was
perfect condition and prepared for
long campaign and another cleanup,
Z To-night's fight looks like a duel be
tween a gatllng gun and a six-inch feel
piece. The gatling guns rapid IRE ma
- WI tHt VBKpaA"b "a Wv" - W "
mission or the six-!nch gun may dro
single shell over On the gatllng gu
Ind blom II to sInlthereeas. At preseI
we venture no predictions.
- EPoRTs on Hugh Jennlngs's cot
dillon tel. us that his inJurl'
IN consist of a badly crushed left foe
confused left thigh. fracture Of hot
bones AZ the left forearm. cuts az
cruises about the head. and concussiC
Of tire brain"
The coctor's bulletin goes on; He
comparatively free from pain"
No doubt. We'd be compar.'ive
free from pain ourselves-permanent
-Ss -. that happened to us. But bi
players weren'f born to he killed In q
c.dents. They go through experien'
trst would make ordinary men iese'
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