Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

rounds. and then slowed up for
while. In the last round he rallied
again, and the fight wound up with both
men toeing the scratch and whaling
away for keeps.
Tom ORourke was about right when
he told me he had a second Sharkey
i'm young Palzer. He eats punishment
just like the sailor did in the olden
days. Cleverness he has in very
limited quantity: it was his aggressive
ness and ability to stand the gait that
earned him draw.
Kennedy has not yet grown hard"
enough to go long route. He is clever
and game and getting better every day.
! would not force him were I his
handler. Plenty of training of the
strength building variety is necessary.
the muscles, but suitable gymnasium
work. lots of outdoor exercise and
enough boxing to keep his hand in.
4 x * x
A real fighter was uncovered the other
evening in the person of Mike Gibbons
of st. Paul. Coming here several weeks
ago with the reputation of victory over
Jimmy Clabby, the globe trotter. New
Workers asked to be shown.
And shown they certainly were last
Wednesday at Billy Gibson's Fairmont
Athletic Club, when Willie Lewis, who
lad been locally regarded as invincible
at the welterweight limit, was made to
look ridiculous before the remarkable
work or the westerner.
Gibbons is the best fighting machine
placed on exhibition here in many day.
He has everything in abundance-speed.
two great hands. science TO burn and
GOOD headpiece. What more does a real
fighter needo Not once did he waste a
punch In the Lewis mill. and completely
outclassed the New Yorker.
Who the proud possessor of the welter-
weight title is l can't say. / don't think
there is recognized champion at the
-
find a boy to successfully argue the right
to the championship with this Gibbons
party. ! think we had better start to
give him the title of champion right
off the reel
Lewis is quite clever as cleverness goes
these days but Mike Gibbons knows the
game from to L and then back He
reminded one the other night Of Packey
McFariand. Packey with harder kick.
IL was a grand display of the science of
boxing. and case of the boxing teacher
and his pupil
And how Gibbons can feint, He tied
lewis In knots. The latter was kept ex-
tremely busy blocking and ducking imag-
mary wallops. and displayed his hand to
the ST. Paul youngster early in the bout
SO early. in fact, that in the second round
Mike leaned his right on Wille's jaw and
only the latters experience in stallinp
enabled him to stick out the round
Renting is the most scientific part of
boxing. Modern BOXERS l am sorry to
say, who develop the finer points of the
art are sadly in the minority The lot of
so-calIed white hopes" with the excep
ton of Kennedy, has no conception of
feinting.
The finished boxer feints with his hands.
his eyes, his head, his BODY and his feet
When he has an opponent guessing the
next move he Is fairly on the wav to
victory To cause an adversary to ey-
pect one thing and force an exposuy. q:
his defense for that particular blow g
and Get,
Is the method of learning the other fell
lows strong points Well as the weak
ones.
skillfuI boxer can frequently force an
opponent to. change his plan of battle
through feinting. He can draw leads
from the other fellow where the inten-
ton was To box on the defensive ANY
deceptive move I'm boxing that will draw
All adversary off guard is "a feint and
Mike Gibbons demonstrated he is skilled
In that branch of the science.
Immediately after his victory Gibbons
announced he would box Walter Coffey.
the sensational hitter from the golden
west. The match is arranged at 1856
pounds. and Mike is up against tough
proposition to try to ave weight. How
ever, with his wondeff4i skill. it will take
him in ten rounds. This match will be
hummer.
Al Kaufman. the loafing kid since Jim
Flynn put him temporarily hors de COM
bat Is pining his young life away. The
cause? He can't find any work. That is
the way Big Al tells II.
Comes to me Andy Morris. a young and
healthy tighter from Boston, who de-
clares the one ambiti,r OF his life is 10
engage Mr.. Kaufman In joust with the
gloves for six, tea or twenty rounds, the
pleasure to be al i.e Californian's.
Kaufman, with that financial wisdom
which comes with experience in the
S1orriS- provided there is no chance 10