The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-05
McGoorty and Gibbons
Fight Ten Fast Rounds
Former Is Aggressor Throughout, and Has Best of
Hot Battle at Madison Square Garden.
BY DAMON RUNYON.

reys, the bald-headed announcer at Mad
isOn Square Garden, demonstrated to
night that he is still the friend of the
MASSES when he issued certain valuable
advice, as follows:
Use all exits in going out
This was Just prior TO a meeting be-
| tween two parties, TO wit. Mr..
1 Michael Gibbons. Of ST. Paul. Mimi, and
Mr.. Edward McGoorty, of Oshkosh. Wis.
II was not long after these two persons
got together that large numbers Of the
people collected in the Garden under the
| wholly erroneous impression that they
were about to witness case of assault
and battery took advantage Of Mr.
Humphreys tip and dispersed into the
| clanmy night, leaving Messrs Gibbons
and AcGOOrty far behind them.
For the benefit OF those who did not
remain it might be well to state that
the young men occupied all the time
allotted to ten rounds by the late Mar
quis of Queensberry, although they
could have been going along yet II they
had desired, and II they could have
induced any one to stay and see it, In
TACT. they could box all day on a rabbit
skin without material damage to any
thing except the bunny Overcoat
We Will endeavor to detail this fight
by rounds, using but one round for the
bN' pcSNs hOHtNtls vi ACCOUNT OF the
great scarcity of space. Here Ne go:
"McGOOrty leade ace. deuce. and Jack,
and Gibbons let's them all miss him. The
crowd Kisses. McGOorty pursues Glib
bons' as far as the ropes and misses sew
eral hooks. swings. upperCuts, and many
other items pertaining to the general
business of boxing. The crowd bOos like
this: 'OO-oO-oo" Gibbons feints at Nc
Goorty until Edward is tanning himself
han
lightning is going TO strike. and the
crowd whistles Marching Through
Georgia."
P"puIncc DIspIcased.
The populace appeared 10 be somewhat
displessed by the course Of events, which
may have been due to the fact that this
encounter between Messrs. MCGoorty and
Gibbons mad been referred to in the ad-
vance notices as a fight Also it was
mentioned from time to time as a hght
for the middle-weight championship Of
the world. Mr.. Humphreys said some
thing to that effect in one Of his an
nOuncemcnts Tonight. but II is under
stood he has since made a retraction.
and is willing to personally apologize
20 the shade Of Stanley Ketchel. which
is said TO have manifested great restless
ness after the meeting.
Michael Gibbons is the young man with
the high. studious-I looking brow. and the
thoughtful eye. who has been sliding
phantOm-like around the local rings for
some months past hypnotizing opponents
by the magic Of his two hands while
Edward MCGOorty is serious-minded
youth who has been laying claim to the
middle-weight title. On paper a meet
ing between these two seemed the best
card in the United States at the present
har nrrr =
wildly into Madison Square at anywher..
from 8 to so per surge, and sat about
the ringside and endeavored to look
prominent, or, II not prominent, at least
conspicuous.
Reginald Vanderbilt and a lot Of other
persons not quite so wealthy were pres
ent. Quite a delegation came on from
st. Paul. Mimi. to see their fellow
townsman box. They admitted their ma
tivity freely before the fight. but there
after they were more close-mouthed and
cautious about giving out information.
1t must be said for McGoorty that he
seemed to he trying TO instin into the
meeting certain amount of lusty ac-
tivity. which is an important element Of
fighting. but he couldn't get much Of a
rise out Of Michael. II Edward had
been provided with a net. or had been
allowed TO have Jimmy johnson. or
Marty Porkins. his seconds: OF even
some members or the audience in the
ring with him to help him catch Glib
hons. ii might have turned out to be
quite thing. but being required to work
all alone. Eddie was handicapped
Gibbons came on in green tights.
which was a very hopeful sign. while
McGOorty wore brown KNIT trunks. Joe
Humphreys introduced all the six-day
bicycle riders before the bout started.
and this gave the ticket holders some
return on their investment at least!
about two bits. to be exact Prior to
the main event. there were some pre-
liminaries. which also paid slight divi- |
dend