The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-27
Mike Gibbons Has Better Of Denning
 In Ten Round Go
St. Paul Whirlwind Puts Op- p0nent Down in Fourth and Also Has H.m Out in Final Session
Special to The Farmer.)


 New York. March 27-Before an. en- thusiastic crowd at the Fairmont A. C.. last night, Mike Gibbons proved that he deserves the name of St. Paul whirlwind. Gibbons boxed rings around Jack DenE:.Ig of New York for ten rounds, and gave Denning an aw- full beating. In the fourth round Gib- bons put his opponent down for the count of nine and in the final session Denning was on the verge of a knock out. The worst punishment Gibbons got was black eye.
 It was a battle between two left hands, both boxers acting in the open, figthing as if they had no right arms. The fourth round was an exception to the general rule, as it was in this chapter that Gibbons let fly his ter rife right and Denning hit the floor. It was clean knockdown, and it be- gan to look as if Denning's finish had arrived. But the west slider managed to pull himself together at the count of nine, and during the remainder of the bout he remained on his feet. In the tenth Gibbons cut loose at clip which seemed to indicate another knockdown, but Dennine held him off we'll enough, and the fall did not ma- terialize
 Gibbons used his right quite often | in the clnches, but outside of the fourth round he did not show it at long range. In the infighting, he gained big lead. over the west slider, Denning contenting himself during the clinches at defensive work: Gibbons offended a few times by hitting Den l ming in the breaks, and he got few misses for h's work. He also did some effective work in fighting himself free from clinches before being ordered by | the referee to break.
 Denning accomplished some hing that | no other boxer has been able to do since the St. Paul boy arrived in New York He bruised up Gibbons with a few marks which will serve as re- minders of the bout for some time. J Early in the bout Jack raised a lump under Gibbons left eye. and as the bout wore on he added little to the size of the bruise, but not sufficient | to close the eye. Denning also made | a bruise on Gibbons nose. The eye | bothered Gibbons somewhat, and he
 rubbed it often during the closing rounds instead of rubting his nose-a | favorite habit of the St. Paul boy. Denning bled from the mouth all
 through the bout, the result of tadly
 split lip in the first round. Gibbons also put a bruise under Denning's | right eye, but no other marks stood
 out prominently after the bout. Den ! ming tipped the beam at 153A pounds De'OI e'terilS lue TliiS aHu SiUooiis
 sealed 150E.
 In the fourth Gibbons showed the
 only real flash of what the crowd ex' pected. He drove Denning around the
 ring with his terrific right and left | swings. finally flooring Jack tor the | count of nine. Tn the fifth the e was | no notable work done by either, and
 the crowd missed Gibbons for his fail-
 ure to get in and mix matters. Den. | ming did all the leading and earned | the honors of the round. The sixth | was another quiet sess' on. and more misses followed. Denning deserved the honors in this round as he did all the | real work that the round produced. From the seventh round to the tentf l Gibbons gained the horrors in each The seventh, eighth ard ninth prcdu co an occasional flash by Gibbons. hut nothing noteworthy. Tn the tenth Mi'rt
 cut loose 8 bit and gained good lead | for the final round.