Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-05

: = The elusive Mike Gibbons contented
himself with lodging the swings of
Eddie McGoorty at the Garden A. G.
last night, and by SO doing brought
upon himself the displeasure of some
4 thousands of fans who jammed the
big building, and the same feeling
was extended to McGoorty. 1t proved
disappointment and made the
crowd wonder at the lack of ability
& shown by both. Preliminary bouts
were very good, however.
4 McGoorty tried several of his
swings. but Sir Mike was always
under them or skirting the other end
of the ring. He also worked in close
to Eddie and satisfied himself with
jabbing, bringing over his right but
few times. A wave of Kisses went
up, as the fans had been looking for
an exciting battle from the outset.
Perhaps too much was expected. but
the efforts of the men did not show
anything.
Ninth Round the Best.
The ninth round furnished the most
action. Urged by the crowd to get
busy, the pair started in to exchange
|Wallops, but Mike was careful to keep
out of range and maintain a lead on
what was shown, and Eddies effort
, to drop him were unavailing. Glib
bons showed some neat blocking and
dtcking and coaxed McGoorty into
trying to box on several occasions,
which Eddie tried hard to do in order
to escape the laughs at his attempts
to land.
The holding back of Mikes right
arm was evident from the start. He
had golden opportunities, it seemed.
to drop MeGoorty with 1t, but he was
careful not to get in any position
whereby Eddie might gat in swing
and spoil his reputation. McGoorty
+ had the weight on Gibbons. He
weighed in at ringside 1855 pounds,
while 14Ssl were credited to Mike.
The efforts of McGoorty to connect
with his swings were laughable sew
eraf times, as Gibbons displayed fine
skill getting beneath them or side
stepping, and once Eddie nearly went
through the ropes. He used his left
often. but it did not land as he hoped.
and then he tried jabbing with like
result, Mike all the time - keeping
from harm.
First Round.
McGoorty in the first round tried
for swing. which landed on Mikes
shoulder, and then missed a right.
They hugged, and another swing went
wild, Gibbons closing in and allowing
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neck He put over a slow right, and
Gibbons jabbed to the nose, and when
they released each other from an en-
brace Eddie missed. He did finally
connect with a short swing. but Glib
hons was too close to suffer any dam
age Mike jabbed with his left just
before the bell.
After McGoorty had sent in two
short body punches Gibbons began
to spar and feint with Eddie, and,
working in close, hit him on the
mouth. McGoorty's left went over
the shoulder of Gibbons, and when he
tried another Mike was on the oppo-
site side of where he was facing.
Eddie stamped around the ring, try
ing to land Then Gibbons took to
missing, and the pair indulged in a
little boxing. McGoorty just missed
bad swing, and when they got to-
gether again tapped Mike three times
in the stomach and had a slight lead
on the work done.
Mike opened the third round with
light left to the face, and Eddie re-
sponded with his left to the ribs.
After he had hit Gibbons once more,
McGoorty went to sea. Mike was
moving around him so fast he did
not know where to strike, and took
a few wallops at the air to amuse
himself Gibbons waltzed around the
ring. stopping once in while to send
In a light left jab.
McGoorty tried a hook that missed
by feet, and he was punched about
the face and body Towards the end
of the round McGoorty looked de-
cidedly foolish with his endeavo-s to
connect
IT was again an opportunity for Nc
coorty to show what he could not do
10 Gibbons in the early part of the
fourth, and when he did try punch