The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-04
Winner Of To.Nlght's Bout WIN
Practically Be MiddIeweIght
Champion.
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THE New Yorh World.

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the New Yorh World.
THIs % the Big slam night
Nc0oorty and Gibbons At the
Garden. i've and ten . throw.
hacked TO the doors and people trying TO
Set . peek through the skyiights.
For several long weary months New
York has been standing nrst on one foot
and then on the other. waiting patiently
for this encounter. And now its here!
Can you beat 1.-THE way time slips
niongf Why. only tho other day We
were waiting for Bob Fitssimmons to
climb into the ring and land . solAr
piexus wallop on that big novice from
California, Jeffriea
There has been talk Of . McGoorty-
ions was first to como to New York and
make . hit here. He drifted In out OF
the West somewhere and picked up
second rate bout with some New York
wonder pro tem.-<3herman. I think II
was. Nike landed . quick X. O.. and
then went right on repeating against
While Lewis and . number OF other local
'.Pridss'' and ''Hopes." The way Gas
House Willie took . dive TO the mat
like Q plumbsr hunting for . leak In the
cellar, made . hit with VI. WINE was
considered something OF . fighter. Gib-
bons became one OF the Idols OF New
York. and We began inQuiriny whore
Minnesota, or whAtsvsr part he hailed
from. was ON the map.
II Wa later by . few months that Nc
0oorty came here md took on Aoha
lie Wa very much to the lAmburSer.
In the vsrnAcuiar u the Svort.nS world
~ want In very Sooa shape. but
when hs appeared aSAan no wa . dli-
iersnt N1ivorty. he nALteneu Lave
omith OF Australia. champ, In y coupe
u OAaIns, then rspeatsa on = visstlns
uaidaAsx slShS champion OF h-nSianu.
Aha StArUed uhs puUlIc dein-Anu Tor
GIBBONS n cAoorty seal ~. GIBBONS hAu
bean pAcAiny lemons Until the crop
thrsAtsnso to give cut lac always h@d
an easy uuSs winning. People we're
wouaOylnS what he d 10 II pitteu ASAAns.
. real fighter. Ahe opportunity u Ixks
on Aolsoorty wasn't snoIaeed BY CID
IONS and his manager with any outward
sala OF overwhelming enthusiasm. In
tact, II took Mucn a. sutnent anu 0iSplAJ
OF coin 10 persbAos the 81 fAul chain-
bon to put ms ilst ~ the ARTICLES. But
he did sign-and now he xoinE " nave
chance " svpw what ne CAN 40 &lnons
the real champions.
N odd ANGLE Of this hight II the
esteem IN which the scr4ppers
= - hold each other. Yesterday Atter-
AEON ! watched McGoorty's last work.
out, up At Johnscns hoaunouse. Nc
t0oorty punched baSs aud Skipped ropes
And shauow dAnCeu anu bounced Apou'
with the dumbDeils and rouxhsd witf
big Bob ArmsuVnS. and then stVppse
70 tAik . httis.
"Winf why. OF course I expect Y
via." said he. But II ] don't happsn 4
win there isn't = fellow IN cue worl'
Ia rather lo-e TO than Mike. ~ woul'
be almost \ pleasure to W knocksa on
By Q zeal nice. perfect gsnueinAn hk
Mia IL w0uiunt DO hall as pAd u
xstuug Il from klaus OF PapAe or som
other Dutchmah"
No,oorty went ON to say that he ha
met MIKE Gibbons. sure. was introduce
10 ham q little while ago. ana Mike sai
a word or TWO and tacn turned MS oacH
Nade McGoorty feel some"a hat peeVe
for q while. Dut he inquired u OUT ths
MIA must have seen sometninH very III
tsrsstiny and. after turning to take
n look 81 It. had forgotten 10 turn oacS
Niks didn't really mean TO pe snort !u'
because ne was matched 10 nxht @'
0oorty. OF course not.
n for Mike, he says that ne ha
~ nothing but the friendliest of fee
4 = INKS TOR AcGoorty. What's
punoh ON the eye tooth between lrisi
menf Nothing at all. At all. but
OF generous rivalry.
Gtpoons agrees with McGoorty that
will be q good thing to cut raphe al
klaus out Of the championship rae
both being galilvanting about IN Il
rope. The winner Of the GiDpoh
McGoorty affalr Will be about as clio
10 n worlds champion as any ms
can name. AeSoorty has trimm'
Foreign champions enough TO give ~
pretty good claim 10 the wofio
tide II he can add the best In IN
country to his list. And Gibbons W
be \ pretty fair champion II he Ct
get away with the one-round conquer
of the champions Of Australia al
England.
had any trouble in making the weigl
Gibbons always Is little under !
rs ring side. And McGoorty weigh
after yesterday WORKOUT anu touei
the beam at icS pounds. Later In I
day he scaled ia 3-t. So i5S at the ri
should be easy for him TOO. lie loo
thin and fine. but ! can't say that
seems drawn at all. He Is surely We
cheerful and falls TO show any OF
irritabillty that always goes with ov'
training and reducing. As Gibbo
weighs about i5i or Lao there will
little difference In their ring 81
weights The weight has been so ca
for McGoorty that to-day lie Is stay
In town at hotel. taking life ca
instead OF going through another da!
grind ana sweating Off FOUND or 4
At the last moment. Each has 5000
a. a weight forfeit Take II for grant
they'll weigh in al right at 10 to-nigh
Who'll win? Why. III tell you tn
ee-oorrow.