The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-05
THEIR GREAT BOUT
IS TAME AFFAIR
M'GO0RTY AND GIBBONS GO TEN
ROUNDS WITHOUT MUssING
THEIR HAIR.
FANS BOO AND HISS
GIBBONS KEEPS AWAY FROM
DANGER AND M'GoORTY CAM
NOT CATCH HIM IN TEN
ROUNDS.
FANS BOO AND HISS
Bv DAMON RuNYCN,

4
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Mr. Joseph
Humphreys the bald headed announcer
at Madison Square Garden, demon
strated tonight 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
between two parties. to-wit, Mr.. Mich
i aei Gibbons. Of st. Paul, Mimi, and
Mr.. Edward McGoorty. OF Oshkosh,
! wis.
/ 1t was not long after these two per
sons got together that large numbers
| Of the people collected in the Garden,
under the wholly erroneous impression
/ that they were about to witness
cause of assault and battery. took ad-
vantage Of Mr.. Humphreys tip and
| dispersed into the clammy night. leav-
/ ing Messrs. Gibbons and McGoorty far
| behind them.
For the benefit OF those who did not
remain, 1t might be well to state that
| the young men occupied all the time
allotted to ten rounds by the late Mar
| auis OF Queensberry. although they
could have been going along yet II
| they had desired, and II they could
have induced anyone to stay and see
rabbit skin without material dam
age to anything except the bunny over
/ coat.
One Round For Al.
We will endeavor to detail this fight
, by rounds. using but one round for
| ths purpose. however. on account OF
! the great scarcity OF space. Here we
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/ and Gibbons let's them all miss him.
| The crowd Kisses. McGoorty pursues
! Gibbons az far as the ropes and misses
several hooks. swings. uppercuts and
| many others items pertaining to the
general business OF boxing. The
crowd booes like this: 'Oo-Oo-Oo.'
Gibbons feints at McGoorty until Ed
! ward Is tanning himself with both
hands, wondering where the lightning
is going to strike. and the crowd whis
ties Marching Through Georgia.
The populace appeared to be some
what displeased by the course OF
events. which may have been due to
the fact that this encounter between
Messrs McGoorty and Gibbons had
been referred to In the advance notices
| Az a fight Also II was mentioned
| from time to time an n fight for the
| mIddIeweight championship OF the
world. Mr.. Humphreys said some
| thing to that effect in one OF his an
nouncements tonight, but 1t Is under
and Is willing to personally apologize
| to the shade of Stanley Ketchel,
| which is said to have manifested great
| restlessness after the meeting.
Gibbons . Higi1brow.
Michael Gibbons Is the young man
| with the high. studious looking brow.
and the thoughtful eye. who has been
sliding phantomlike around the local
rings for some months past. hypno-
hx,t be s3r rf
two hands, while Edward McGoorty Is
serious minded youth. who has
been laying claim to the middfe-
weight title. On paper a meeting be-
tween these two seemed the best caro-
In the United States at the present
time. Wherefore, our populatioh
| surged wildly into Madison Square
at anywhere from 81 to $40 per surge
and sat about the ringside. and en-
deavored to look prominent. or II not
prominent, at least conspicuous.
Reginald Vanderbilt and a lot OF
other persons not quite 80 wealthy,
were present. Quite delegation came
on from st. Paul, Mimi. to see their
fellow townsman box. They admitted
their nativity freely before the nght.
but thereafter they were more close
mouthed, and cautious about giving
out information.
MC<sOOTty TICS n1ru.
II must be said for Mc1oorty that
he seemed to be trying to instili into
the meeting a certain amount Of iusty
, activity. which Ii An important eie-
ment of fighting. but he couldn't get
much of a rise out of Michael. X
Edward had been provided with
net, or had been allowed to have
Jimmy johnson. or Marty Forkins, Ms
seconds, or even some members OF
the audience In the ring with him. 70
help him catch Gibbons. 1t might have
turned out to be quite thing. pus
being required to work all alone Ed
de was handicapped.
Gibbons came on In green ignts'
which was very hopeful sign, wniie
McGcorty wore brown knit trunks
Joe Humphreys introduced all the
elk day bicycle riders before the bout
started, and this gave the ticket
holders some return on their invest
ment, at Ieast-about two bits, 70 DO
avact Prior to the main event. there
were some prcliminaries, which also
paid a slight dividend.