The evening world., 1912-07-02
Sid Burns the Ripest Lemon
Mike Gibbons Has Picked in
a Long Time.


The New York World)
= PIKE GIBBONS &c the busiest little
N lemon picker In the trade iusi
sVS now. Last night at the Garden
he plucked the ripest fruit that has
come his way In a long time In Sid
Burns, alleged welterweight champion
oe England. II Sid Is champion the
other English weiters must he pipplns.
0ibbonsf weighed totiiciallD 100 IA
pounds. stripped, Just before entering
the ring. After announcing this weight.
Joe Humphreys. hardened ~ he H.
didn't have the cheek to introduce Glib
bons as the "welttrweiGht champion "a
title of which Mike IL very fond, as Il
enables him to choose his opponents
among smaller men than himself.
Burns weighed i+sA. pounds In ring
costume. He was as tall as Gibbons.
and looked As II he'd stopped many a
good punch in his time. The bout was
put on ahead OF the semi final. a. gio-
hons said he wanted to catch train
Tor the West.
When the scrap tarted the English
boxer showed IA flash for n momen;
tabbing rather cleverly and dancing
about the ring like shadow. lie even
rushed Gibbons and took chances trad
Ing punches with him. Mike looked sur-
prised. Burns kept up his work. He
was willing enough. but after u minute
or 20 II was evident that he didn't have
. punch that would dent a feather pill.
low.
When Mike found this out he began
fooling. He held back his punches. lie
lSrlnnsA and walked around and le,
Burns mAssage him with his feeble lab.
and hooks. Now and then he hit little
harder and Burns grinned The crowd
didn't care for Mikes staliing tactics
AID loudly urged him to hurry up and
catch his train" Mike dropped Burns
once each In the third and fourth
rounds. and near the end OF the NTH
being advised that he had just forty 1--WE
minutes to spare. took on the brakes
and let = couple Of puncaes 20 In earn
est Burns was knocked down twise. the
second time for a cold X. .. lie had
been down only six seconds when the
end Of the round came. but he was In
No condition to 10 on after the min
uts's rest. and the referee told Mike ts
shake hands.
Gibbons mas been picking out all the
easy ones for n long time. lie 10 q
rniddieweight and n good middlewelgh,
At that. II he can't box In his owr
class and meet some OF the men who
may possibly give him something OF q
fight he'd do better to stay IN ST. Paul.
THE "semi-nnal." between Youn,
Shugrue and Johnny Dundee, wa,
ten times AZ good q fight ~ Tn,
Gibbons Burns affair II VAS ten
round slasher Shugrue. who has heel
whixnnG upward like rocket durinl
the past month or so, made good again
by defeating the husky little Italian
lie used a bothersome left hand puncl
IN the short ribs all through the fight
making Dundee do a little more dancln,
than usual In the m!Nups Shusrue ha'
the best OF 1t all the way excep, for "a,
occasional Dundee furry, lie used mucl
better headwork and less leg WORK tina
tho Italian. met Dundce's rushcs with
out giving ground. and hit much mos
accurately. Several times he stoo
Johnny up on his leels. Dundee is
rugged specimen, able to take a lot @
punching, and full of hght. lilo mad
4 hot finish Of It In the tenth.
THE wise ones are puzzled on,
the Johnson Flynn night. !
- first there WAS every iniicatiu
that johnson was to lose. But of Ia
the cut seems TO have been shifted. -
bill passed through Congress, prohibi
Ing interstate commerce in moving phi
lures Of fights, although stlll unslgne
mskes the moving pictures OF the l..
Vegas scrap an uncertain asset, Eve
II Flynn should win the plctur,
wouldn't be worth much money II III,
couldn't be shown In any other Sta
In the country.
Johnson hasn't been talking mu,
about winning. but yesterday he sent
wire to Baron wilkins saying; ~,
can put bet on me. III beat Flyi
iaside Of fifteen rounds"
johnson IL a topheavy favorlie In L.
Vegas. and all through the West. II
latest photographs snow that he n
taken on lot Of fat, and now looks
fairly good shape. That's all ne nee
to make 1t pretty sure thing. Johns
would have 10 go back" 20 per GET
before Flynn would have a chance wi
him. And from the Johnson SIN
prominently displayed in all the pilot
he doesn't seem 20 be worrying abo
anything.
JOHNNY HAYES. In Stockho
coaching the American Maratho
ers. must look back rsgretfully
the day he won his olympic Mara tn
In London. four years ago. But h
good patriotic johnny. Iie'n h
some other American 10 take the plp
he left vacant when he turned proi,
Sional. Hayes should be a good cos'
He has had world OF experience
running Variations, and there are +
tricks OF the trade that these willy p
feosionals miss.
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0AeBDAII., Polo Grol.ds. To. Day. 4
n. Giants ". Boston. Tflnissiob 5oe.'