New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-26
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Gibbons Working Hard for His
Bout with Eddie MCGoorty.
CONFIDENT OF WINNING
William Grayson, DR., Angling
for Some Baseball Stock in
st. Louis Cardinals.

Realizing fun we'll that the creates.
! opportunity of his career is at hand In
establish himself as the middleweight
champion Mike Gibbons. the mastery
boxer from St Paul, is training at the
New Polo Athletic Club for his contest
with Eddie McGoorty at Madison Sauar.
Garden on December 4. Gibbons an
peared to be I'm perfect condition. and
said that he was bigger and stronger
than ever before i'm his life He plans 70
enter the ring Weighing about l54 pounds
McGoorty. he believes, will find it hard 10
make 1853 pounds in the ring and be AZ
strong as usual. Gibbons however. is
asking no odds. He has confidence in his
own ability, and declares that, so far as
the result is concerned. he will win to
certainty.
Gibbons has employed a host OF big
powerful middle and heavy weights TO
work with him, and he appears to be
fully as much at home in the rough and
ready style of boxing as in the finer
points OF the game. He is working out a
defence for that long left hook which
McGoorty will doubtless use, and thinks
he has just about perfected il. II is Nc
Goorty's left hook which Mike will watch
throughout the contest, for, barring a
collision with that mailed fist, he is more
than likely to win on points.
Gibbons made few friends by his timid
boxing with Jack McCarron in Philadel.
phia the other night. He was under
triple wraps, according to reports, and
allowed McCarron, who Is a good man,
but not a champion, to carry the battle
almost continuously. In the fourth round,
maddened by the cries Of the crowd, Glib
bons cut loose. but could not overcome
the lead, and was roundly hooted as he
left the ring.
Johnny Dundee, the West Side feather
weight, has evidently made a decided i'm
preston on the boxing fans" of the
West. One critic whose name is known
throughout the boxing world declares that
in another year, given the advantage OF
good coaching, Dundee will be in position
to make a strong bid for the feather
weight title.
AID Wolgast, the lightweight champion;
Willie Richie. Jose Rivers and Joe Man
dot will be seen in action on Thursday.
Wolgast and Richie will cross gloves boz
San Francisco, while Mandot and RiTen
will meet at Vernon.
Wolgast. by the way, has let out an
other long howl doubtless directed a,
Packey Mcfarland. He says that IN case
he beats Richie he will fight the weller
weights one after another, since iu his
opinion there are no good men lu i1'
class between 1873 and l45 pounds Mcta.-
land has long challenged WOlgdst 1'i
the latter has always insisted upon aH
impossible weight. II. however NglgG.g
really means 10 fight the welterwe.gHt#r
Packey should have no reason 10 com
plain. Jack Britton also will welcome
this announcement.
An all-star entertainment has been ar
ranged for the patrons of Browns Gym
nasium tonight.
senor Munez, the Cuban baseball
writer defends the Cuban fans" against
the charge that they are hard losers
When their teams are beaten. Munez de-
MES that Cy Rigler was forced to call
off his trip to Cuba with an all-star nine.
because the fans" were set against
American teams on account OF defeats.
He declares that the regular league sea-
son in Cuba is about TO begin, and there
is not enough time left for the playing
of exhibition games.
Miller Higgins, manager OF the ST.
Louis Cardinals, is on the hunt for
hard hitting outnelder and an experienced
catcher. He will attend the annual meet
ing Of the National League in this city
next month In the hope OF effecting
deal which will give him the players 10
needs.
William Grayson, jr.. former owner ot
the Louisville club of the American
Association, is ambitious to become a
major league "magnate." He recently
sold his holdings in the Louisville club
for 500, 900, and hopes TO buy some stock
in the st. Louis Cardinals.
Marty Krug, utility infelder of the Bos-
Indianapolis club. of the American AsSo-
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