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| whose last name is a secret in the
profession, and then, in the most
matter-of- fact manner. Mike gave his
receptive opponent a polthog or two,
and the Dancing Master whose
terpsichorean performance was not so
dazzling when facing a Gibbons, took
a convenient Steve Brodie" and re-
manned unconscious while Referee
Billy job and Michael himself, like
good Samaritans. half lifted, half
dragged the fallen gladiator to his
seat in the far corner of the ring. Dan
Morgan Ahearn's manager, and who
was his principal second, used to such
things as knockouts, never moved
muscle as Ahearn took his sleep. He
didn't say a word for few minutes,
either, which is going some for Dan;
but afterward, when he came on with
his other SHAREHOLDER" Jack Den
ming, who, by the way, was meeting
another Gibbons, a brother of the re-
doubtable Mike. Morgan did say, and
without any desire to conceal it,
either, that "Ahearn must have been
watching Jim Savage train, for he
| fell just like Jim fell when Gunboat
Smith put him away" That was a
rather cold blooded expression of
opinion, coming, as it did, from the
fighters manager, and, while nearly
everybody around the ringside was
wise to the knockout" the experts
went right on describing the
foreclosures of the battle and the
terrific thud of the blow.
@
1t is too bad it was so, but Ahearn,
the Dancing Master for bosh, took
as delightful a nap at his own con-
venience as ever gladiator" per-
formed in the ring. The potion adj
ministered by DIR. Gibbons is pre-
sumed to have been a textbook to
the jaw. Whatever it was and
wherever it landed, it had the de-
sired effect Ahearn took it like a
soothing tonic and went off to sleep
| like a baby in the arms And when
he woke up and opened his eyes and
looked bewildered, even "Old Dan"
| Morgan, wise as he is, appeared to
! be serious for a moment. The next
moment though, as Ahearn "came
to-" Morgan couldn't get away with
out saying something. Just like
Savage; only BETTER Daniel re-
marked For which, to say the least,
the young man is entitled to much
credit.
That is the story, as I saw the
Gibbons-Ahearn bout: For three
rounds the men boxed as beautifully
as men ever boxed. Ahearn stood
right up to Gibbons as if he wasn't
afraid, and Mike made it his bust
ness to be very careful that he didn't
scare his. opponent too much. AS
everybody knows who knows boxing.
Ahearn is a mighty clever fellow
when up against a man of his own
class, but with a man of Gibbons's
caliber in front of him 1t is much
different. Mike outclassed Ahearn.
He just played with him for a while
and then Ahearn, unable to stand the
strain any longer. took the count
and put an end to his own and
others misery.
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For those who like such exhibitions,
| it is a pity to put them wise. Ahearn
! played his part so well that he is
entitled to another chance" but in
some other city. Gibbons is a grand
fellow in the ring. He can make the
pace to suit himself or suit his OPP
| ponent. He can will the contest to
last four rounds or fourteen, just as
you like. He is an artist--a pugilis-
tic artist of no mean repute. He may
dog it," as the boys around the cor
| ner' say, when he gets up against
! too stiff game himself but when
| the stage is all laid for a Gibbons
tableau, nothing is quite so artistic
| as a Gibbons rendition of the part.
The "Only Mike" can play tragedy
| or comedy at his own sweet will, and
because he wins he is hailed a hero.
How he wins is generally forgotten
in the victory. but the boxing game
wouldn't exist very long if there were
many Mike Gibbonses on the payroll.
@
Even after all this. mind you, I'm
not saying that the fight was a pre-
arranged affair. In fact. one could
say with much truth that it wasn't
In the first place, Ahearn isn't a
match at all for Gibbons. and no one
knew it better than Ahearn himself
and it didn't take Gibbons long to
find it out. But Mike is to be cen
sured for making the exhibition APP
| pear as if his opponent was some
J where near his equal in boxing skill
He allowed his man to hit him with