The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-21
SHOULD ALLOW REFEREE TO
 GIVE DECISION IN BOUTS
Corbett Praises Commissioner 0'NeiI of N. Y.
 for Stand Taken

1 put as much force into his wallops as when set for a slam. In the bout the | other night Mike discovered early
 there was little sting to Ahearn
 blows, and what he did to the local 1 man after that was p1enty-and then some
 It was Gibbons refusal to mix it up with Eddie MoGoorty that cost him the popular verdict last Fall In that battle McGoorty was not htnself at all, (and rather fancy he has nev- CT fully recovered from the severe strain of training to make weight on that occasion to judge from his me ddocre performance of late). But to get back to my story. Gibbons ought to have won that fight hands down He had the speed, the c1eHerness ana, think, the strength. But Mike s bump of caution Is not lacking in de- Ve1opment, and that's the answer.
 doubt if there is a middle-Wetght in the game at present who could win a decision over Gibbons in a ten round battle . Frank Klaus might 'cop" in long bout, but he would not put many gloves on the St. Paul boxer Tn a. short contest Gibbons has been and second class rniddle-weights. He is good enough to take on Klaus Dfl- Ion and the best of them.
 A match between Mike and. Pitts burgh Frank would draw big, but I'm afraid there is little chance of it's ta- king place before next Winter at the earliest, if at all Gibbons says he intends to lay off during the hot weather, and I understand Klaus con- templates trip after the heavy weight championship of Europe Georges Carpenter, by virtue of an easy win from Bonn mbardier Wells, Is now the holder of that title. Klaus r, t11J n peat his recent victory over Georges, and there would be big money in it for him. If he gets the match with Carpentier he will lose no time sailing for the other side.
 With Klaus absent abroad and Gib- bons resting the best niddlewei eight appears to be Jack Dillon, of Indian apoHs. Eddie McGoorty was my choice, but he has not been boxing in anything like championship form for months past, and has evidently hit the old toboggan good and hard. His work recently indicates he isl through
 e Dillon Is to meet Jimmy CIabby on the Fourth of July. Clabby out-box- ed McGoorty at Butte last week, com ing from behind and running away with the fight after having all the worst of it in the first round or two. 1nS HDdLIl6 W1Cn= ShOu1d. deter mine his standing as a cham pionshdp candi didate- Jack seems to lack the class to get to the top, but has been a stumbling block to many aspirants In the only bout he was seen in in New York, Dillon gave miserable exhibition. Since that, however, he has met a number of the best men, among them Frank Klaus, and at times has given a splendid account of himself. The recent ten round match with Klaus at Indianapolis resulted in a popular verdict for Dillon, aI- though Frank and his manager have l protested the decision
 The most promising material of all | in the nidd1e-weight division just now is young Tom Gibbons, Mikes broth CT. While he fought green in his engagements around here he gave | plenty promise of future greatness A | season more of experience and coach ing under his clever brother and Tom | should develop into a worthy opponent | for the best in the 15s pound division, l and possibly a successor to the late l Stanley Ketchel as undisputed cham pion of that class.
 JAS. J. CoRBErT.