Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-11
Former Champion Gives Brook
Ignite Credit for Taking Ad-
vantage of Opening.
z AL EASY FOR GIBBONS
Gentleman Jim Thinks Mike Is
go II. Closest to the Tommy
e-.' Ryan Type.
By JAMES J. CORBETT
!. (Fermer Heavyweight Champion of the
tft WOrId.)

49, piunship, last Tuesday evening.
.s,g Those critics who devoted columns
trying to convince the public that
Chip was the Legitimate champion,
by virtue of his defeat of Frank
Klaus, now have a new monarch to
kotow to.
go tt was not even a fight. Chip went
eive after Mccoy from the tap of the bell,
xse and Mccoy beat retreat. This was
~. kept UP for a minute and Chip
thought he was up against a real
soft thing. Getting his man near
90 the ropes, he pulled back his right
and in doing so left himself vide
40. open as O barn door Mccoy, give
- him credit, was sharp enough TO see
the chance, and up came his left-a
~" half swing, half uppercut, and II
"a, landed right on Chips jaw. George
se-~feil fiat on his back and 1T was ali
4ao over. Mccoy was even more sur
- .prised than Chip, when the latter
came to and made the usual inquiries
q" or what happened.
as1 The battle was altogether too brief
20 be diagnosed intellgently. How
ever. the little Chip showed, was
scarcely impressive. He is sturdlly
!. built. and his physical resemblance
/. to Tommy West. that great middle
weight of bygone days, was COM
mented upon by old-timers present.
- Papke, and is based on aggressive
s.4s ness and without a thought as TO de-
fense. Evidently he can hit nara,
!. hut Mccoy can punch hard, too, as
the result indicates. When two birds
of this species get together II Is
~ gamble as to which win get the KICK
-sn, over first. -
Chips victories over Klaus never
did make me think him good enough
10 be rated champion. Klaus never
was a boxer-just fighter, who won
~ "a majority of his battles because ne
4 was rougher and stronger than ms
onnonents. II made to observe the
rules as they are written, lighters OF
the Klaus and Chip types wonla
never get high enough 10 pe nsuie'
1919 contenders for title.
s... Mike Gibbons boxed Mccoy several
months ago, and the battle was SO
one-sided that he was charged win
easing up to allow Al to stay inc
FFs limit. From that my readers ought
- ID be able to get a fair idea of Me
, ss COWS real rating. II the men Were
.re-matched-I mean emp anu NJ
rov-the chances are Chip would pe
-saAi ID toyi+e In the betting. But If there
10 As anything In that old Indian sign
A.. Mccoy would probably repeat - -.
+. -. what would a modern Tommy Ryan u
AZ 70 This bunch of alleged fighters
Mike Gibbons comes closer TO the
& sgstandard set by Ryan than any olnet
middleweight of recent years but
A-SNIike lacks something-posslply coue
Mra or maybe I should say, conf
ifFT dencs- with his boxing skill, ring
=. generalship and all-around hghtihs
shjlitv he ought to have nlucIl
easier time cleaning up than Ryan
--.,s mad in his day. There were more
= real lighters to make the task a nara
!. one in the COS than there are now.
49,. What q chance for GIBBONS TO az
- uuire q title, and what prop s
means a great deal more TO MN
money.
Tin, coffroth is very pessimistic
-. concerning the future Of boxing III
Caijfornia. Now that the women have
heen giyen the voting franchise In tne
o." Golden State, it begins to look as II
- the snort will have hard pattie lor
it's life. But Jim has not gwen up
hone entirely. He has a PLAN GEMS
always was a bright lad-by which ne
80 family hopes to beat the ladies to II
m, nv having the Legislature pass q niue
hin he has drafted, which calls Tor q
commission to regulate the sport on
-fhe New York WI sconstn- Montana
Cincinnati plan. the princlPal iii III,
; = sance will be that this bill Will empooy
80. ali the latest improvements. BY that
is meant the weak points of the laws
" regulating the sport by commission
~ in other States will be eliminated
y and that California will profit by the
mistakes and experiences OF other
communities in that respect.
Coffroth has saved the sport in the
mast from attacks of professional re
formers and greed of hungry male
politicians. It remains to be seen
? whether he will be forced to take the
count in the bout with the fair sex.
Conroth Likes Billy Murray.
Speaking of Coffroth, he again gave
evidence that he is pretty eoou
r4- tudge of q fighter. While visiting IN
a., New York several weeks ago jim lolo
me 10 keep on eye on Billy Murray
the sacramento middleweight, whom
he nredicts will develop into second
= Stanley Ketchel Jim said he wouid
1sasnot be greatly surprised II Murray
were to stop Jimmy Clabby MOI
that he looked for any such result
as he believed the Indiana boxer
90. S,leverness and experience ought to
!, earn the verdict, but he would not he
astonished If Murray did put over a
havmaker.
Murray did well enough to get a
draw with Clabby, who is considered
- nv many experts about the best OF
a-9 the middleWeights. At any rate,
/. out IN California, where he had beat
on all Corners until he pumped into
Murray, Jimmy was allowed to get
uaway with his titular claims, And
I ~ even in the East Clabby is thought
pretty we'll of. In fact, Nike Glib
"a bons is the only boxer rated higher
ts.lt than Clabby, In the estimation OF
Eastern experts
Looks as if Coffroth pretty nearly
called the turn. When a newcome;
can Jump right out with veteran OF
Clabby's skill and earn draw, III
the opinion of Referee Jim grimm
there must be considerable class
80 there all right, all right.
VIII Have 10 he Wonder.
s4 But to equal the sensational win
ming streak of the lamented ketchel
- Murray will have to be little short OF
49, a. wonder. Stanley, as followers OF
the game will recall, got his first real
J. chance with Joe Thomas in TWEEN
ty-round bout at Marysvile, Cal. Joe
was then right on the top wave and
=-- aeaded for the championship ketch-
e.s showing was so good that there
was nothing TO 1t but another match,
e. For the first time in his career
- ''Steve," as he was dubbed by his
s--p pals, then could afford plenty OF
~H'eats" and the right kind of train
ing The result was that he stopped
- Thomas-who was a real fighter,
too-after thlrty-two rounds of the
se-~-fiercest milling Californians had seen
in years Yes, and he broke
- Thomass heart as well. Joe was
never able to get over that beating,
although he did succeed in going
twenty rounds with Ketchel few