The Washington herald., 1914-01-13
NJ 'ALLISTER is
KNOCKED OUT BY
MIkEGIBBONS
Game Lad from California Is
Unable to Stand Pounding
Of the Shadow.
END IN SEVENTH ROUND
Former Amateur Champion Has Best
of Early Rounds. but the
Pace Tells.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.
Madison Square Garden, New York
Jan. 12-Mike Gibbons. well named the
st. Paul Shadow. knocked out game,
young Bob McAllister, the California
fcrmcr amateur. I'm the seventh round a:
slashing battle at Madison Squar,
Garden tonight For four OF the seven
rounds the boy from the Golden CAT,
pelted the older and more experienced
Minnesota man almost at viii. He hii
Gibbons more times ia those four rounds
than Mike has ever been hit before In
any ten rounds Of his career.
They were all light punches, however
for clever as McAllister is, he cannot
hit
In the fifth Mike began to fight with
deadly effectiveness. He shook off tn
eiderdown blows OF the Californian aud
marched in. battering McAllister witt
wicked left and rights. He had Bod
very tired through the sixth and raised
a lump under the native sons eye.
Gibbons Cuts Loose.
At the opening of the seventh session
Gibbons walked over TO McAllister and
as Bob led with his unerring left tbs
Shadow pushed IL aside. seemed to hold
the glove an instant and measure his
man. then slammed a right to McAllis-
ter's jaw. The slender legs of the Cali.
fornian sagged under him and then
Gibbons was all over him, raining volley
after vOlley Of blows on McAllister's
face and body. McAllister was literal
ly punched drunk and as he reeled
around there were cries from all oveI
the house for Referee job to stop ii.
Finally. after a minute and thirty sec.
ends had elapsed Gibbons ripped through
right hand uppercut and McAllister fel
limp to the floor and was carried to his
corner in semi-conscious condition. II
was several minutes before he was ablt
TO leave the ring.
During the early stages of the fight /.
looked as II McAIlister had a cinch tC
win on points. He kept his left hand
continually Gibbons face and he hat
| Mike missing with his right, which is q
rare occurrence for the St Paul man.
Gibbons Outweizhted.
Gibbons was outweished nearly ter
pounds, but this counted nothing In thu
second round McAllister hit Gibbon,
three times on the nose as Mike wa,
sliding away with that curious crab-lik'
movement characteristic of his lighting
Time and again the Californian repeated
the trick, but Gibbons knew there wa!
no force to Bob's blow, and he tool
dozens of punches without return whiiI
trying to land his right. In the open
ing round McAllister hit him at leas
twenty times before Gibbons even led.
In the fourth round McAllister fough
Mike through the ropes and he was lead
ing on points by 4 considerable msrSh
cLing into the nth round. But MIR
WAS as fresh as IL ne were just enterint
the arena. II is said that Mike calle'
the round in which he would get HI
nan. but until the fifth II seemed i'm
possible for him to set a glove on tn
fast moving Californian. 1t was Srea
fight with a rather tragic ending Tor
game youugstsr McAllister's ineNpe
rience undoubtedly told against him hu
he was lighting the Gibbons that th'
New Workers knew a year ago and no
ia, Gibbons OF the McGoorty fight.