Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-05
ike GIBBONS IS
VICTOR OVER k0HA
Latter Fighter Fouls Twice
st. Paul Man Has
Better of 1t.
(Herald Special Service. :,


Hudson, Wis. Dec. 5.-Before a
crowd estimated at 5000. here to-
night, the Hudson Athletic club
pulled off three events The feature
Of the night turned out to he farce.
Moha quitting after fouling Gibbons
twice in the second round. a..
Gibbons. of st. Paul, and Moha. of
Milwaukee. entered the ring at 1O:27
and after q flashlight of the prin-
cipals had been taken and few in
structiors from Referee Duffy, the
contest started.
Starts off Fast.
When the fight began Gibbons
landed his initial punch on the nose of
his opponent. Moha made few
wild swings, then began covering up.
Gibbons opened with a volley Of leftS
and rights to head. raising Moha's
head with uppercuts, then rocking 1t
with vicious jabe. Moha showed no
inclination to stay in the range of the
st. Paul boys blows.
Early in the first round Gibbons
fought his opponent to the edge of the
ring. then with a fierce left swing
to the side of the head. sent him
tumbling to the floor. When it was
ended it was very evident that Moha
could not last more than two rounds.
and knockout was expected.
Gibbons Hurt.
In the early part of the second
round Gibbons forced Moha about the
ring, inflicting severe punishment.
After being the target for an array
of stiff jabs to the head, Moha sud-
denly sent an uppercut to Gibbons
groin. The St. Paul boys face wrin-
kled with pain. but he continued to
fight. after Referee Duffy of Milwau-
kee warned Moha-
For the next minute Gibbons, with
whirlwind speed, fought Moha about
the ring. Then. with lightning
quickness. Moha sent another fierce
blow to Gibbons groin. Gibbons
stumbled backward a few steps, then
doubled up. and fell in a heap to the
floor
Excitement prevailed, one of Glib
bons' admirers rushing into the ring
with an npraised chair, making speed
toward Moha's corner. Moha hur-
ried from the ring.
Moha F1oored.
Round One-Gibbons danced around
Moha, shooting in rights and lefts to
the head, which Moha blocked. Moha
rushed Mike to the ropes, inflicting
no damage. The phantom found
Moha's nose with couple Of lefts.
which rocked the cave man, and
Moha went into clinch. Mike land
ed at will and in the clinches inflicted
severe punishment. With well
placed left Mike sent Mona to the
floor. shooting in two lefts and a hard
right to the face and wind as the
bell rang. The cave man was plainly
in distress
All His Way.
Round Two-Gibbons went after
Moha in vicious shape. the Milwau-
kee man being unable to land, resort
ing to clinching tactics. At every
turn Moha met A volley Of lefts and
rights, which he seemed unable to
stem. Moha resorted to covering up
tactics, the referee being forced to
separate the fighters
Moha fouled Gibbons twice, the ref
cree not noticing the first one, but on
the second Gibbons was in great dis
tress. and Moha left the ring and
Referee Duffy awarded the bout to
Gibbons on foul.
Good Prelimirmries.
In the first preliminary Mike
O'Dowd. Of st. Paul, had the better of
Billy Perkins, Of Rhinelander, five ont
Of the ten rounds, and it was clearly
his fight.
In the second preliminary Billy
Detoe. of Red Wing, and Billy Whe-
Ian. of st. Paul, fought ten rather
tame rounds, DeFoe proving the bet
ter man.