Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-13
Mike Gibbons, the Wizard Of the Prize
Ring, Sends Sensational Bob McAllister
TO Dreamland in Seventh Round.


bells on. In bad in New York for
Some OF his pugilistic capers in the
past, he came forth last night in
Madison Square Garden and shone
not unlike the most brilliant star in
the sky. In other words, ''Old Mike"
Gibbons. as the boys called him after
ward got into the good graces Of the
devotees of the fight game by soundly
trouncing Bob McAllister, the high
praised and sensational youngster
| from the coast. Gibbons won a most
interesting battle in a most decisive
many believed among them yours
truly. was the coming man in his
class. But Gibbons. marvel that he
is when he wants to be marvel. was
out to make good. and no McAllister
in the world could stop him last
night. Mike was the old Mike, who
first astounded US with his cleverness
two years ago. and he gave his gamy
opponent a very telling lashing in
seven fast and always exciting
rounds.
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1t was with a short right-hand jolt
to the jaw that Gibbons sent Nc
Allister to the floor of the ring and
into dreamland. Previously he had
made this easy and possible by a
fusillade of blows that put the Cali
fornian in a dazed and dizzy condi-
ton and made him a mark for the
finishing touch. The punch that
brought home the bacon, as the boys
say. was delivered after McAllister
had been battered out of a clinch and
at time when he was doing his best
to get in close and hold his adversary
off. The blow came with a crash,
and the victim of it's force fell with
crash-a decisively beaten but not
particularly disgraced man. He had
taken a good clicking" although he
appeared to be scared to DEATH" as
the saying goes, from the moment he
entered the ring. He wasn't afraid
of a punch-no, not that kind of fear
but he seemed to be suffering from
a severe case of stage fright. Those
who saw McAlister fight Battling
Levinsky wouldn't recognize in him
the same clever, aggressive, conf
dent, smiling fellow. In the bout
last night he had none of these |
qualities. He had lost these, appa-
rently, thinking about the wonderful
Gibbons and worrying about the
marvellous Mike. He was not the |
same fellow at all, at all, and he
fought as if every blow he would give
would be returned in kind tenfold.
Frightened though he seemed to be, |
he was game, and he took a real
good beating. He might have saved
himself some pain. but he hung on, |
bewildered, till the final punch.
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When Gibbons agreed to take on
McAllister there was much discussion
over Mikes willingness to give away
considerable weight and meet man
who had ouch a fine impression as had
McAllister. No one seemed to be able
to get the key of the situation, for
Gibbons in the past had always been
a stickler as to the weight question |
He allowed Eddie McGoorty to come
into the ring at 1853 pounds, weight
which IT was believed would 1--we |
McGoorty weak and unfit for his best !
efforts When fight night came |
around McGoorty seemed to be strong |
and all right and Gibbons put up a
terrible battle for him. Then and |
there he fell into bad repute and ever |
favor in New York. So it was in |
order to regain his old prestige and
get back In favor in Gotham that |
Gibbons, it is said, accepted the bout |
with McAllister. How well he sue
ceeded is in evidence after the con-
test when the praises of Mike were |
sung on every side and the cheers !
for him burst forth from every cor
ner of the vast old Garden. Mike |
from the despised one became hero |
again, and he deserved all the nice |
things that are being said about him |
today. But in his lights in the flu
ture, it will behoove him to be up and |
doing His fight last night was his |
true form and he beat a good man.
Some of his other fights around here
have been more or less suspicious. |
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As a boxer, McAllister wasn't out |
classed in the least by Gibbons, but |
as a fighter, Mike is his master sure |
y. Gibbons is clever with hands and |
feet, and he can hit along with the |
best of them. His arms act as fails |
sometimes, and he is the essence of |
pugilistic grace In his movements. |
His footwork is like that OF dancing
master, and as he works in and out |
and ducks away and feints and lands |
and misses and goes through the |
various gyrations of which he is the |
one and only possessor, he reminds |
YOU very much of an apparition. |
And even this apparition had his |
hands full until he found way to |
beat man who gave even more than
he sent during the first four rounds
Of the milling.
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Gibbons is the winner and all that,
but he didn't Outlook McAllister. He
did Outright him, though, and he
sent him into oblivion in most ar
tistic manner. The fear that MEAL
lister displayed didn't do him any
good. of course, but it is doubtful
~ ba co1Id heat the Gibbons who