Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-09

those slippery elm" guys over in
New York butting in and grabbing
Weinert away from Woodruff. If the
Kid is sensible he will stick to Percy,
who is as able as the next one to help
him reach the top of the heap.
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The Bob McAllister- Mike Gibbons
| fight, set down for Madison Square
Garden Monday night, has stirred the
game to its very depths. Both men
are surely clever, but the mystery is
why Gibbons ever agreed to meet Nc
Allister at 1852 pounds, when not long
ago he offered to make 145 pounds for
| Packey Mcfarland OF course Glib
of money In a bout with McAllister
and is willing to handicap himself in
order to get the coin. He may, too,
consider himself at least able to stay
the ten rounds, and he may be trust
| ing to luck to some kind friends CIV
| ing the decision in his favor.
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| Gibbons, from the moment he struck
New York and there gained his first
bit of fame, has been a very shrewd
business man. He has made his
matches well, which is half of the
game, some say, and he has been able
to keep at the top of the heap. But
one defeat may break like one
defeat may make a man, and Gibbons
is taking big risk. When he fought
Eddie McGoorty he gave away weight
and was outpointed. That fight was
the worst fight of the century, and
not few declared it was lone of
those things" Whether 1t was or not,
no one will say that it wasn't a fright
full exhibition, and for a while the
name of Gibbons was handled very
carelessly both in conversation and
in the columns of the press.
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But the McGoorty- Gibbons bout has
been almost forgotten, and everybody
is discussing the McAllister- Gibbons
contest. Naturally, after the fight he
put up against L1evinslky, McAlllster
Is the favorite, and he should be, es-
pecially with the weight conditions
on his side Of the house. He weighed
1872 pounds the other night when he
fought Levinsky, and he was good
and strong and fast. He should weigh
about the same Monday night when
he meets Gibbons, which will give
him an advantage of say about ten
pounds. Surely, with everything else
equal, it can be plainly seen that the
weight alone should win for Meal
lister.
Clever men do not always give a
clever exhibition when pitted against
each other in battle. Sometimes one
shines above the other, and again
both men seem to lack their usual
skill. The fact is, no doubt, that
when there is so much cleverness on
both sides it is difficult to use it to
advantage. One mans cleverness off
sets the others, and as a result there
, isn't, apparently, any cleverness in
view at all. But in the McAllister-
: Gibbons bout I expect to witness a
most healthy argument. Neither mar
can afford to be beaten. McAllister
has come to the front with a jumr
and he hasn't been on top long
enough to get tired of his job. Glib
I bons hasn't been doing much in New
> York, where he made thousands OF
, dollars during his flight, lately. and
he will be anxious to get back in high
favor. Here is his chance. The fight
will mean everything to him, and he
; is sure to do his best to make good
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{ In many ways, taking both men as
we have seen them in the ring, Nc
Allister has it on Gibbons. He is
heavier, taller, has a longer reach
| and is a stronger fellow in every way
AS to out-and-out cleverness, Glib
) bons may haye a shade, Judging from
{ the way the men have performed, but
, with such odds against him Mike
3 may not be able to employ his science
> to advantage. The one thing thai
Gibbons excels at is footwork. He
t is exceptionally clever and wonder.