New Britain herald., 1914-04-11
Tim C0rbett Thinks Nuryay One 0f Best Niddleweights Also Gives Willie Rche Edge Over Tommy Murphy and Considers Mike Gibbons Nearest Approach to
 Tommy Ryan.

sense way of figuring fighters the champion looks a mortal cinch.
 Billy Gibson is not lost to boxing in Gotham after all. Instead of re- t!ring, as he seriously contemplated. the genial Billy has organized new boxing club-to be known as the Sta diub A. C., and taken a lease on the St. Nicholas rink in West 66th street. This is where the McMahon Brothers held forth for several seasons. } Gibson also will continue his Fair mount A. c. in the Bronx. where he has great following. In fact, Billy Gibson is some big man. not only in business way but politically as well. he minute he crosses the Harlem river and sets foot in the Borough of the Bronx. The Fairmount A. C. has been the, scene of many a great mill, par ticularly when the days of the "all members of this club" method was in fashion. Since the Frawley law has been enforced, however, the Fair mount has not attempted to compete with the larger down own clubs. al- though at that Billy generally managed tc supply his regular patrons with corking good shows at modest rate or admission. -
 Local sports are to be congratu- lated on Gibson's decision to stay in the game-because he will figure quite as prominently in the future as he has the past few years at Madison Square Garden. The St. Nicholas rink is roomy structure and while not in the same class in the matter of size as the Garden can easily seat over 1000 pcople--and what is better is centrally located.
 The Stadium will have at least one star performer it can bank on. Packey Mcfarland and Gibson are great little pals and the Chicago boxer is sure to give Billy first call on his services. l will not be greatly surprised if Manager Gibson an- rcunces that he has landed that much talked about Gibbons M Mcfarland match for his new club house in the near future.
 It may have been lucky punch, tut it certainly was a hard one, that laid low George Chip, late claimant of the middleWeight championship, last Tuesday evening.
 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 kow-tow to,
 1t was not even a fight Chip went after Mccoy from the tap of the bell, and Mccoy beat retreat This was kept up for minute and Chip thought he was up against a real soft thing. Getting his man near the ropes he pulled back his right and in doing so left himself wide open as barn door. Mccoy, give him credit, was sharp enough to see the chance. and up came his left--a half-swing, lf-uppercut----and it landed right on Chips jaw. George fell flat on his back and it was all over. Mccoy was even more surprised than Chip--when the latter came to and made the usual inquiries of what happened.
 The battle was altogether too brief to be diagnosed intelligently However what the little Chip showed was scarcely impressive. He is sturdily built and his physical resemblance to Tommy West. that great middleweight of bygone days, was commented upon by old timers present. His style is similar to that of Billy Papke. and is based on aggressiveness and without @ thought as to defense. Evidently he can hit hard. but Mccoy can punch too. as the result indicates. When two biris of his species get together it is q gamble as to which will get the kick over first.
 Chips victories over Klaus never did make me think him good enough tc be rated champion. Klaus never was a boxer--just fighter who won majority of his battles because he was rougher and stronger than his opponents. If made to observe the rules as they are written fighters of the Klaus and Chip types would never get high enough to be figured con- tenders for a title.
 Mike Gibbons boxed Mccoy several months ago, and the battle was so one-sided that he was charged with easing ulp to allow Al to stay the limit. From that my readers ought to be able to get fair idea of McCoy's real rating. If the men were re-matched --I mean Chip and McCoy---the chances are Chip would be favorite in the betting. But if there is anything in that old Indian Sign" Mccoy would probably repeat.
 What would modern Tommy Ryan do to this bunch of alleged fighters? Mike Gibbons comes closer to the standard set by Ryan than any other middleweight of recent years. But Mike lacks something--possibly cour- age. or maybe ] should say, confidence. With his boxing skill ring generalship and all around fighting ability he ought to have a much easier time cleaning up than Ryan had in his day There were more real fighters to make the task a hard one in the 90's than there are now.
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