Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-12

Boxing de luxe ought to be on view
tonight when Bob McAllister and
Mike Gibbons meet in the ring at
Madison Square Garden, but some
times just the affairs that promise SO
much excitement are the ones that
turn out all bad. As far as clever
ness is concerned, these two ex-
ponents of the game are past masters.
No one in the game at the present
time, with the single exception of
Packey Mcfarland, can hold a candle
to either McAllister or Gibbons. They
are men of great skill, and they know
the game inside out. Where there is
so much skill, of course, there is like
ly to be absence of damage. If 1t is
all boxing tonight there will be sore
disappointment. The fans will want
to see some fighting. and if they don't
they will not be satisfied.
C
There seems to be some difference
of opinion as to the winner, but Nc
Allister, on his showing against Bat
Ting Levinsky, has the call. Glib
bons, clever and shifty as he is,
doesn't appear to have the necessary
beef to beat McAllister, who, be-
sides being clever, but in different
way than Gibbons, is surely a much
stronger man. Gibbons against an
unskilled boxer is an apparition. He
is beautiful to watch. He works his
hands to perfection and his footwork
is superb. He is a phantom in his
movements and his execution is very
good. With all his science he has a
punch, and. he can outpoint or "lay
low as the occasion presents. No
one can take anything away from
Gibbons when it comes to boxing.
Even when he met the much larger
McGoorty he showed that he pos
sessed great skill, but in that very
bout he also showed that he was
either a scared man or else his hands
were tied Up to the battle with
McGoorty, Gibbons held a place alone
in his class. After the contest with
McGoorty, Gibbons's reputation
faded.
Taking his fight with McGoorty
to judge his fight with McAllister,
which is a very good comparison in
deed, Gibbons should be beaten by
McAllister tonight. In the McGoorty
bout Gibbons acted as if he didn't
like to get hit, and he turned marble
white several times during the en-
counter. Once in a while he would
break out and fight, and in these in
stances he bested McGoorty. But
again he would fade and stall and
clinch, and as a result McGoorty was
given the popular verdict. Since that
time Gibbons hasn't been much of a
favorite in New York.
C
AS to the outcome of the fight, Nc
Allister, with the weight in his favor,
should have the call. He is very
clever with his hands, but he doesn't
do much footwork. He stands up
straight to his task like the boys
used to do in the olden days, but he
is so nifty with his fins that he
doesn't need any help from his feet.
MAC" has a pretty effective feint,
and a way of his own in drawing
out his opponent. For a swinger
like Levinsky he is made to order,
and he proved it by the way he
blocked the Battler's blows. He hit
Levinsky whenever he set out to do
it, and he will hit Gibbons, too. He
isn't a slugger, and his blows didn't
seem to have much effect on Levin
sky, but the white-skinned, pallid-
take as much beating as did Levin
sky and remain as strong under 1t.
The advantage in weight will be
about eleven pounds, judging from
what Gibbons has been making for
his fights. That is big advantage
with other things about equal.
C
From the way he jumped at the
match Gibbons evidently doesn't
consider McAllister very dangerous
Here is a young man from the coast
who has made a great name for him.
self in a brief time in New York, and
at the first call Gibbons comes right
out and makes a match with him
and gives him eleven pounds, say, in
the bargain. Ordinarily, Gibbons is
rather keen on his opponents having
no advantage on him, yet he rushes
East to take on McAllister, who
surely at least sizes up as mos
formidable adversary for any man.
G
From what I have seen of McAllis-
ter. and from what I have seen oil
Gibbons, the fight tonight ought to
be a hard and interesting battle, I'M
less there is so much cleverness or
tap that the men will make one an
other appear foolish, as the case has
often been. McAllister, as clever
with his head as Gibbons, and with
style, l would judge, that would
give him an advantage, should prove
the better man. He has the weight
and he is very aggressive, and it will