El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-05

WI eording to Mike GID GIBBONS .o II is
or third rater, or the socalled uuDs'
than to 20 the same distance Win d
hfCh class and clever boxer. The re
mark was brought about when Mike
called on the writer the other day and
was asked how he came to be sporting
a cauliflower ear.
THAT is a mark cannot get aWay
from" replied Mike. You see that was
wished on me when I was not very old
at the game and when 1 was DoXIns
one Of those socaled dubs. me 1elloW
knew absolutely nothing ABOUT inc
game, but he happened to land one OF
his wild swings on my ear because
was not looking for anything OF mat
kind. A clever boxer would never
have landed such a blow.
81 would rather fight real good
man any time than dub and reaily
ii is not as hard to box high class
man as it is third rater. When you
face a real boxer you know Just Whal
TO expect and you act accordingly but
when you face dub you never hhO"
what he is liable to do. When you are
UP against a man VINO VIII not slahu
and fight it is also bard to make
simply Quit Trying.
Z had that kind of a man recently
in New York, fellow named Billy
Maxwell I never tried harder to please
a crowd than did that night, but the
fellow simply would not take chance
after the second round and II was no
use. He started out well and sent IN
some pretty labs, but when he found
that / was slipping them by my head
he seemed to lose heart and then when
I got inside his guard and put Few
punches to the jaw he refused to take
any more chances. From that time Oh
& was a chase about the ring.
For that reason 1 would rather
meet a good man and take my chances,
for il is more pleasing to the specta-
tors and better for the promoters, too.
I am wise enough to know that if the
bouts are door the promoters lose BY
IL and eventually the fighters lose also
Compliments CIGbby.
CT want to meet Jimmy Clabby again
for the championship. if possible, for
I feel that the public demands that
we get together. He has claimed the
title and I think he has as good a
claim to it as any fighter living. He
is wonderfully clever lad and, be-
lieve me, he knows the game why
the first time we met at st. Paul he
gave me an awful beating and used
stuff I'm boxing I had never dreamed
of before. When he got into clinch
and used the loop the loop punch on
me ] swOre there were other boxers
In the ring hitting me. It was reve-
latiOn to me and from that time on ]
began to look about for all the finer
points in sparring. That licking did
me a lot of good and I can thank
Clabby for putting me right. When we
met the second time in Milwaukee tE<t
first beating was still in my mind and
there is no doubt but that it made me
more careful than I should have been
in fact It made a poor fight and II
was my fault. However, ] have got
over all that stuff now and would
meet Clabby on an equal basis 1 don't
think he is any more clever than am,
and as for hitting, that is an open
question. If we meet again you may
rest assured there viii be no pulling
back on my part and know that
Clabby has too much at stake now to
risk his reputation by trying to stan
In match of any kind
Would Like BIcGOOrty, Too.
Il would also like to meet Eddie Nc
Goorty again and will probably be
matched with him either at Hudson,
Wis, or Milwaukee. / have always
considered AIcGoorty a great fighter,
but if he will make reasonable weight
for me I will meet him. This boy,
Mick King, must be a crackerjack to
beat Jeff Smith in Australia, for Jeff
Is a mighty good middleweight King
also defeated Gus Christie, so there
must be something real about him.
There is another good middleweigh in
the east-Jack McCarron-who is com
ing along fast and will be heard from
before long"
Mike says he weighs around 152 now,
but viii make las at 3 o'clock any time
Packey Mcfarland will enter into a
match with him. Nike thinks it is a
shame that Pacl1ey does not make up
his mind to meet him, for it would
not only be a great fight but would
create a new record for receipts at
10 round fight The St Paul boy is
planning a busy season and will then
take a good lay off next summer and
II the war ends he may take a trip
to Europe.
The defeat Of Jeff Smith, the New
York middleweight, by Mick King, the
Australian champion. in a 20 round
battle held In Snowy Bakers great
stadium IN Sydney, brings a real con-
tender for the worlds title into the
arena. Jeff Smith had been a con-
tender for the middleweight crown and
King had only recently won the title
in Australia in that division He
showed his class IN several hard bat
ties and then defeated Gus Christie
the Milwaukee I68 FOUNDER, on his
arrival in Sydney. Even then King
was not taken so seriously here, but
when he turned round and handed
Smith beating on points land clever
less was part Of Jeffs stock in tradej,