New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-21
HOW REFEREE
SAVED COFFEY
FROM INJURY
Boxer Out on His Feet
When Bout Came TO
an End.

] The WAYS or man WIN morse may
be strange. az Kipling says they are,
but they are tame 20 the point Of pro-
sale in comparison to the ways Of box
/ ing managers when their man is win
ming or losing. There is Billy Gibson,
+ for inst, nee. lie is manager Of jim
= CofTey. the more or less subdued Dub
+ lin Giant. IN 10 late hour last night
Billy was still emitting lusty roars
over how his man had been robbed by
IAN honest but mistaken referee and
telling how Cofey, ike John Paul
Jones, was just beginning TO fight
when Bill Brown stepped in and
stopped thc hCu-.
/ 1t Is the opinion Of many that Bill
Brown did more than that: he prevented
a possible fatality. Cotfey struggled
to his feet Just as Brown declared him
out. The fans have the word OF the
referee for that. But 20 grant, for the
/ sake Of argument, that the ten seconds
+ had not elapsed, the fact remains that
/ Coffey was out standing up. lie was
totally obliyious to his surroundings,
and Incapable Of defending himself.
Had Moran carried out his Intention,
conceived In the heat OF action, and
struck him another punch on the chm,
/ Cofrey might havo been killed, as there
is a grim possibility IN every knock
down.
Gibson declared with some heat that
q match of such importance as thls
was should have been allowed to go
on until one man or the other was
knocked dead He brought out that
a match with Willard Was the prlLc
/ for which the men boxed. aid declared
that Jim would have cleared his head
I'm another second and would nave been
in condition to continue. The Won
der was not II Coifey would have been
able TO turn the tide. but rather how
in the world he ever struggled 70 his
feet as he did.
Bill Brown was justified IL his &C
ton technically and from the humane
side as well The rules of the state
Athletic Commission give Jower TO the
/ referee 70 stop any fight which becomes
/ one-sided TO a degree whore one man or
/ the other IL liable 20 be seriously in
/ jured. As indicated previously, one
/ more punch on COifey's weak Jaw, when
! his senses were dazed from other
punches, might have resulted cisas-
/ trously for him and for boxing in this
state.
When grass has grown, everybody
heard 10 growing, and to-day the omnl-
present - told you So person IS hay-
Ing field day. But for all that. tho
defeat o. the Dublin boy was presaged
/ in his recent fights with Al Reich and
Jim Flynn. He showed Enthusiastically
that he lacked the ability 20 take a
punch on the chin, but against those
/ particular men he was saved by circum-
stances.
Fame Is fleeing, and TO be a public
idol is the most unstable OF POSITIONS.
Boarding train in the subway Tues
day night. n spectator was asked by :
guard: "Who won the foight. me bye y
"Why, CoTey did replied the pas
senger playing a trek. wow l tell
you, Jims the bye. It's me who knows
him we'll" boasted the guard.
"Oh. say" corrected the passenger,
moran Knocked him out in three
rounds"
Three rounds" repeated tho guard,
DULY. "Well, the poor donkey! lie
never could fight"
frankie Burns, Of Jersey City, and
Joe Goodney, a youngster OF this city,
will box ten rounds N the main bout
at the Claremont A. c. Two other
ten round battles will bring together
+ UQfCN BIHUQL anu y Jimmy A4Ni+"J' "''N
Gene Moriarity and Andy German.
Young Mike Donovan, son OF the
former middleweight champion or
America, who some little time ago was
highly rated i'm the ranks of middle
weights. Is going 10 try MS hand at the
boxing game once more. lie mas Deen
matched to fight Charlie Stands, OF ri
Paso. who developed his eye for dis
lance and quickness Of hand coping rat,
tie on the Panhandle. The men VIII
meet at the Olympic A. {. OF Harlem
on Monday night.
was against Mike Gibbons. lie lasted
only few rounds after a battle which
was cruelty one-sided. II was the nov
ice against the master mechanic. and
the St. Paul warrior handled young
Mike with greatest ease. In the minds
Of the boxing enthusiasts at the time,
Donovan was sacrificed 10 ths ambi-
lions Of an avaricious manager.
The seasons have changed several
times since that bout took place. and
Donovan has profited by a long rest
and careful training. He has been
working under the direction OF MS
father. and It Is said that he has
+ learned much Of the lore Of the ring.
He intends 20 re-estabish himself In
/ the middleweight division, and believes
| that the ex-cowpuncher will prove an
easy victim.
Battling Levinsky will Cross gloves
/ for twelve rounds at Portland, Maine,
/ on October %. Under the laws Of
/ Maine only six round bouts are per
mitted. but Danny Morgan, with his
usual keenness, has arranged for the
men TO box six rounds. leave the ring
and rest fifteen minutes, and then re-
tur nto box six additional rounds.
Billy Gibson announced last night
that Charley Weinert, Of Newark. and
Jack Dillon, the Indianapolis hope
wrecker. will fight at Madison Square
I Garden on November l. The last time
these men met Dillon won In two
rounds.
Jim Savage and Tom Mcmahon are
IN meet al the American Sporting
+ Club on November 8. This match was
originally scheduled for November /,
but Paddy Donnelly postponed Il IN
order 10 avoid conflict with the Dillon
Weinert match.
AL Mccoy. who insists he lie the best
Of the middleweights, will face Tex
Kelly in ten rounds at the American
Sporting Club on October 20.
Tarro Miyake, OF Japal. the worlds
champion Uu jitsu, is out with chsl-
f lenge TO wrestle George Bothner again.
/ The men met before, and Miyske
agreed 10 throw the American three