The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-01
Ahearn and Gibbons to
Stage Championship
Bout This Week

They are dgUring on having real
championship battle up s.. Paul way
this month. Further. they are talk.
Ing about pressing the rules trife
u order hat a decision may De
riyon at the finish II both men are
on their feet 20 the end.
Mike Gibbons is coming back
a-qiu fot This battle. and he's going
10 tackle q man vino has been nag
gins 90 rim FOR "a tong tine for a
scrap Young Ahearn of New York.
rFe uate-ovsr lightweight They'y,
--a---td -ta-boA -rnunds and
Ahearu nd Gibbons have placed
themselves on record Es fayoring
referees decision ii a capable official
can ha occurred
Now the claim is made and with
ue Justice TOO. That this might De-
arF usr as much merit as dozens
OF t.e other teu.ruYnd contests Thar
are staged during The course OF a
season All over The country.
Here's the point Ahearn is mid
aloUairht champion OF Europe lie
1ou tho uule ay WHIPPING every
.juc there was on the other side
during campaign OF considerable
yieor that he waged while abroad
As mqtter of fact Ahearn IS only
only about a year OLD as a fighter Of
the Top class That is 20 say, 10 was
"only during the last - months that
he has amounted no much as scrap
per
When he vas lightweight ne had
rather stormy tine Of IL. Packey
Mcfarland bea, him. and so did
Mike Gibbons. but both OF them
we're well over his poundage al the
time Ahearu a good game Eel
low found that he outclassed the
.Hghtweights Of the east so far thar
be vas compelled 70 step out OF his
class in order 70 get matches That's
COW he came 10 take on Nike Glib
hons. He made a mistake in doing
IL. because Mike beat him Ia four
rounds
But Just previous to his meeting
with the crafty Mike % ST. Paul,
Ahearn made 1875 pounds az the
ringside for Jack Britton and is
credited with a win over the Chi
cagoan. So you can see from this
that il took some courage on
Ahcarn's part 10 20 against Gibbons.
whose very lowest CURE az the time
must have been $50 pounds al least
Ahearn's right name rs JACOB
Woodward. and he is English born
coming from Preston. That's Why
he Vas such wonderful hit abroad
when ne started a winning streak
that landed him on top. lie beat
Adrienne Hogan for thS middle
weight championship. OF Europe OBJ
II rounds at Paris. The-contesi was
a recognized championship affair. be-
ing held under the rules OF The
French Federation and the National
Sporting Club of London.
Al the time Ahearn credited
wonderful impression OF Lord Ions
dale. donor OF The English champion.
shin belts. and o,her English au-
'thoHttes. including Gene Corri. fam
GUS refeee. Charley Mitchell old
time champion. and Peggy Betiin-
son. MATCHMAKER 81, ,Ae National
Sporting elHh.
So strong was .bc talk .abour
Ahearn managed. with the efforts
Of Dan MoKetrick. 10 get himself
matched with Georges Carpen'er for
a purse Of $4,000 The affair vas
all signed up. and the men we're in
training. Two weeks before ne
date set for the match the big con
Aici BROKE ont In al us tury and
Carpentor dashed away 10 ioir the
co,ors
That left Ahcaru Aat on his spine
5ut tho promoters decided 20 throw
Gurhoat Smith into he beach He
signed no. bui two days before the
date sct for that scrap Gunboat de
cidad America needed him and he
sailed away. leaving everybody fiat
Then Ahearn returned 10 America
and started 20 wade through some
~ the middleweightsa all of them
tha, would stand tor his game.
N,uoug other things that the young
Enshshman claims Is cleancut VIC
tory over Jack DiIlon In six rounds
in Philadelphia Dillon may say
something different abou this, bur
Ahearn quotes the Philly papers I'm
support of his argument.
This win serve 90 show the class
OF Young Ahea.u. sometimes known
a. "John Bulls boy" Evidently he
is capable of making Mike travel a
lively clip All Indications point
that way.