New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24
RING FANS WANT
TO SEE GIBBONS
in ALONG BOUT
st. Paul Boy Undoubtedly
Fastest Middleweight
at Ten Rounds.
MAY FAIL, HOWEVER.
TO GO FULL ROUTE
If He Defeats McGoorty in Next
Bout He Will Be Regarded
as Champion.

The boxing world still echoes the 70.
suit OF the ten-round bout between
Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul marvel. and
Jimmy Clabby, Of Hammondsport. Ind
In the opinion of the majority Of OK.
perts who witnessed the contes. Glib.
bons won by fair margin and for Ton
rounds at least can whip any man in
the world at his weight.
There are many who argue. however
that Mike is not built 20 20 a dis
lance, and they declare that in battle
OF twenty or twenty-five rounds no
would surely be found lacking. Il 4
pointed out that in the tenth rounl
Clabby closed with a rush and drove
his man across the ring. beating him
hither and thither despite the mos.
desperate efforts Mike could make 70
retaliate.
There is only one way in which This
question OF supremacy NAV Be settled
Let some enterprlslng promoter offer
an attractive purse, or agree 70 some
fair percentage of the gate receipts.
and match the men over what Gibbons
is pleased 10 call "the Derby route" Of
twenty rounds or more 20 a decision.
Some ten thousand spectators were
in Tom Andrews cub in Milwaukee
on Thursday night TO see the men z,
through a ten-round bout 10 no &c.
cIsion. IL was estimated that nor
than $4,000 was taken in al the ga
If so many fans would pay first clcs
prices TO watch bout Of such short
duration they would surely welcome she
chance to see one on which something
definite hinged.
Now Gibbons is to meet Eddie Ne.
Goorty in a ten-round contest which
will be held in Milwaukee some time
this month, in all likelihood on Febru-
airy %. If Nike manages 70 defeat the
Oshkosh fighter BY a decisive margin
in ten rounds, and il is not at all un-
likely that he will. there will be few
who will dispute his claim 20 suprem-
acy. Clabby has already whipped Nc
Goorty in a decisive manner. McGoor-
ty and Gibbons met IN this city some
time ago, and the bout was disappoint-
ing. At that time. however, Gibbons
was in no condition TO box, while Nc
Goorty was at his best.
Freddie Welsh. the lightweight cham.
pion of the world, one of the shiftiest
cleverest men in the ring to-day. will
defend his title against Charlie White.
the Chicago fighter. in a ten-round bout
at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday
night. A treat is in store for those
who witness the battle. Welsh. after a
long rest, is in his best fighting form
and ready for all corners. White, VINO
needs no introduction TO the local fans
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White knows full well the golden OPP
portunity which has tapped at his door
and he is eager TO improve II. II he
can only ram home punch 10 Vita
spot and lay the Englishman low for
ten-second count a veritable ri Dorado
will be opened 10 him. Matches ioi
fabulous purses, purses for which h'
has sighed but never fought-will be
come mere incidents 20 him.
He sees all this in his minds eye
and will fight like mad TO make ms
most of his chances. He has worked
up a great burst of speed in the gymna
stun, boxing with the cleyerest mer
available, and has shown TO greater ad
vantage than ever before. Welsh VII
have his work cut out for him.
Eut the smiling Briton is not bi
worried. He is the champion and ha'
Il confidence that every champion ha,
in his own ability. Welsh knows ful
well that when he is in the best condi
ton he can match his science agalns
the best in the world with little fesi
of the result, and he is fast enough e
keep out of harms way.
These men met once before. in MI
waukee. AT that time popular opinion
was divided, and the White contingent
declared that their man had won. II
fact, White pressed his demands tol
another chance so strongly that Welsl
had TO accept, and so on Tuesday the!
will endeavor 70 settle the question.