New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-23
CUNBOAT Smith
TRYING TO COAX
COFFEY IN Ring
Jim, However, Simply
Turns a Cold Shoulder
to Such a Scheme.
"GET A REPUTATION.r
is HIS ANSWER
Boxing Fans Puzzled as to WIN
Dublin Giant Agreed to
Meet Flynn.

Gunboat Smith has evidently r..s,.
si1ered his determination 10 r.s,.
from the roped arena. and now /, i.
dustriously trying 70 coax jim Cos,
into the ring with him. But Co4ey. A.
whom fortune has smiled broadly /,
as coy as a prima donna. and .lr,l,
turns a cold shouler 20 the er,,vhg.
seaman and murmurs something ,hr
sounds strangely akin to the time hes.
cred get a reputation" rotor. vta
which lodging fighters have spurs,s
their opponents since the days Of l.,,
ago
But Cofey cannot hope 70 long ev,s,
the issue with Smith. Even thouss
the Gunner was crushed BY sam LAM.
ford and lost some OF his ability >,
short time ago and apparently va,
slipping. he has come back and 1, or,
Of the most formidable Of our Whit
heavyveights.
Smith returned from the Wes.s ,.r
weeks ago with the intention OF meet.
ing Cofey. John Weismantel, 50 lin
Buckley has said, offered CoHey 81.
500 for match with Smith, and IA.
latter agreed 20 take a pereent.s.
Then az the last moment Co.fey agreed
Flynn, Of Pueblo, at the Brighton
Beach Sporting Club on Memorial DsJ.
What incentive CoFey had for max.
ing this match he alone knows. I,
has been intimated that II he wins 10
will have a chance 20 box Jess Willard
An accident, of course. might beat COT.
fey. but he stopped Flynn In a few
rounds on April "a. 1914. and has in.
proved greatly since then.
Smith holds Coffey in supreme cor.
tempt and makes no bones about vote.
ing his opinion. When negotiation.
were pending for the match with
Coffey, Jim Buckley suggested tina.
Perhaps Smith had better wait until sn
operation had been performed on hi,
nose.
What" stormed the Gunner. "vsi,
for tina, fellow? Say, Jim, I'll fsh:
that fellow with one hand tied behind
my back. Go on and get him for ne.
No time like the present" So ].
happened that Smith and Buckley
came all the way from Denver only
10 have Gibson decline one OF h.
richest offers he ever received for a
match that would have stood for some.
thing-had he won-to make q match
that means nothing If he wins, and
will cost him a lot II he losses.
Mike Gibbons. the master middle
weight from 81. Paul, will box in til,
city on next Wednesday night. He
will cross gloves with Leo HOuck o!
Lancaster, in = ten-round bout at The
St. Nicholas A. c. Gibbons has no,
performed in this city in some time
and the fans are eager TO see him. In
Houck he will meet just the type Of
man against whom he should show "a
best advantage. The Lancaster lad Il
rough and ready slUgger. with
strength and stamina TO carry hin
through a tough siege. There i.
every probability that Leo will need
all his strength.
Unless he again is compelled 70
make changes. John Weismsntel vii
present the following psir!ngs az 20
bets Field on the afternoon OF May 81:
Gunboat Smith VS.. Jack Dillon, Mike
Gibbons VS.. Soldier Bsrtfeld, johnny
Dundee VS.. Young Drummie, Al Ne
Coy vs.. Johnny Howard and Battling
Lain vs.. Dutch Brandt. What this
card is costing Weismantel only he and
his associates know, but it's q pretty
penny.