The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-16

(By James J. COrbetf, Fofnner
 Heavyweight Champion.of of the World.)
 Special to The .Farmer.) A match which looks something like a real sporting proposition is on the cards for next Thursday night in Milwaukee. While New York pro- motors pulled an awful bone in let ting this affair get away from them l it has not lessened the local inter est in the bout to any extent. In fact, to listen to the sports talk about it one would imagine that Mike Gib- bons and Jimmy Clabby were to hook up right here in little old Gotham. . Gibbons and C1abby look the class of the middleweight division at this writing. With the exception of Ed die, McGoorty-if he can make the eight-theref is no oneo+ left to challenge their right to battle for the championship. Oh yes, I forgot one Al Mccoy, who climbed to fame via short route when he copped George Chip on the jaw one night last spring. However. judging by McCoy's late performances with second and third raters he could not expect to make much of a showing against either of i these clever birds. believe Gibbons could dispose of McCoy's aspirations | likely Clabby could do the same. but as my acquaintance with his ring style is limited do not care to ven- | ture a prediction.
 1 With McGoorty, however. it Is a horse of another color If. as he weight limit as of yore, McGoorty will have to be reckoned with in the i niddIewefght pot pie. His recent de- feat of Billy Murray at a weight near the limit proves conclusively thai 1 Oshkosh is still on the map. While Macs stwin'' over Murray was of the I popular decision variety and not Chips two Knockout victories over the Californian, he demonstrated thai I he Is still there with cleverness and punch It is a matter of poundage with McGoorty.
 If Gibbons and Clabby were meet ing in New York the St. Paul lad
 would be a hot favorite win the tall lent Although C1abby's record in the books is far more impressive than Gibbons his sole appearance in this city was anything but startling and l failed to enhance his reputation with I local devotees of the sport. On the other hand Gibbons has shown some I brilliant ring work hereabouts and 1 barring that terrible affair with Mo. Il Goorty couple of years ago his I work has been of championship or. I der. Both Mike and Eddie had "sfcE l alibis,' for their poor performance on that occasion. and to tell the trutk I they certainly did fight like a couple of inva1ids.
 Gibbons is one of the few mer
 above the lightweight class I have seen in recent years who appears tx Il know. what he is about while in the I riT A + ar int Ia. state of decided uncertainty 1dikt
 is in a class by himself. He doe.
 not bluff with his left or right jus l for the sake of showing that he hal
 two hands, but with an object in view Il all the time. He is always work
 ing's his man. for an opening and i one of the quickest thinkers in tht ring today. Gibbons is not alone
 defensive fighter. Tn fact, he is on, of the most aggressive men in tn, ,fI ring at times. But Mike doesn' -i fight every man along the same gen { styles for every man he faces. Il 2 feinting Mike does not waste al F ounce of strength He is not skip ping or jumping about the ring 1ik 5 many of our modern youngsters. bu
 uses his head, his feet and hands in < telligent1y. And, when he gets tn ; opening he is after, no man, can. talk !, advantage of it quicker or witt greater effect than he.
 While Mike is not credited witt
 being an unusually hard hitter it Ina
 been observed that he is one of tn
 most effective punchers in the busi ness. His, blows are not of. the will s swinging, crushing type, but clea1
 calculated efforts that are vastl f more effective. He has that wonder
 ful asset of the successful boxer,
 fine left jab, only in his case it land
 with much more force than the usua
 left lead. Every jab or hook mean { danger to his opponent if it lands an when Mike lets. go it generally con ! meets.
 Of course, Jimmy CIabby ma | prove the one exception to the rul in Gibbons case. Jimmy is a yer
 clever boxer, everybody says who ha seen him in recent exhibitions. s
 far Gibbons has never met a man h
 couldn't hit I mean since he de
 veloped into a first class man. Mix
 himself tells a story of boxing C1at
 by when the latter made a sucke
 out of him. But at that time GiE
 while Jimmy was a veteran in com
 parison.
 The Pacific coast critics rave abou
 C1abby. Jimmy has had several bat
 ties in San Francisco and made goo with a vengeance. The decisive de
 feat of George Chip set the coa. , fans wild about him. for, had nc
 Chip toyed with their pride, Bill T Murray. Just as in the East Gil
 bons is the choice with the bettin Q element, naturally CIabby is the fe
 vorite in the far West.
 s There is no doubting CIabby a1oiYifv as a h0xar and fDbforSte. R1