The evening world., 1915-06-02
News AND VIEWS
AND TIMELY GOSSIP
OF SPORT WORLD
Gibson, All Upset, Wishes Coffey
Had Fought Smith In
stead OF Flynn.
SSIF thought Jim Corey, with
two good hands. couldn't knock

x<YF thought Jim Coney. with
two good hands. couldn't knock
Jim Flynn out In four rounds.
IA make him quit the hghting game
right now" said BILLY Gibson early
to-day. but" he added. "Td like to
80 ANYBODY. no matter what weight.
put the tough ex-nreman away with
. pair Of busted mitts such m cofrey
fought with Monday night after the
second round. No man." went on
Bill. "can be expected 10 strike his
hardest blow with broken bones"
Gibson In very much upset over the
result OF the Brighton Beach scrap
lie wlshes now that he had taken on
Gunboat Smith at Ebbets Field for
the $500 he was offered. instead Of
being q good fellow and helping out
the Brighton Beach project with
thing like $500 for tho hard tight
with Flynn, and with Coffey now In
the repair shop he In forced to cancel
other matches that looked promising
IN . financial way.
TACK CURLEY. manager OF Flynn,
takes . moro philosophical view
y Of the Coffey night. not forgetting
10 remark. however. that. consider
Ing what Flynn did with one hand.
Olbson and Corey should be thankful
that the Fireman couldn't use his
other one for something like nve or
oix rounds. Curley Ia kind enough
20 say that against anybody but Flynn
Coffsy might have made much
better showing. and he doesn't ex-
cept Jess Willard. The trouble with
ccfey. thinks Curley. Is that he was
teA 10 believe that he must knoc'
Flynn out In a hurry or be terriblN
ost back In his climb toward IL,
championship. when he found he
couldn't do what everybody around
Mn had led him TO believe was easy,
~ became overanxious. As n result
he didn't put up his usually clever
o9ht, Instead he lost his head and
bSgan battling Flynn at the Fire.
name own game. which N no way 70
0GAt . man Of his bulldog style.
~URLEY believes that Corey has
reached tho stage Of his career
where he requires nursing and
CAREFUL matchmaking. His friends
sheuldn't expect too much OF him
ana the idea that the championship
n within his reach shouldn't be al
lowed 10 enter his head Just yet ant
he should not be allowed To unaer
estimate any spponent'
a PECULIAR thing noticeable
In all OF Coffey's bouts In tha
he appears to be hurt by an,
rsssonably good punch that reaches
MIN. HIS legs seem to shake undei
rim and he seems about TO ca.o II
after a wailop on the Jaw. but Just al
All his friends begin TO fear the wors
~ RECEIVERS and In q Jiffy IL In night
sns hard again. His youth an'
strength are evidently Responsible 10
ehi. recuperative power. but why ~
should apparently crumple 80 iron
Z single punch Is mystery
-aE meeting tonight between
Leach Cross and Ad Wolgast a
the 81. Nicholas Rink will de
yelop unto n real old-fashioned slus
fast. provided, OF course, that Wolgas
DOESN'T hurt his arm. Cross has booi
trying 10 get into action against VOL
gsst for several years. When tn
latter was the champion he Ignores
the dentist. A few month sgo tn
stage was set for a meeting betweel
this pair, but two days before ia
bout Woigast broke" his hand. Tn
latter says his hand is las good q
new" Everybody 10 hoping this In 10
because II means a great session o
0stics. The rest OF the card Ia mad
Mp Of boxers OF the Gross famil,
Monty Cross meets Jack kearns an
Dave IN coming back 10 tackle SON
good man TO be provided BY the man
sgcmeni