New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-27
GIBBONS 0UTBOXES
HOUCK IN EVERY
ROUND OF TEN
st. Paul Wrath Master OF
the Situation from
Gong to Gong.
LANCASTER BOY. HIT
HARD, FAILS TO DOW
Bout at ST. Nicholas A. {. q"
Lively One Nike Does MOI
Escape Unhurt.

There 81, only one Nike Gibbons.
The s.. Paul wrath outboXed, out
fought and outgencralled Leo Houck.
Of Lancaster. Penn, in every round OK
ten-round bout at the s.. Nicholas
A. c. last night
Many there we're who held shat
Houck never flashed for 50 much ss a
minute. but this is not consistent with
the history Of the battle. There wers
exchanges in which mastery Mike
came OF q bad second, but these were
few and far between. Likewise they
were only when Gibbons threw science
and skill 20 the four winds and waded
in 20 fight for the sheer JOY OF ngnt-
ing. Houck had a powerful wa1lop
and was not AZ all adverse 20 using H.
But just as one cannot catch up
with the will o the wsp, so houck
could not catch Mike Gibbons when the
latter elected 20 stay of az long range
ard box
The phantom stabbed with a left
hand jab that sprang from nowhere
and crashed through 70 vital spots "lta
the deadly accuracy Of sharpshooter
bullet. Times without number almost
Mike landed his Left, but though ma
hit hard and often Leo would not
down. In fact. Leo seemed 20 revel in
the rough treatment he received, ana
fought back wit grim courage.
No match in the work az long range,
Houck sought 20 turn the tide by tght-
ing az close range. He believed that
sheer strength would carry him home
where science and skill failed. But
even here he was undole Covered by
a guard that knew no weakness, Nike
stood in and played ferocious hre oc
ripping jolts into Houoks midsection.
Yet il was only upon rare occasions
that those stalWart legs or the Pennsyl-
vanian 40 much as quivered. Three
times he rocked under the terrl1c I'M
pact Of perfectly timed punches, but
! youth, strength and perfect condition
! answered the ;. O. 9. OF his partially
dazed brain ard he rallied strongly
and fought It out
Gibbons did not scape unhurt, for
all that ne won As he grlmly eN-
pressed il after the battle, 81 stopped
a few with me face" One OF Houch )
body blows that landed flush on the
side caused him no end Of trouble, and
when the bout was over Nike said ne
feared that he had fractured rib.
Houck had the better Of some
pounds on the weight. He tipped the
beam at 1862 IN his fighting c.othes,
while Gibbons weighed l55i2 in ring
/ clothes, sweater and pants. Il WAS this
great physical advantage. no doubt,
that enabled Houck 10 stand up through
the ten rounds. Certainly no fighter
ever received a worse beating and last
ed through a contest
But he faced a super-GIobons last
night and lost little honor with the
fans. Indeed he was cheered with ;
much enthusiasm when he left the ring
as was his opponent. The outcome Of
the bout was presaged IN the trst
round. After the perfunctory hand.
shake. Gibbons walked into his man,
+ fenting him into kinks aad smashing
him with both hands when and
wherever fancy dictated.
He cut Houcks eye with short
right hook and staggered him with a
/ right hand cross 20 the point Of the
Jaw in the first minute Of the battle.
I The fans prepared for an early exit,
but they reckoned without their most.
Houck. with no more expression on his
+ face than a wooden Indian. took every
f thing that came his way and tried 70
/ tight back.