Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-11-17
COFFEY'S MANAGER
MAKES BIG KICK

NEW YORK. NOV. IA squirt
the long. winding lane OF pugil.
ism convinces IL that, alter ali, there
may be u lot oil justification tor the
wall that Billy Gibson let loose when
his protese, Jim Coney. was declared
out while still on his feet in the tiiIrd
round oil that recent bout with r'ranw
Moran, the r~ed-headed heavy weight.
"When Referee Brown stopped tnd,
light Ill admit that CoIIey was
SrogSy" said Gibson, but the grogg.-
ness was temporary only. In an
other minute or Two his brain would
have cleared and ne surely would hav"
recuperated, given Moran y Il battle
all alons-and won out III the enu.
Il think Browns ruling Was Il nasIN
one-dnd Ill always think that way.
Ills ruling puts Il black mark an
CoiIey's record and Ior the time be-
ing has killed Corfcy's chances o;
meeting Willard.
Those VINO have followed the ring
game for many years know tna ther..
are hundreds OF incidents where Il
lighter, groggy and seemingly Oh the
point OF dropping 10 che mat has re-
cupeIated and Won out"
Gibson pointed TO The Tommy RYAN
Mysterious Billy Smith bout, Staged
in Coney Island years ago, as one i'll.
stance TO support his claim that a
groggy almost helpless fighter can
come back and win.
Ryan was hanging nto the ropes.
a pititul looking object" said Gibson.
smith rushed in and shot a blow To
Ryan's head. He intended ii to be a
iinisher, but instead that blow rlcartd
Ryan's brain and lie came around in.
~stanrly, fought like 1t wild man and
Won
The ~BOmbarder Wclls-Al Palzer
night, fought in New York "A few years
aga, is Il more recent instance, con,
tinued Gibson. Wells gave Palzer a
terrific beating III the FIRST round and
in ;h" second Palzer was in such
shape that tine crowd begged the re.
fierce to stop the bout and prevent d
murder. In the third-wcll, in that
third round palZcr came out OF his
daZe, shot Il terrific waliop 10 Wells
stomach-and Wells went down for
the complete count.
Years & Kid Mccoy and Tom
Sharkey met. The Kid started off by
landing Il punch on Sharkey that was
so terrific that the big freshman went
down like an OK. Sharkey couldn't
get up but the bell at the end of the
round saved him. Throughout the
early rounds, Mccoy cut Sharkey to
ribbons, but Sharkey recuperated-
and won.
Joe Wolcott made a chOpping block
u OF Kid Lavigne in the early rounds
of their wonderful fight. The crowd
insistently pleaded with the referee
TO stop he slaughter OF the white
a But he didn't-and the Kid
came back and won.
Peter Maher knocked Bob Fitz.
simmons flat-but Bob won out in the
end Maher won from Choynski after
the wonderful Jew had made IL punch.
ing bag of him in the early fighting.
Terry McGovern was in an almost
helpless condition during the stage OF
his fight with Oscar Gardner-yet
Terry won the fight.
Battling Nelson never won an i'm,
portant fight until after his foes had
battered him almost 10 q pulp.
when Coffey fought Al Reich, he
was groggy in the first round, but he
won by q knockout. Jim Flynn, Arth.
ur Pclkey and Jack ('Twin') Sulli,
van had Colfey dazcd and seemingly
helpless bui G..fey came back and
beat each Of them-and with a knock
out punch.
| know that Brown did what he
thought was fair and honorable, but
] always will feel that If the fight had
continued Colfey's groggincss would
have disappeared and hat he would
have beaten Moran decisivoly."
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