New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-19
MIKE GIBBONS
SHADES LEWIS
AT THE GARDEN
British Weller Puts Up
Great Battle with the
st. Paul Ghost.

Mike Gibbons, Of ST. Paul, outpointed
Ted kid Lewis, the British boxer, in
ten rounds Of boxing at Madison
Square Garden last night. His margin
Of victory was not large and, at the
finish. some Of the skeptics wagged
their heads and declared it to be zone
of those things
SO it is always, apparently, when Glib
bons fights in this city. He is expected
to slaughter them all. As & matter Of
fact, Lewis deserves world of credit
for the resistance he made against the
man rated as the rings cleverest work
man.
Rallying from the effects of hard
beating i'm the first couple of rounds,
Lewis came along and fought with re-
doubled vigor in the closing rounds
He had the better Of the eighth round
by so wide "a margin that the crowd
cheered him enthusiastically.
In the two closing periods Lewis
came out with fresh courage and gave
the Mastery One at least as good as
he took. IL was a great recovery and
as unexpected as II was complete.
Lewis left the ring crowned a hero,
while Gibbons must of necessity fur
nish new evidence Of his mastery be-
fore he can be accepted as the worlds
middleweight champion.
Gibbons did not stow the Britisher
away, and there the fans found fault
In the first couple of rounds the ST.
Paul ghost went at his man. landing
hard, snappy punches that Jared and
hurt.
The closest approach to knockdown
came IN the third round, when Mike
drove vicious smash into the body
and dropped Lewis to one knee. The
Brlton was up instantly, clinching and
holding until the effects Of the punch
wore off.
Gibbons looked at his man and. smil-
ing bit contemptuously went 10 work
He Int short and straight to the mark.
and his punches crossed inside the
wider swings of the English weller
IL seemed as if Mike was only meas
urlng his man for one crushing wal
Top; but Lewis was fast and clever
enough to keep his jaw out of the
way. Moreover, when Mike did land
on the chin. Lewis had the resisting
power to ignore the blows.
Throughout the fifth and sixth
rounds Gibbons failed TO make use Of
his right hand, even when seemingly
vide openings presented themselves.
lie made left-handed fight Of il and
Lewis took advantage of it. lie went
after Gibbons, swinging both his hands
and putting all the power his lean
and sinewy body possessed into every
lead
1t was then Gibbons showed his mas
terly boxing skill and his wonderful
judgment Of distance. With a deft
movement Of his shoulder he brushed
the blows aside or stepped inside 10
let them wind themselves around his
neck. II was surprising that he did
not counter moro often than he did.
for certain IL is that the openings
were wide and many.
Coming up for the seventh round
Lewis looked fresher than he did at
the start and he wanted Gibbons TO
force the fight. He gave the Phantom
n merry time Of IT, and the crowd
checred him at every move.
In the eighth round, the Briton had
the best Of the fight and drew a
mighty cheer from his admirers by
cutting cash under Gibbons eye
with hard. straight right Had this
punch landed lower the St. Paul
warrior might have measured his
length on the floor. but it didn't
During the two closing rounds the
boys fought at top speed and an inter
esting battle they made Gibbons
tried for a knockout. but his opponent
was entirely too elusive. Not only did
the Briton keep out Of danger himself
but he landed many hard blow on his
willy opponent.
Lewis gave a worthy account OF him
self against so worthy an opponent.