Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-21
MIKE GIBBONS COMES
BACK TO RING AGAIN

NlW YORK. September ~ Michael
Gibbons. after It passive period extend
ing over nearly SIX months. is ready TO
return to the RING. Mikes first op-
ponsnt upon his ic-cntry will bc no
less a ring parsonage than Jack Dill
lon. IL viii be Il meeting between the
pest middicw~iSht in the world, and the
foremost ght-hcavywciGht on the
globe. Early october is designated for
festivities, ana :, merry cmDtcgho At
promises 10 be-
Gibbons purpose in tacklinG such a
Formulating customer as Dillon upon his
renewal OF RINK acuuaintanccS is two
fold. Mike has long h-"i accused Of
picking his opponents. ana has often
hccn charged as. lacking lighting in
s,inct; IN other words, that Mike show
ed ,ingc rf SAFFRON wherever the
going got too heavy. II BIS 10 dis
prove both Of these oft-dcclarcd state
mcnts that Gibbons is jeoparding his
Any man who faces Dillon IN the
hamper square Jcopardizcs his pueilis-
tic futurc-and his life. Thus far every
one Of Dillon's foes has escaped with
his life: but. oh. the many promising
careers he has ruined!
Gibbons insists he was-and still is
Of same mind whcu Ii" consented 10
spar of with the lndianap"lis man
killer. lie WAS Of such sane mind that
he made Dillon agree to make weight
for him-1G0 pounds a, . o'clock on
the afternoon Of the BATH" Pirmy
lack will HAY" to l." trained quite
fine TO attain This poundns"--his best
riuTsidc. ASK Tom Cowlcr ana Franit
Moran.
AS Gibbons has taken unto himself
Il managcr--no. not II wife Che already
has family). but man served in
ring mattcrS--wc may expect TO see
Michael in action more often than
new mentor was to arrange the Dill
Ion match. Said manager realized
that Mike must do more tighting-and
more efficient tiGhting-to hold his grip
ON
waning popularity.
Gibbons was on the verge Of mierat-
in q battle Of tiSticuffs. when the Dill
lon match was broach"d. IT seems
that Jack the giant killer had been
uncertainties Of narcv'S hackers had
failed to penetrate Gibbons. When Dill
lon showed a motctT OF Interest in "a
dc,ni-God, Gibbons hastily signed arti-
clos for a meeting with Dillon.
Mike is foresiehtcd enough 10 visu
victory over Dillon. Should the bout
evcntuate in Mixes favor il would en-
liHnce his drawing capabilities to the
rs - real champion. ana. ny the heavy
weights. as savior Of their blightcd
careers.
Australians would then welcome Glib
hons with open arms. even though he
had conquered TO great Jack Dillon
The aniipodcns are dubious as To how
Darcy would t1re against IlIlOn. but
they are convinced that Gibbons would
lie :, mark for their idol.
While Gibbons would he basking in
all This idnlatry tassuming. Of course.
ii"t h" dccisivcly defeated DillonD. 4
littlc English lad would lie pininc his
heart away. For the It'll" English
Tad only recently handed Michael 1,
'ratv FASTING: and the fiat already has
rlinost been forgotten. Ted Kid Lew
ie is the l:ttlc English boy who il,
willing to show that he can do il all
over again But wary Mike is care
fully avoiding recurrence of such 4
catastrophe. He simply refuses to
have anything more to do with the
little English lad.
Lewis. who has been spending the
summer in South Amcrica-not by
choice. hut by compnlSion. as he must
live up To an ill-advised contract--wiii
return tn these shores shortly ana
start anew his campaign among tho
H"htWciohts. middlcw Fights and light
h"avNwc.Ghts Lewis has already
Fought in the first three classes. and is
PREPARED for the plunge in the domain
of Jack Dillon and Bathing LcvinSky