El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-25
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CHICAGO. Ill, Nov. 25.-Mike Glib
bons of St Paul. is one Of the
~ marvels Of the padded ring, also
one Of the mysteries
The Phantom demonstrated the first
part Of this statement recently when
ne took on Jack Dillon. light heavy
weight. and handed him one Of the
most scientific lickings the Indiana
polls mankiller ever got in his long
and honored career Of eight years
Gibbons is the last word in clever
ness, speed and ring generalsnl"- He
scored flock of points before Dillon
2 OF into action ara before the scrap
was over he had piled up enough OF
them to win six fights 81 onion.
strong man of the ring. SluEger OF
note. cave man. wildcat. and all else
that he has been called. did not manage
10 land one single solid blow on Glo-
hons and at the end Of the bout he
lsu scarcely succeeded in mussiug the
PhantOm's hair
Gibbons displayed remnFkabie
ability TO shift his body just
enough TO mike every blow of his
antagonist either glance off harm
IessIy or miss entirely
Bill Brennan. in the warm days
big league umpire and in the winter
Q a
/, ability at either, boxed with GIBBONS
all last winter
And I never laid a glove on him
with enough force 10 kill a fly Bren-
nan swears.
Listen to what veteran sport writ
, er OF Chicago SAYS about Gibbons
I've been looking at boxers for 80
years and 7 never would have believed
than any man could show such mar
velous work as Gibbons displayed IN
the Dillon contest Dillon was ready,
! trained to the minute, having put In
ten desperate days to fit himself for
the fray. Yet he was slow and moppy
l compared TO the St Paul flash Every
! time he landed. and that was not often.
/ Gibbons was slipping along in the
I same general direction that the punch
( was going and thus nullified the ef-
! fects Of it,
! You would think a man who could
I win such praise would he fiChtins
| every few days and reaping in the
golden harvest which awaits the clever
! boxer. Yet Gibbons hasn't made enough
! out of the ring TO keep him in feed for
( 4 year The principal reason seems 10
! be that Gibbons doesn't care for money,
| although ne is no millionaire The
/ general suppOsitiOn has been that any
! boxer would fall readily when ap-
| preached by man with coin in both
| fists and in this day Of inflated purses
| for ring encounters Gibbons should be
J cleaning Up. Instead Of which he
1 llEulS ever Few months ana dllupSl
! always there has been a little report
| Of "gentlemen's agreement or the
| fight has been a fisco.
Gibbons SCOTS at thousands of
! dollars which only a pound or two
of weight has stood in the way.
| yet he ought to be nbIe to give
almost any of them 20 pounds and
then he SO far IN the lead At the
finish that you couldn't see his OPP
pOnent.
/ Wherein lies the mystery of Gibbons
| Perhaps it is because he is not a bust
| ness man and insists upon handling
! his own affairs instead Of getting .
! live manager TO handle them for him.
!
Richie Mitchell, classy lightweight
! Of Milwaukee. is another one who
| should be reaping a golden harvest. vet
| Is not His brother Billy, is his man.
| ager, and while Billy is a nice little
I fellow and a good sport, what he
doesn't know about managing a fight
| er is considerable. II a live wire had
/ hold of Richie. il wouldn't be long
| until he would be championship con-
I tender Yet he seems content to 60
! along and fight every few months and
! always before the club in milwaukee
| which gave him his start.
YOu might INCLUDE Eddie Nc
| GoOrty, just now of Australia. in
| the same class. He went over there
to do a little fighting. proved n
| Ereat drawing card and immed-
lately began TO eschew the ring to
| bet on horse races and get out OF
; training.
Latest reports are he is so fat nov