Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-20
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PHANTOM STILL
F|F'AIV0RI1E FOR
TITLE BATTLE
Gibbons is Within One
Pound Of Required
Weight.

st. Paul. MINI. o CAS- the
hour of the championship nniddle-
weight boxing bout at the st. Paul
Auditorium draws nearer, the major
ity of the ring fans are still stringing
with Mike Gibbons to win. The
st. Paul Phantom has been off in his
4 training for several days, but has
found himself and is within one pound
OF the required weight, 1853 pounds.
Principals Confident.
Confidence prevails in both camps.
but preliminary plans Of battle leaves
a'grand opening for an upset. O'Dowd
believes he is Gibbons master. The
champion, says he will not be content
TO stay 10 rounds, but hopes to put his
rival down for h count before the
tap Of tha final gong. O'Dowd claims
thai his rushing and fighting ability
will offset. any advantage that Glib
hons may hVHe. The Harp looked
great i'll his workout yesterday. He
boxed seven rounds, two each with.
Del lLandon, Johnny Cashill and Jim
Delaney, and one with his trainer,
Bob Armstrong. O'Dowd is we'll un-
1913 pounds and at the conclusion
CT mis- workout was breathing easily.
: Gibbons from now on will not have
to be worried about making weight.
ht tipped the scales at 159 Tuesday
u with the usual drying out proc
css Will be ready to weigh in at 8 ..
IN. and again at-the ringside. The
Phantom boxed two rounds each with
Ills brother. Tommy, Jack Burke,
..,ph .McIlenna and Tom Comiskes'
nc ptrspirc1 freely and breathed
with mere difficulty than O'Dowd at
The conclusion of the session.
One important angle in the training
OF the principals is that .O'Dowd APP
pears TO be ready to face Gibbons to-
day. if necessary. O'Dowd faces the
problem Of keeping himself in shape,
while Gibbons intends to reach top
form on the day of the fight.
Gibbons Training Hard.
Gibbons has never trained for q
fight before as carefully. He has
mapped u his plan of battle ana
hopes to put over the winning punch
early in the battle. He then plans
to box O'Dowd and inflict all the dam
age possible with hopes of firing out
the champion and then putting over
the, wallop. Gibbons. the day before
the Ahearn fight, which he won In
n round, at a tanning bee showed
Just how he hoped to put the British
er down. He planned to make
Ahearn lead with a left and then
in a right hand. The right hand
cross won the fight in less than one
round.
One point that must be conceded
to Gibbons is that he is generally re-
pardcd the greatest ring general in
the game. Barring the chance that
ODoWd may steam in a sleep pro-
ducing punch on Gibbons, the ST.
FaAl Phantom should romp home a
winner, on points at least.
Advance Sale $4,000.
Jack Reddy, matchmaker for the
st. Paul Boxing club, announced. that
the advance sale had reached $24,O OU
Wednesday. which is $500 better than
the Gibbons-Ahearn bout, the larg-
est in northwest boxing
Reservations a been made by
boxing critics from all the large, cit-
les. To provide accommodations a
double row of press seats will be con-
structed. : Women boxing fans have
purchased hundreds Of tickets in
both the Twin Cities.
Reddy has competed plans for
handling the record crowd expected.
a Gordon of policemen will he formed
on Fifth street at Washington, while
a. econdl line will be formed at
Franklin street. Persons with admis-
sion tickets will be allowed through
the police lines. leading to the Audi
forum, but those not possessing the
~pasteboards will be directed to the
ticket office, which will be estab-
fished i'll front of the p~ostoffice build
ing on Washington and Fifth streets.