Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-04
'TOM GIBBONS AFTER
DElMPSEY,S LAURELS
,R,o,her Of Nike Goes to
/. England to Start CLIMB
Tn Heavyweight Ladder
nv LOUIS II. JAFFE

NEUNuiSS =, r..
|. G rr,ncais, is not the only hetty
|, ,,t,o, on the trail of Jack Dempses
y h'u~ nro;gbt crown. Jack Veock' sports
hea's".b e ,be international News, was
N philadelphia the other DAY anu v,, oe
u leaving to return to New YORK
iore @ = ort some information to the
o,."," [ ,,,o, Tom Gibbons, brother OF the
.ore sur illustrious Ponpardour M'hu, A., "I'
entered s,ts the field for SOCK ~ Mr. 90
Dempsey. ,.,o,. ,ort of Gibbons's
"Ana '.e no aftcr the titleholder's scalp
|. u That Sir Thomas mas sonne nneoonrUoiobt "U
stort at the bottom OF tlt Wa WoccI T''s"'
/ J;vision--in Eng! land Sa,u 'aI,n aIon9 tbo
! veock's line of chatter was a'ons '"'
following lines oorrtornort Of his
h"" u,uO'"ibl Michael. only bigger OF bone
tro'ns. 'ns.rnrtionotcly better set up. And
anu piop" "boyin' fool" according to
nc ~" o. mare OF Americas best per-
scov =" in rho class that does anywhere
irVT .pnt n.y. Gibbcns is a middlcweight ana
po o business IN the heavyweight Ill
vision, you "ic "P'
|, Now a Founder ,,,,o
Forget it. Gibbons was % ih,ui'h bn
rus ht ohout two wears ago when nc
Ne,sI' S make 1853 to 100 pounds as
pu1 .u;,r no Jimmy Wilde, who mas MS
sm suS"' Growth, can make 1O7. To-Day
rh n;hhons is q strapping. clean limbed
,ilogons S 'rsnlod 10 pounder. He is as
ur haru mSG os Georges Carpenter, and those
mga mh0 know him best. including myself,
xnJ SanSt AHpr yerv much whether the famous
@"n.sos auuss cculd show him anything in the
line Of fistic science: :, A. .;o,oo
4 ,,o,work and RING gcncralship that won
liz hrothcr Mike recognition as one OF
.o Sreatcst boxers the game has ever
trown With these assets as n ringster
ho Nos more weight and much stouter
puIiE IiEe Michael the younger Gibbons is
modest, retiring and gentlemanly chap.
There isn't n boastful bone in his BODY
and bc doesn't like to make claims for
himself Recently. while in New YORK
INIT before sailing for England to seek
isurels among the Differs on the Cther
side Of the pond. Tommy broke. down
md made this admission to me:
4 "Weu YOU see, I've outgrown the
midiewpight class. I'm strong light
heavyweight right Low. and ] can step
into the ring at 40 pounds without
carrying any excess flesh.
Knows All Tricks
"In the years that I've been boxing.
meeting all The good ones. and during
the years I boxed almost daily with
l,l.,,,, J'rn lnorppl all pf the
lkudiments of fisticuffs. and I feel pretty
confident that none of the fighters today
can teach me any new tricks. If they
can | should like to learn them.
"When Georges Carpenter came to
the United States | had hopes that l
might get an opportunity to meet nm:
kNothing would suit me better. for l
cant see where have ay reason TO
fear any man of my own weight-and
Carpenter is supposed to be n 10
pound man.
riS"But I guess Ill have to wait q
while before ! can get into the ring
with Georges, and meanwhile I'm going
10 England to meet all the good fighters
they have over there, if can get
matches with them. Later, when
come back to the states, II is my in
tention to challenge Jack Dempsey, for
] am going to jump right into the
heavyweight class as soon rs l land IN
England | hope to get on with Joe
Beckett and Bombardicr Wells. I'll
take on anybody they've got.
Gibbons. you see, isn't boastful. He
perely has confidence in his ability,
and he isn't afraid of any man living.
Gibbons and Eddie Kane, his genial
napager. have taken the long way
trouud in starting their campaign for
y battle with Dempsey in which. ac-
@rdlng to our opinion. they have shown
Gcellent judgment. for the reason that
II Tommy succeeds in beating number
n English hCavyweights he will have
wen his spurs as a heavyweight fighter
before he tosSes his hat into the ring on
this side of the pond.
Defeats Greb
Just before sailing for Europe Glib
Dons decisively defeated Harry Grcb.
!he Pittsburgh battler. in ten round
oout in the Smoky City. Every paper
u Pittsburgh gave the st Paul lad
Sredit for clean-cut victory. And
here's tip off on how clever he is:
sack Dillon. who was among the best
~ ihiudleweghts in the world only two
searS & ago, recently said of Greb
Al mat man is the dodginest box
sn'er ever saw. When | met him
,sn l touched him only twicc-once
saeh ! shook hands with him before the
s. round and again when we shook
Aah,s after 1t was all over.'
hnd GiDbons made Greb think, A hat
sIoS IS OF seventy .tivcs was shooting