The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-15
T. GIBBONS MAY
SCRAP DEMPSEY
Brother of Mike Thinks
He Has a Chance
With Champ.

NEW YORK. Aug. i4.-Now that
Jack Dempsey is putting an edge on
his gloves and getting ready to
knock few a~pirants to the world's
hcavyNwcisht championship for a goal
there are cropping up n few we'll
trained boxers who would have
chance with tho Colorado demon.
And among them Is Tom Gibbons
Tom is a brother OF the famous
Mike, less famous because he hasn't
made so many spectacular fights.
rom started out as a middlowolght,
got along pretty well at 1t, and now
has graduated into the ranks OF the
Billy Miske. Harry Grcb. Clay Turner
and all the best Of the light hoavy-
Weights who infost this country.
Tom Slowly Growing.
Gibbons. the younger OF the fight
ing brothers. IL slowly growing. and
he now can probably engineer his
conditioning so that he could enter
the ring with Dempsey weighing
about i75 pounds. That Is fifteen
pounds lighter than Dompsey's best
weight but few pounds among the
heavywcights doesn't amount to 30
much as it does among the smaller
chaps He has long, stabbing left
hand that operates In much the same
manner that brother Mikes did, but
| he isn't much shucks ns a sOcker. For
| that reason he believes that his
speed afoot and constant jabbing
will earn him n victory on points
over tho champion. while serving to
Keep that gentleman at bay with his
sledgehammer blows.
Tom really wants TO meet the
| champion, and there are lot Of
I folks arranging things so that a bid
NAV he made for the fracas some
| time during the winter. st, Paul or
Minneapolis seems the logical city
| for H. since that is the home OF the
Gibbons brothers.
Jack Kcarns manager OF the
champion, undoubtedly would agree
TO the meeting. The champion doesn't
know what it means to lean back p
ward when some one mentions n
fight. He In willing and eager to take
m any of the scrappers who believe
| they can whip him. Tho subject OF "A
bout hetweon Gibbons ana Dempsey
was broached to kcarns a few days
| ago with tho result that the manager
declared Gibbons was afraid to meet
| the champion.
1--WE have offered him matches
several times" Kcarns said and on
one occasion things were actually all
eet for the battle in Milwaukee, hut
Gibbons declined to 70 through with
III There are n LOT OF those fellows
who want to have the public bellcv,
they will fight tho champion. bu
getting them into the ring In some
thing else. IL Gibbons or anyone ela,
believes the champion won't figh'
them, all that IL necessary is to try
to make match. we will sign II The
money for Dempsey's services Is
i there"
Kcarns pointed out that there
would not he such a great disparity
lin the weight OF the boxers should
thc match be made. He recalled that
Pillv Miske who is about Gibbons
weight, ia the only boxer who ha:
been able to successfully withstand
the champions punches since Jack
became high light among thu
hcavies. Miske, he added. has agreed
to n third meeting. with confidence
! that ne again will be able TO escape
the Telling blow Georges Carpenter
the European champion, Sver whom
such 4 furore wns made when hC
reached this county, also weighs
about 17h pounds He is not tot
email for the champion. In fact
many critics have picked him to wir
the' championship from Dempse'
should they ever meet.