The Washington times., 1921-06-28

quiet chap, rather Dettcr-ln1ormed
little or nothing about boxing unles
i he makes no boasts as to what
what the other fellow says or to
After slowing away a couple OF
mountainous chops of the type which
had given Moore reputation from
coast to coast. we went down to
Coney Island for breath of fresh
air
Gibbons enjoyed himself in a quiet
way, trying some of the attractions
in Luna Park with evident amuse-
ment. Finally we visited that old
fashioned Eden Musee. 1t has been
brought up-to-date little by adding
Edith Cavell and Francisco Villa to
the collection, but in the main II has
not changed In twenty years. 1t was
in the Eden Musee that we got new
angle on Tom Gibbons, the st. Paul
heavyweight.
CALLED 1T CADAvER.
There are several gruesome exhib-
its showing various forms of capital
punishment and these interested Glib
bons rather more than the rest. 1t
, was while gazing at an elephant
crushing a mans brains out that Glib
bons remarked in calm voice "at the
University of Minnesota / have seen
all kinds of cadavers. This Is moth
ing" Not one boxer in ten thousand
knows what a cadaver Is. Yet here
was one speaking of cadavers with
the calmness OF a physician.
81 have been studying some with
my brother Mike" continued Gibbons,
''and much of the work has been on
cadavers;' now you have this story
in a nutshell. Tom Gibbons has been
y. studying the human body as a means
of making himself worlds heavy
q weight champion.
He speaks knowingly of the various
nerve ganglia. Indeed he admits
knowing far more than the average
man about such things and he SEEM
, ingly admits using his knowledge In
the ring.
"The only way to get ahead is to
know more than your opponent" he
says "and so / have been learning"
GIBBONS BIG ENOUGH.
We ran across one of those scales
with an attendant who can guess
your weight. He took look at
Gibbons. tested his back and lego
and guessed 1877 pounds. Gibbons
weighed 1S9 in his street clothes. He
Is big enough.
On the way back from Coney we
got the morning papers and read that
Descamps wanted Tex Rickard to
match Tom Gibbons OF Bill Brennan
with Carpenter for Labor Day.
Gibbons read every line of the story
but let Eddie Kane do his talking.
"why Brennan" asked Kane.
Hasn't Dempsey stopped him twice7
That should eliminate him from con-
sideration. AS to Tom here, he has
just now run up a total OF twelve
straight knockouts and his last was
with Willie Meehsn, who has two
decisions over Dempsey.
"Meehan failed to last round
against Tom last week in Cleveland.
He told Tom that while Dempsey's
punches to the body hurt him for
several hours after he got them, not
one of Dempesy's blows to the jaw
even dazed him. He seemed sur
prised that Tom had knocked HIM
out so quickly and so easily.
/ aLET THEM STAND,
( Dempsey has never attempted to
wipe out those decisions by taking
on Meehan. Let them stand then.
Here comes Tom Gibbons. who has
not only defeated Meehan, but knock
ed him out in one round. Now, tell
me why Tom hasn't better claim
3 on a match with the champion than
Brennan who has twice lost to him7
"s benpbry Will uctVot
Carpenter after a hard fight. There
fore, we are not going into Mysteries
over what the Frenchman's manager
Gays, believing Carpenter will be
beaten challenger Saturday night.
But we are after the champion, no
matter who he Is. We think Demp-
sey will retain his title. but II not
we stand ready to sign up for a bout
with Carpenter.
1--WE have much stronger claim
On q match with Carpenter than
Brennan has II Carpenter wins.
what added glory can he get by fac
ing a man who has twice been
stopped by Dempsey
willie Mechan might rightfully
put In a claim. pointing to his two
decisions over Dempsey, but Tom
takes that away from the fat boy by
his one-round knock out In Cleve-
land
DESERVES BATTLE.
Therefore. on his record alone,
Tom Gibbons deserves the next bat
( tie with the champion whether that
champion be Dempsey or Carpenter
and he means to get 1t, IL IL Is pos
sible to get
Z 1--WE expect to confer with Tex
Rickard before the week is out. We
are planning to clinch the match just
as soon as possible. Tom Is now In
training and can be in perfect shape
+, for a Labor Day bout II that fts
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