South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-06

Tommy Gibbons. battler and box
er de luxe from ST. Paul. maintained
his unbroken streak Of consecutive
knockouts. and incidentally showed
local fight fans why he Is just about
the classiest hEhting machine IN the
entire world, barring only perhaps
Champion Jack Dempsey when he
scored a technical knockout by po-
lice interference over Dan O'Dowd,
OF New York. heavyweight champion
OF New England. IN the third round
OF their scheduled ten-round set-to
at Springbrook park Monday after
noon O'Dowd. who had a record OF
never having been knocked out, was
on his feet when Chief Cassidy
waved him away
The 5000 or more fans who
Jammed their way into the local
arena were out their 10 see Tommy
produce. and that he did In a man
ner convincing 70 an The ST. Paul
wizard" clearly dem onstrated why
American followers Of the sport are
picking him 10 duplicate Jack Demp-
sey's feat OF upsettirg Georges Car
pentier when the two meet before
Tex Richards club next winter.
Tommy has long been famous for
his punch. which Is nearly as Ia
nous as Jacks Iron Mike" but the
punch isn't nearly all that Tom in
cludes IN his repertoire. Every time
that O'Dowd was lucky enough 70
land a punch, which was not often
during the first two rounds, and
never In the third. Gibbons respond
Ell with two which carried plenty OF
force and went 70 the mark. none
OF them travelling over six inches.
while TOmmy's Cleverness in block
fling and avoiding Dams leads was a
thing TO marvel at. O'Dowd deserves
credit for his game showing, but he
was sadly outclassed. and at times
must have thought the spectators
were throwing gloves at him, so fast
did they come when Tom opened up.
Police Stop Fight.
The end came in the third round
after Gibbons had inflicted a nasty
cut over O'Dowd's left eye at the
start OF the second Tommy kept
peppering away at the injured mem
Der until the New England champ
was hardly able TO see. Every blow
Gibbons let fly stung like lash, and
he could have put Dan out in the
second IL he had been in a hurry.
At the start OF the third O'Dowd
came out OF his corner groggy, while
Tom took his time and awaited an
opening. Several came, for O'Dowd
left himself wide open every time he
off 70 A VII Oh
left 70 the jaw sent O'DOwd to the
floor for the count OF nine, and he
arose IN a pitiable condition. Glib
hons then sent a short right upper
cut 10 the Jaw which had O'Dowd's
knees shaking and his jaw dropping
and another tap from that wicked
left would have sent him into obli-
Won for an hour at least. Asst. Chief
OF Police Cassidy. realizing the OBJ
vious outcome of the bout and the
brutality of letting it go further.
ordered Referee Smith 10 stop the
fight
Many fans are OF the opinion that
Tommy could have won in the first
round had ne so desired, and that
IS giving O'DOwd full credit as a
game. tough fighter. FOR such he
Approved TO be. He took all Toms
punishment without fiinching. never
once running away. and was beaten
only by a better. and not by a gamer,
man. There are few men outside
of the aforementioned Champion
Jack who could have done any bet
ter with this veritable Irish dynamo.
South Bend as a whole picks
Gibbons to win from the French
idol. Carpenter.
Taylor Shows Glass.
Bud Taylor. Terre Haute. won a
slight advantage over Herbie Schaef-
fer. Chicago. in an eight round go
which was replete with action from
start to finish. Both men showed
q willingness TO mix it and there
were many lively exchanges, with
honors about even. However, Taylor
excelied IN the infghting and IL was
his superiority IN this branch OF the
game which entitled him TO the de-
cision-
Schaeffer carried the lighting and
showed a nifty left hook which
cxdght Taylor on several occasions.
sThe Chicago lad was a glutton for
punishment, receiving many blows,
which would have fiOored a less
rugged opponent for the count.
without apparent effect. Taylor left
the ring unmarked while Schaeffer