The New York herald., 1921-05-23
GIBBONS COMEDIES
CHANCE TO GEORGES
st. Paul Ghost Thinks Carpen-
tier Will Do Better Than
Heavier Man.
by CHARLES II. MATHIsoN.

Mike Gibbons. who boxed with Irish
Paddy Flynn for fifteen rounds last Fri.
day night without doing his opponent
any more harm than that contained in
winning on points. is strongly opposed TO
the term "slugging" and all that It inn
plies. In discussing the subject Gibbons
said:
when the word 'slugging' is elm
mated from the art Of boxing the sport
will be elevated another notch. This
fault rapidly is being eliminated. One
sees far less slam-bang fighting at box
ing shows than one did few years ago.
True, some fans prefer the old arrange
ment, but they are IN the minority. Box
ing has survived many difficult tests.
Slugging has not.
~ fighter who depends upon a hay
maker to win usually lacks brains. game
ness resourcefulness, speed and clever
ness This being true. he hasn't very
much in his favor. He cannot be a
champion except by accident He even
tually is forced TO realize the fact. He
either must try to acquire the elements
he lacks or drop out.
II think 1t is bit unfair 70 Carpen-
tier to declare that he viii not have a
chance to hit Dempsey hard If lie elects
to box the champion. The opposite is
closer to the truth. He never win get to
drst base unless he does box Dempsey
know that / am not alone In my con-
tention that CARPENTER Is the type OF
boxer best suited 10 give Dempsey a
real row. T'h~ big fellows move SO
slowly that Jack can keep out Of their
way and NJ the Same time he can pound
them 20 pieces. Dempsey must light dif-
ferently against fast opponent Denp-
sey is not a hard man to hit. There
FORE a good boxer who can make the
most OF openings should do very we'll
so long as he is conscious"
Turkey wants to figure in the Demp-
Carpenter fight. Mesal Phuh Of
Constantinople has applied TO Fred w
Milan of Minneapolis, assistant to the
X. OF c. European commissioner, to have
the Knights of Columbus bring him to
America so that he can act as a spar
ring partner for Jack Dempsey. Mesal
made his applica ton when Milan re-
Gently visited Constantinople to give the
American Mediterranean feet a typical
send off. Mesal states as his qualifica-
tions that he fought against the French
In Mesopotamia and feels that he can
tutor the worlds champion heavy
weight in French methods of attack.
Milan passes on the application TO Su-
preme Secretary William J. Mckinley Of
the X. OF c., with the laconic comment
that This Turk didn't know how to
count in English before he took UP box
ing Now he knows all the numbers UP
to ten"
Capt. Bob Roper ard Battling Levin
4 -E.-,- at
the Brooklyn Arena tomorrow night.
Jim Corbett calls Roper ''pugilistic
perpetual motion" machine. The Brook
lyn Arena will stage a second bout Fri
day night with Harry Wills and Kid A.
Johnson of The Bronx In the role oil
Eeadliners.
Erninio Spalla. heavyweight cham.
pion of italy. who stopped Frank Hag-
ney In the first round at Newark last
Thursday night, sent out an advance
proclamation that hit the mark. IT read
as follows:
"Guardate. Attenzione, II Grande
Erminio Spalls, campione die pesi mas
simi d'Italia. Un vero eroe della guerra.
Sadatore di Jack Dempsey. Lottera
con Frank Hagney."
There may be a reasonable doubt as
to the remark regarding Dempsey. but
Ermin.o certainly did hand the "lottera
con" to Hagney.
According to present indications there
will be many special trains run from
points in the country 10 Harrison, y. j.,
for the bout between Benny Leonard
and Rocky Kansas FOR the worlds light
weight championship next June 8. Some
OF those who are planning to run spe-
cials are Floyd FitEsimmons OF Benton
Harhor. Mich. Tom Andrews OF Mil
waukea, Charley Murray OF Buffalo.
Herman Taylor OF Philadelphia and
Larney Lichtenstein OF Chicago. All OF
these men were in the field to promote
this bout themselves until Dave Driscoll
and Dave Nackay ,oi1 ID forces and took
the match jointly.