, 1922-10-15

true.
They must be true. Any one
son Square Garden last night and saw
Ton my Gibbons OF st. Paul. lose on n
foul 10 Billy Miske. his fellow towns
mai. in the tenth round OF a IS round
bout probably will believe SO today.
Thsv looked upon the sort OF
a fighting man is rarely called upon
to show. but few Of them knew Z
then.
only a few Of thai bowling crowd
saw a uniformed messenger boy creep
up 20 GIbbona' corner during the
seventh round and cautiously getting
his sign Of receipt first. slip a yellow
envelope into the hand OF Eddie Kane.
Gibbons manager. Gibbons saw u.
out Of the corner or his eye as he
slashed and slugged and he knew
When Tommy came to his corner at
the end OF the seventh round he sank
calmly on his stool and asked Kane,
what does ii say2 ''wha docs what
say7" countered tho manager, his face
flushing. "Oh, all right" answered
Gibbons. ''but I know"
The detailed account Of the next
round shows that Gibbons "rained
rights and lefts to tina body and slam
med several teeth out OF Miske's
mouth" n that gibbons rocked
Nlsks with rights and lefts TO the
hend." and that they were exchsng
ing when the bell rang"
The remainder Of the details doesn't
matter much. Tommy kept on. slam
ming AWAY, fighting cleverly. crhftilS.
felnting his opponent into leads that
led only &c punishment until a twist
Of fate in the tenth caused Gibbons
right fist to fail below -Miske's belt,
and Afiske TO fall upon the floor and
the battle to end.
It was more thar the mere disap-
pointment Of losing a fght hat he
had virtually sailed away for keeps
that came to Tom Gibbons when he.
left the ring. Kane shoved the
crumpled telegram into the boxers.
gloved fist. Read it Tom he said.
Let's hurry and dress. I'm nwfully
sorry-."
IAN right" said Gibbons. the two
listed. battered fighter, tears stream
ing down his sweaty face. Il know
what you mean"
But those who crowde dthe arena
and lined the aisle down which the
loser STROBE didr't know. They had
seen fighters lose on fouls before. but
they had never seen one cry-even
when he had lost his fighting reputa-
ton. They didn't know about the
telegram-hadn't seen the messenger
boy creep back into the crowd after
delivering the message that told of
the death of Toms father in st. Paul.
Of a father proud of his fighting sons,
who had taught them much of the
fighting that they knew and taught
them from his Irish blood.
ST. PAUL. MINI, Oct. H.-That
Tommy Gibbons. St. Paul boxer,
sensed that something wa wrong and
that his thoughts were far from the
ring in New York last night when he
lost on n foul to Billy Miske, was the
opinion expressed by friends here to-
day, as arrangements were being made
for the funeral of Thomas Gibbons Sr..
his father, who died yesterday.
Tommy knew his father was crit
ically III when he left for New York
Sunday night.
Gibbons Sr.. died about noon yester-
day, but the news was withheld until
last night.
According TO Mike phantom" Glib
bons, his brother. Tommy was hest
tRnt about leaving St. Paul for New
York Sunday. He knew that his
fathers condition was serious but he
j knew. Mike said, the skeptism
with which boxing fans receive the
announcement OF a cancelled fight.
He believed that his father would
rather have him fill his engagement
than TO risk being suspected of trying
to run out" Of the fight.
Although he watched with great
interest his boys progress in the
boxing game, Mr.. Gibbons never at
tended any of their fights. He al
ways promised TO see the next one"
but when the time came he begged
Off He assisted with advice md
occasionally worked out with the
boys.
Mr.. Gibbons wa II a old and
had lived in St. Paul for more than
80 years. coming hero from Ireland.
Funeral services probably will be
held here Monday.