New-York tribune., 1922-10-14

and informed the crowd that Misk,
The St. Paul heavyweight, having an
advantage Of eleven pounds in weight.
gave an excellent imitation Of man
in great pain. His face was distorted
and he appeared to be begging Kid nc
Partland to end the affair The latter
tried to assist Miske to his corner, but
Biips legs were things of willow and
he could not walk.
Jack Reddy, Miske's manager, hoped
through the ropes and helped the fallen
batter to his seat. where there was
conference, Gibbons, excited and
protesting, walked over to Miske's cor
ner and urged him to continue the
fight, declaring that the blow was not
low. The crowd seemed to take Glib
bons's side of the argument and gave
him tremendous cheer as he left the
ring.
The fight was the best that has been
seen in Madison Square Garden this
year, and Gibbons had decisive lead
when it ended. He had the best of the
first, second and fifth rounds, while all
the others, except the eighth, were
even. In the eighth round Miske landed
vicious hooks to the chin that shook
Gibbons up, and it was in this round
that the latter slipped over a waliop
that looked low. 1t was long hook
that caught Billy below the line of his
trunks and Mcfarland warned Glib
bons. This blow, from where we sat,
looked to be lower than the one that
brought about Toms disqualification.
Large Crowd on Hand
When Mieke and Gibbons entered
the ring practically every seat in the
Garden yxaa ocruniad Tho hat+Soc
to in favor of Gibbons. There was
some talk to the effect that the boys,
being st. Paul school chums, wouldn't
step out and do their stuff The first
minute of the first round dispelled this
idea. They tore into each other with
hoyhood days forgotten and a hurri-
cane Of gloved mitts blew from all
quarters of the ring. Both men were
in wonderful condition. They were
probably trained to finer point than
any two scrappers who have appeared
In Madicon Square Garden in the last
year.
There was world Of action in the
first two rounds, which were Gibbons's.
There was none of that lack of speed
that Tom seemed to show when he met
Harry Greb in the same ring last
winter. Miske, vicious and aggressive,
threw n storm Of fearful wallops into
Gibbons in the third and brought
hain stream of blood trickling from
ase latter's nose. He also opened
Sst about Toms head that created an
her crimson smear.
The round, however, was even, as a
.'esalt of series Of stiff late jabs
jlat Gibons shot across with unerring
aim. The fourth was another even
affair, although right hook opened
cut over Miske's left eye. The milling
was fast and furious and both seemed
intent on putting over Knockout.
Miske's wallops seemed to have
plenty of power behind them, but they
were being aimed at disappearing
mark When he let them go Tom was
always going away. Gibbons kept
shooting with wicked right hook, but
half of the scrap. In the eighth Tom
opened up with everything he had, and
IT looked for moment as though
Miske was going to take count or
two.
The whirlwind. OF fists. however,
seemed to bring Miske back, and he
unloosened barrage of gloves that
caused Gibbons to back to the ropes
and cover up. One right-hand drive
caught Gibbons flush on the chin and
he gazed aloft as though he were look
strong enough, however, and came out
for the ninth full of pep and vigor.
No Evidence of Foul
Doctors who examined Miske imme-
dtately after the fight found no indica-
tion that q foul blow had been struck
His aluminium protector was not
dented and there was no mark to show
that he had been injured. When Glib
bons left the ring he was handed a
telegram announcing that his father
had died during the fight.
In the opening bout Jack Hamilton
OF the West Side. defeated Joe skin
ner, of Phoenix, Ariz.. in four rounds
Skinner weighed 157 and Hamilton f64
They fought all the way and the bis
crowd enjoyed It.
In the second scrap of six rounds
EDDY Burnbrook, of Baltimore. mat
Young Pierce, of the West Side. II
was furious demonstration from firs;
TO last, and Burnbrook was given the
decision.
Tommy Robson and jimmy Darcy 8
couple OF middle weights. performed ed
In tne seini-final and the fight they put
up WAS forth the price of admission
Ihey sailed into each other as though
she middleweight title was at stake
and In even the first and second
rounds 1t looked as though 8 knockout
might Be delivered at any moment
Darcy, who comes from Portland, en-
tered the ring with patch of court
plaster over his right eye.
This was removed by one of Roh-
sons vicious hooks and the fight from
tnat time on was splashed with Grim
son. Each boy weighed 163 pounds,
Robson had the best of every one Of
the twelve rounds and won the decision
by mile.
In the last seven round. he h;t n,r
cy seven blows to one and on several
occasions had him groggy. Darcy was
merely punching bag as the f,sht
progressed and it became a somewhat
dull affair In the latter rounds.