The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
NEITHER GIBBONS
GR[B CONSIDERED
BOTH BOYS TOO SMALL
LACK HEAvYwEIGHT's
Those Who Saw These Men
Go Unanimous In Opinion
That Dempsey Would Have
Setup In Case Such Row
Would Be Pulled; Both
Should Stick TO Weight
Glasses, Say Experts.

New York, March 22.-Neither'
Tom Gibbons nor Harry Greb are
ready to be thrown In the cage
with Jack Dempsey.
1t was perfectly clear 20 all who
saw the recent Gibbon- Greb fight
that IL they are the nearest con-
tenders. Dempsey viii not have to
80 to bed early every night
The very serious doubt now
exists that either will ever be
worthy opponent for the champion.
Most Of the aspiring heavy
weights go along on the theory
couple of years and he'll wdiD
It may be all right to-6gure that
Dempsey viii lose some class with
increasing age but both Grab and
Gibbons win be getting older at, the
same time and both have two Or
three years on tha, champion.
Greb Ii a great little Aghter hut
he Is hardly more than q heavy
mtddleweight- II he could ever
lure Johnny WilsonintOthe ring, the
title would pass over TO him: IL he
could get Gene Tuney Into the ring
new light Heavyweight champion,
but IL he got Dempsey thsre could
be nothing but another victim on
the Manassas maulersg Het
Was Sparrin0 Partner
Friends OF the ittSbuxh boy point
out that he mussed champion
considerably when he was sparTtng
with him before the Dempsey
Brennan fight. He may have both
cred him then and he would annoy
the champion for awhile II they
went into the ring now but 1t would
be only for a while. Against Glib
bons. Greb showed that he can't
lift HEX and no ons Is going 70
cannot hurt the big fellow
Gibbons ought to make an OPP
ponent for Dempsey. but he lacks
something. In the gym he looks
Ike million dollars. He, has the
size, he is clever and can punch.
Against slow, second rate heavfes
he Is q skilled. great fighter, but
against Greb recently he looked
sluggish, slow thinking and wild.
Usually he Is q shaxpshooter with
either hand, but he hadn't an idea
of range that night.
Jack Britton, welterweight cham
pion, who had seen Gibbons work
ing In the gym. advanced the the
OIy luht no Wo6 6t11E AA0Au ~
much indoor boxing and not enough
road work. It was stl1kiugly ap-
parent that Gibbons was on from
for some reason or Other.
Gibbons 10 Not Ripe
While. " Is plain that Dempsey
is out 6f his class, it may be that
judgement on Gibbons ought to be
withheld until he has another
chance with O first class opponent.
On his showing against Greb, it
seems that Gibbons would be easy
for Carpenter and that he could
not whip Gene Tunney. Certainly
to get a decision he would have to
work harder, hit more accurately
and get around quicker than he did
The writer is OF the opinion that
Gibbons was stale, that he left him
self in the gym and that the next
time he will be s.u1uCh better fight
er. With a couple more hard fights
under his belt, he ought to be about
No. among the light heavies. If
he ever gets Greb again, and there
is small chance for It, he will be
almost sure to beat him.
However, the more the logical
contenders' show themselves, the
more supreme Dempsey looks In
his class