Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-14
THRONC PACKS GARDEN
TO SEE benefit MATCH
Bout Fastest Staged i'll Goth
am Since Walker Law
Enacted.
tsRI;B FIRST TO DRAW BLOOD
~
slices Gibbons Lower Lip In Initial
Round--Loscr's Hest Work Con-
sists OF Body Drircs-.IudEcs Bcnt
Tommy. Says Writer.
enEn FIRST TO DRAW BLOOD
By wcstbruok pcrlcr.

is known 10 lNc IlnC. won Il great III =
tccn-rouud decision fight from Tom
my Gibbons. OF 81. Paul. In the Gar
den. in view of some $4,000 fight fans
and society celebrities. who paid u
total of sllT.5cO to see tonisht's stir
ping show. Greh was the aSEresSor
most OF tho way and although nearly
all his 100000 punches were wasted
ON the mir, or blocked harmlessly. by
the ST. Paul hattlcr. the judges con-
cluded that he was entitled to the
verdict on the strength OF his rush
ing attack.
Grcb started in with his usual &C.
centric style OF swinging, and there
were times during the fight when he
literal., dazcd Tommy. Gibbons
punished Grcb very severely about the
body and seemed to be doing better
from the tenth round TO the fifteenth.
The judges have their own way of
arriving at their decision, but from
this corner OF the ring IL looked as
though Gibbons was dcfoatcd-not
by Greb, hut by the judges.
Grch Punches Wildly.
Greb WAS SO wild that he must have
struck Glib twenty blows In the mid
die OF the back. which he intcdcd to
land somewhere in the vicinity OF
Tommys face. He nearly wore the
skin off Gibbons hip bones with wild
Clouts landing there. which were
aimed ut Gibbons ribs. Gibbons
most effective work consisted of
drives to the body, which ocCasioned
great anguish TO Greb and on several
occasions caused Harry to back away
EaspinE and Wheeling.
II was one of the greatest fights
seen in New York since boxing was
reinstated under the Walker law
nearly two years ago, and the vast
crowd at times shivered the timbers
of the roof as waves of sound went
az crashing up into the murky vault
around the top gallery. Greb took
the first round. slicinG Tommys
lower lip with one of his swings.
He confused by the very speed by
!. which he kept leaping in, and thus
carly in the fight he began victimiz-
ing Gibbons with II Greb speciality
of somewhat questionable propricty,
under the ouecnsbcrry rules ,of pro-
cedurc-the trick of grabbing his
man around the neck with his left.
yanking his head down and failing
away with his right to face and ribs.
Greb Never Hurt Gibbons.
At no time did Greb appear to hurt
Gibbons, but Tommy had Harry pull
ing back as early as the second round
TO regain his wind after being jolted
in the body. Gibbons looked rather
had In the ninth round. when Grcb
c!outed him with several solid Swings
on the jaw. but he come back and
kept knocking out some of Greb's
front teeth and plum ging both hands
so deep into iiarry's body that they
popped when he pulled them out.
The eleventh was another bad
round for Greb, and he took quite Il
punching around the body. BY now
- Greb seemed to have evolved the al
most perfect defense against the
windmill attack. and he was blocking
on llarry's most earnest swings with
ease approaching nonchalancc.
Few Women See battle.
There were very few women and
these seemed to he the regular fem
ininc trade Of garden shows.
Kid kaplan. OF Mcridcn. Conn, out
pointed NJ Wagner. Of Philadelphia
in the first eight-rounder at 1873
pounds
Abe Golds,e!n. New York, bantam
outpointed George Marks. of San
Francisco. in the next, and Clon!e
Tate, the lightweight champion OF
Canada, gave GcAsGe Eagle, Of Cali
fornia. sfev~rc, "drubbing in the
scmifnals. Eagle substituted for Joe
yelling. who got sick.
The odds on the big fight made
Gibbons favorite Of s to 3 to to
all day, and there was fairly brisk
taking at The ringsidc
Gibbons wcighcr III, Grcb 1863 l-2.
The Fight by Hounds.
h"nnn oncLGib showed a left &c
started his windmill stuff CID fired
/. hard LETT TO chin ana Grcb caugh;
on again i.caping, ana jumpinl
about and firing rights at Gibbons
body. Grcb grabbed him around tn,
neck and tried to climb in, shooting
his right NJ 10 tho chin. Glib sma shcc
g.at. EttH.4
blood from CHS lips with right
CID drove "a right to chin. Gr"h icapeC
in and hurt him with "a hard righ
10 tn" chin. Greb's round.
K"und Tw"-Gib hooked two left:
10 the head and q straight left Il
the body; Glib sent IN a right Ia ribs
GTcb reached MIN with two rights ~
Close. Glib caught Grcb with rish
10 chin as Greb came In. but iiarr!
hooked i've rights TO face. The!
ClinCh.d Gan S"ut in left 10 body ant
fred a right over the heart as Grci
cliuched On sent tire. lcfts TO body
and Grsb was dancing away. Grei
apparently was hurt with bod!
punching, and was hanging on when
ever he eouia. Gibbons easily mad
hi'n miss seEera! rights. Gibbons
Nound Three -Gnhonv landed q lcf
To bOdy and 'wu rights 10 Chin. Gre'
LANDED two aAra rights and left Z
chin as b. "E.riea in Gibbons rush.
and causht Grer w .tG % right TO jaw
they cljHrh~d and whirlcd about
Greb hopping t.fi AROUND Glib AN,
swinging uctH hana= 10 head with
out mucn q" Grea seized Glib b.
The neuk yartei nIs Aead down AM
landed SIX Ilit Lutha 10 tn. FAC,
Glib missed ,- right swing to- IA" head
Glib seemed 5al,l Ay C;r.h's darCini
and Ncal-Hu.H .r.s ara could not 20
set TO deliver hs famous left hook
u tho boay ur right TO chin Greb'
round
Hound -Four Grob got behind an.
slUEecG ava, HHt Tom shook him 81
and fred rght o. heart Oih GOV
cred rs GFeu came WniTlug in. an
sent Harry back wren body bl%l
GTcb missed ..a' swing 10 hon
and Glib stumbled rugI against IN
ropes, recovered aif e.inohcd. Gi
scored with lrif r. hulu 'Trr
lt his man hard ~ 'ac r.rs syIih hi
loft. Greet missed a night r.r n,1
and again whirled hah.rd Ih. g,
caught him win 4 st.W Irf' On cbi
and followed - win another. 10,
Of which hurt. Glib bio brd . I.f; ,
head. II was Gibbons round.
Hound FiVc-G!O stolldly 'ru.v,,
Grcb with fiut-foot tread ana nv.
held high Greb Icapcd IN ana d4.
Zied Tommy win three or four lfri
swings 10 face. Glib hooked IT,,
hands at body in close. Grch miss.
:: right 70 head and got d stIN ffg|
over the heart, Tommy sent Il.
back with Tight to chin. GTcb r.ie,
swings win both hands. G.bhu