The Washington times., 1922-03-26

world with the self-confidence Of
that Pittsburg flash. He's aston.
ishing in that connection. He'll
tell the world he can whip Harry
Wills, Jess Willard. Tom Gibbons.
Fred Fulton and myself all in me
week and if you start razzing
him a bit about it he's lust as
likely to want to wager you real
money that he could beat the five
of US in the same ring-at the
same time.
, II some promoter felt the same
way as does Greb / imagine wad re
matched up soon. But, unfortuna'e-
ly, there's no matchmaker chasing
me around just now to sign iocu-
ments which would toss me into hat
tie against the Pittsburgh kid with
the limitless energy.
imagine they figure that Greb,
great boy though he Is, might ne up
against Ii, through the fact that !
outweigh him close to Thirty poLnds;
that I'd have it on him whole .tt
more In height and reach than did
Tom Gibbons.
.. A Tip for Greb,
But to Harry I want to say just
"Listsa Kld---if you think You
can VIII nns,fhli you need to do is
To get some matchmaker busy with
the contacts. am not the sort or
guy to deprive anybody OF crack
al the championship. I'll give you
every chance in the world to prove
your claims that you're a letter
man than Gunga Din or Jack DeTp-
sey or anybody else
1 saw Greb outpoint Gibbons ire
other highland the showing OF
gibbons was, I'm a certain sense,
Instinct surprise. Much more was
expected of him than he showed:
The fact that Gibbons not only tailea
10 nut away Greb. but couldn't hook
in many of the terrific smashes that
had made him famous, surprised TIE
crowd. But ii didn't surprise re
much.
Greb was my sparring partner
once. He was the fastest thing
ever saw in action. Hitting him IS
one of LIES most difficult job, te
cause he's never set for secord.
never comes at you the same way
twice, never does anything In ring
warfare that can be called orthooox'
He's always doing the unexpected.
and because he does he's one OF
those phantom targets you hit mc'c
by luck than through the use OF
skill.
What Allied Gibbons.
Another reason why Gibbons made
such disappointing showing De
came apparent to me the moe
watched Tom in action. l co'iluh I
reconcile the Gibbons / saw In action
that night with the Gibbons who had
tx1rA
twenty-four foemen in the last year
Until 1 let my memory slip back
10 December of 10 Q.
and then | hooked onto the reason.
really think that Gibbons, on the
n, ;ht he fought Greb, was mucn In
he same condition as when | LOOK
q Bill Brennan--overtrained Hc
duI Seem to be able to get sta, ted
., eve. a,trs and muscle wei en't
o. ordinatino-tI same failure
new tnrnUga something like ter
ouuds aga."st i5ranuon. - was
nlssirs ~ dozen .ucheE 81. %
sa..e as ] missed Brerran.
That n'g'ut ! 'oOeti Brennan al
Nays VIII De as a ni@hH'r" y e.
gover .cU tol &c.
.culdn' 'vWh. -. "i
- utes .yrAgr
tear .LCtAl.a "Eit
seer rnt "a vs. N"s
,nis 'rr miss, miss'n4 SD
p,rrr.s tll. t3renn..u 5aiisN ~ 'uH
WI ord a. fly I wUg,' .t
. .ppei. .ng 10 ough and lanoeC
&c..
gouldrt Get Started.
ru. G.o' fight was the first
o,e. saw ON put on. I'd heard
t4unr arodt his greatness-rear
rmor aro'It It. / knew, from Ions
.H, eNr fence. that a man WIN car
I.r ok . er nearly a dozen men in
rLr line certainly Ia a greater
tighter than Tom Gibbons proved
himself to be that night Against
Creb
End, figuring out what was the
prime cause for Gibbons failure tc
10 nonstrate the greatness claimed
FOR him. I think l have reached I;
in my conclusion that he was of
form: that he went into the ring stale
and nervous and never could get
started.
The difference between Gibbons
and myself Is that on the night
fought Brennan l was lucky enough
to get under way along in the elev
snth-to really find myself by that
time. But Tom couldn't do it. HI
went the full fifteen rounds without
tearing himself loose from the ole
INK reversal.
Harry Greb himsef was perhapi
the most vital reason why Ton
couldn't untrack himself Greb
whirlwind that he 10, never let's an,
man set. He never gave Tommy
chance to stand OFF and get a littl,
preliminary target practice. He wal
crowding Tom all the time, ovel
wv, ov~rv MINUTE ~ the wav. II,
.a.v Tom carried q s,ft punch
aud We waa very 0sr"tui uct to lie
T9a soi The Ola sock, 20 work
lrg n,ftv.
Cs.gs.rt. I9g2 h. Jscs Dempsey.