New Britain herald., 1922-03-14
|GREb IS AWARDED
 VERDICT IN GARDEN
Pittsburgh Boy Upsets' Dope by
 Beating Tommy Gibbons

New York, March ll,--Harry Greb, the Pittsburgh light heavyweight, was -adiudged the winner over Tommy Gibbons at the end of the fifteenth round of their bout at Madison Square Garden last night while one of the biggest and most notable gatherings Of boxing fans ever as- sembled in the famous arena looked on. The bout was held under the auspices of he New York Milk Fund, and the charitable aspect Of the oc- casion had its part in attracting large numbers of persons prominent in society, tinance and politics, as well as the regulars at all the big fistc events.
 Greh had clear margin on points. Gibbons, d to l favorite in the bet ting, was disappointment to his followers. He won only three of the fifteen rounds. The blows of both men lacked knockout power, but Greb landed the ottener and more cleanly. Gibbons won the second. tenth and eleventh rounds, but Greb pointed him to 1 in the rest of the contest.
 NduSeS NslDDOlS to MISS
 As far as the fight itself is con- Cerned, Greb's clever footwork enabled him to stay out of range Of Gibbons's guns. He danced around the ring and time and time again caused Gibbons to miss heavy wallops. after which he would step in and beat Gibbons to it. In the second round Gibbons had Greb in a bad way, but |th- Pittsburgh boy weathered the Istorm and came back with a rush al the beginning of the next session. In this round Gibbons caught Greb with g powerful left to the stomach, caus- ing the Pittsburgh fighter to cover up in order to save himself. He appear ed weak as he took his corner al the end of the round, but evidently he was in great. condition, for he rushed at Gibbons to open the third stan2a.
 Once more in the tenth round Gib- bons pumped home brace ot power ful lefta and rights to the stomach and jaw. They were solid smashes, and it seemed as, if they would wear Greb down before the end of the bat tie. Gibbons however, was too spent himself to follow his advantage, and Greb again came out of the corner as though nothing had happe ned.
 Dempsey at Rfngside
 The St. Paul fighter again had his opponent holding on in the eleventh stanza but outside of theae three rounds the battle was mostly one way. At the end of the bout the champion, Jack Dempsey, who was one of the ringside spectators, announced in his opinion Greb was easily entitled to the decision because of his forcing the is- sue throughout almost the entire bout There was no question but what Gib bons was the harder hitter of the two, but Greb far outclassed him in speed and in ringcrait. Gibbons appeared slow on his feet and was unable to match Greb's footwork. The Pitts burgh boxer landed repeatedly on Gibbons's body and on several occa sions he drove home hard lefts and rights to Gibbons's head.
 No Chance With Jack
 The bout was supposed to furnish Dempseys next ring opponent. but did not end in the way that it was eX pected. Gibbons was installed as an s to, 5 favorite, and later on the odds Jumped to to 1, it being thought that extra poundage carried by the St Paul boxer would be a decided fac tor in his favor. The difference in weight, howe CT, apparently had little effect, but it was the general con sensus of opinion that Dempsey would have an easy time with either man.
 KapIan Defeats Wagner
 The opening bout on the card brought together two willing boxers fighting under the respective names O. Kid Kapan of Meriden, Conn.,, and A Wagner of Philadelphia. After eig,t furious rounds in which both utterly disregardad the laws of snlfpreserva- tion. Kaplan received the judges de- cision. The Meriden boxer lacked trif1e of the fl fish of the Philadelphia opponent, but he more than made up for it by his willingness to mix and by his heftier punches.
 In the sixth round kaplan landed hard left on Wagner's jaw and from