New-York tribune., 1922-03-13

hypothetical propositions until the
The ropes at Madison Square Gard
,ern,ine for themselves and a palpi
lust who's who in Their own particul
In fifteen rounds they should be able
10 find the correct answers to all the
hectic and variable questions involved
in the turbulent Greb-Gibbons contro
versy. Behind Mr Gibbons stands a
highly terrifying string OF knock
He has been dropping men right and
left for the last year and he has be
gun to count that evening wasted whichl
does not show PROSTATE boxer
stretched AZ his feet Despite the fact
that most of these devastating wallops
have beer swung in the provinces and
in more or less rustic climes. the lopr
list Of X O,'s has impressed the public.
Visions of a Knock k-Out
Those who have watched the St.
Paul mauler vending his wallopful way
through the ranks OF the obscure are
convinced that to-night's conflict will
give Tom just another opportunity to
tack or one more X. 0. to his already
lengthy string. Tom himself announces
blithely that it will take him only five
or six rounds to turn the trick. That
many take him seriously is indicated
bv the fact that they are willing to
bsck him at odds that in some cases
have reached TO ].
Cibbons's supporters can't see Greb
at all. They declare that Harry cant
hit and that this will be his greatest
handicap tonight. From what we re-
member Of Harry Greb's performance
against Charley Weinert in Madison
Square Garden a few months ago we
should say shat he can hit In this we
would probably have the supporting
testimony Of MI Weinert himself, who
must recall somewhat vividly the slam,
on the chin he took from Greb in one
Of the early rounds. This paste felled
Charley as though he had been hit
with an axe and. although he rose to
continue the battle, he was never the
same afterward. Greb won that fight
in impressive fashion, despite the fact
that he worked under a great handi-
cap In the matter OF weight.
Harry Greb appears to have inn
proved very considerably in the last
year. His style of fighting is the blind
ing, hurricane kind that makes a hit
With everybody but his opponent. He
can be expected to hurl a smother OF
lists in Gibbons's direction tonight
nom the hrSt bell to the last. If he
Muld catch Tom with the same sort
q a Blow that he shot into Charley
'elnert the battle might come to a
sudden close.
Gibbons Is Heavier
The advantage that Gibbons will en-
JOY in the matter of weight should not
bother the Pittsburgh boy to any great
extent, as this situation is not at all
new TO him. Pc is & fighter who be-
lleves IN the well-worn adage that the
bigger they are the harder they fall.
small matter Of seven or eight
pounds, which approximates the DIFF
ference that will probably prevail to-
night, is a mere nothing to Greb.
Ihe idea that the winner Of to-
nights fight will meet Jack Dempsey in
e'ther the near or distant future is not
oelng taken very seriously by ANYBODY.
Both men have said that thew wanted
no part of Harry Wills, the negro
heavyweight, and such a match has
'een relegated to the limbo of the i'm
possible.
-, Despite much that has been said to
me contrary, the result Of to-night's
jlght can have but little bearing on the
heaVywelght situation. The announce
ment that either Greb or Gibbons was
NIa'ched with Jack Dempsey would give
re re pupnc little cause for jubilation
"e PUBIC saw Jack demolish Georges
psh'ier IN four rounds and gave
,' hampton what was coming to him
b',4 'He ;' way OF praise and glorificatio
-. II VIII not add to Dempscy's pres
mse II ne continues to mingle with
himself 'e'' 'oi'n"se '"ai'
winner VS.. Carpenter ,
:, ~ tnis writing there is no reason
co,IS Is'IeVe that either Greb or Gibbons
NJ ~ accomplish anything more against
cCempSey than did Carpenter. AS
Sa'a S,anI1ahd u Rice pointed out the other
,S marry Wills is the only man with
,;'.o O.i~ n15cesSary physical qualifications to
mer+ '''e cham plon an interesting argu-
me; n,e:' a match with Carpenter is the
MI ~ ooJectlve for the winner.
s.a lnlee elght-round battles will be
.LeeG w. 0n!s evening as preIiminaries to
rne DFeb- Gibbons affair. While the
pavlims DO not seemed destined to
sse.se any volcanic tremors they look
';5 '4lr enough on paper and should pro-
TN:s nae lively scuf7d or two. Clonie
sa.s aals, the Canadian lightweight, who
agshs ,;,i TO be fixture at the Garden,
~; ~ swap slams with Joe yelling, of
dialcago' sidoJ George Marks. hugely her
yoN,I, Sy,ueu californian, will face one of New
Aba baA best sorappers in the person of
pIg Ioog Soldsteln. while Al Wagner. Of
1nd;aaeIpnIa, will endcavor to eliminate
,,1uis Kid Kaplan, who confesses to
+T5Loen' Tt' Conn, as his home port
ne goings-on at the Garden tonight
ere Tor charity. the shekels collected
Y. tne gate being mated to the New
tL turk rec Min Fund after the fqhters
themselves finish skimming off the