The mirror., 1923-06-14
THE DOPE BUCKET
Continued from page I


and slugs he wont last long, but if he
boxes the Champ is going to find him
hard to hit. Dempsey is not as rule,
regarded as a scientific boxer, but if his
weaving style isn't as hard to solve as
Gibbons Aat-footed lodging, 1 don't
know what boxing is.
Gibbons and Dempsey are both fat
footed punchers, i. e., they have to get set
before they can deliver telling blow.
Dempsey, however, can hit terrifcally,
from any position, where Gibbons can't.
Harry Greb swamped Tom with bis
freakish love taps while the latter was
settling back to shoot one over.
1t isn't so much a question of who will
, win as it is how many rounds will the
fight go? That 1 am, going to try to tell
you, with reasons why believe it.. When
Dempsey fought Carpenter I said not
over five rounds, and I was able to pick
the round in his match with Miske.
When he fought Bill Brennan in 1920 I
said over seven, and it went twelve. Do
not get the impression that l am trying
to convince you that l am possessed of any
magical powers of prediction, however.
No one can pick winners consistently in
any sport and any one who says that he
can is deluding no one. The coming
fight may 60 one round and it may go
fifteen. Bear in mind that your opinion
is just as good as mine, perhaps better.
think that the fight will be terminated
by Knockout Dempsey administering
the anaesthetic, between the seventh and
tenth rounds. Here is why: Gibbons is
a clever boxer, more clever than the
champion, and he should be able to out
box him for at least the five first rounds.
Gibbons can sock with the champ for two
or three rounds and stand an even chance
of weathering the storm. That is, un-
less Dempsey catches him fair and square,
and no man, unless it be Luis Firpo, can
stand up under Dempsey's blows.
Tommy is far better boxer than Bill
Brennan ever was, and he can hit as
hard. But he may not have the former
touncer's ability to absorb punishment; it
has never been demonstrated that Glib
bons has the stamina and nerve to take
them, and as far as that is concerned,
Dempsey has never had his face marred
by wallops
Many astute followers of the game con-
cede the younger member of the Gibbons
family chance to box his way to a de-
cision. That is not impossible, but it is
highly improbable. In fifteen rounds Glib
bons is going to encounter many difficult
ties and tight places that all of his vaunted
cleverness will not extract him from. If
Dempsey gets him in corner the custom
ers can start early to avoid the rush.
There is another element to be con-
sidered - the moving picture money.
Dempsey and Gibbons may have royalty
proposition with the producers; Dempsey
very likely has a corner on this end, as it
is customarily a champions privilege.
The longer the fight goes the more val
liable the pictures will be- On the other
hand, if Dempsey believes that Gibbons
is dangerous, he will put him away as
soon as he possibly can, for the title is
worth much more than the picture end of
the game.
Many will advance the opinion that a
man who can knock Jess Willard out in
four rounds can put Gibbons away as
quickly. There is little doubt but that
big Jess could beat Tom Gibbons, yet
Gibbons should make a better showing
against Dempsey. The champion will
take any slugger in short order and Will
lard was primarily mauler, not a
scientific boxer. If Carpenter had had
something besides speed and fighting