The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-05

said of Gibbons the other day, in his training quarters at Great Falls, dis cussing Tommy as he had seen him in the fight with Harry Greb in New York. That's the only time I ever saw him fight" Dempsey said, "and what a bum Greb made of him."
 After the fight Gibbons at his home said he was sorry he had to hang on in the last few rounds.
 'Td fight him a great deal differ entity If I met him again." he said. He's a great big strong rough fighter, you know, and he could rough me around lot Toward the last of the fight I began to get weak. We was wearing me. He had hurt me with his right hand punches to the head in the first round. I wasn't nervous, but I just couldn't seem to get started right. I've got him fig ured out now. This was only the third time I had ever seen him fight"
 Glad It's over.
 "Oh, we'll. I'm glad it's over with. I can eat what I want now and to- night I'm going to shoot eff fire works with the kids. Come on up after awhile. we're going to have Ice cream"
 Mrs. Gibbons was at home when Tom returned from the arena She remained in the living room of their bungalow while he talked a few minutes with his friends. The two little boys, Tom and Jack, were on the porch shooting off cap pistols They ran to meet their dad and had no idea that he had just come from battle in which he had given the
 -tn smash on the chin.
 Tommy took a tub and when he came out ot his rubbing table there was blue mark on his left groin where Dempsey had struck him low. ever, and there was unusually little blood shed in the fight. Both men had buttered their faces to prevent tearing of the skin and to make the blows slide. Gibbons had bled slightly from the lips and a little trickle from the nose. Dempsey got a welt under his right eye, but 1t did not bleed.
 Didn't Make a Quarter.
 Eddie Kane. Manager of Gibbons. was asked whether Tom had made any money on the fight.
 ''Not a quarter" Kane admitted. But he went 15 rounds with the champion"
 The comic mismanagement of the whole show from the day the first s1Oo, 900 contribution of the Shelby land owners. bankers and shopkeep- CTS was paid to Dempsey In Chicago was consistent to the last. After Jack Mcdonald had knocked out Err nie Sayles in the second round of a belated first preliminary, 1t was dis covered that there was no money for There was a long wait with the inn patient crowd sizzling In the heat of an awful sun. Soldier Caruso" got into the ring and sang Italian opera in a catarrhal tenor. The announcer was taking great pleasure In an- nouncing various unimportant things. The telegraph machines gab- Eled away monotonously Finally Bud German of Gibbons camp went into the ring to meet Barry Drake. the English heavywe ght. who had been training Dempsey. It was whis- pered around the ringside that Jack Kearns himself had put up a purse of $1,000 for the boys. German gave Drake bloody lacing for eight rounds.
 Then came another wait and finally Dempsey appeared over the rim Ot the bowl attended by a troupe of handlers in shirt sleeves. He got a rather fair cheer as he came down the long incline and climbed into the ring where he chose a corner with his back to the sun. His hands were already taped. Gibbons kept him waiting and Dempsey drew tow els over his shoulders and legs to protect them from the eun. A black sunshade was raised behind him. At last Gibbons came in and the rickety structure creaked as the crowd rose