Evening star., 1924-06-01

Gibbons won an aggressiveness ii
e7&hing else. He always was on top
OF the fleet Frenchman and when |
say fleet 1 mean it. The gallant
Georges. welu within his right, of
une bell to the other. He seemed
TO have the route we'll laid out and
he made only one backward mis-
step. That was the one that caused
his ankle to pop from under him in
The ninth. He miscalculated some
where there and the mistake almost
brought about a knockout at the
hands of Gibbons.
Georges wobbIes in Final.
Tom evidently was moved by pity
in that last round. AS he ripped
and swayed into the Frenchnlan, Car
rantlcr ratified some sort of an
f;'pology, perhaps a plea for mercy,
rs his right ankle refused to support
his marvelously muscled body. His
mouth and nose were bleeding. d
deep cut over his right eye fairly
-ushcd life's crimson stream and
' he looked TO be on the verge of de-
fg.at;
everything that was left in him, but.
what lie did do did not bring down
the F'renchmcn, and Georges was
limping sadly on one good left pin
1t was duel of all around ability
against a man who carries T n T in
his right glove. That punch didn't
land with any degree of accuracy.
though in the fourth Gibbons was
eroggy and quite the most serious
man in the whole state of Indiana.
Tile Frenchman had reached him in
that round and reached him pretty,
as they say at the ringsidc.
Tom Stands Up Under 1t.
Tom didn't buckle under the blow
and Carpenter tried a second one,
as he did against Dempsey at Jersey
City, hut it didn't hit the button true.
master of defense, Gibbons was
fighting ike a cornered panther and
the F'renChman'S wizaTdy with right
hand punch failed him.
1T was the best in way. that we
have in defense ability, and Gibbons
ran true. He didn't win in five rounds
as we thought he might. yet we
have no criticism to make in his
failing to do so. You can't knock
out d man who takes il on the run.
and the gallant though quite wise
Georges made good use of his nimble
legs.
Carpen tier switched from d straight
etand-up pose, after the first few
rounds, to a peculiar bent-over poise,
and with his left shoulder hunched
over his jaw bone it was next to
impossible to score a bulls eye. Car
pentier was in there to stick the
distance, and he made a splendid job
OF 1t, tacking on a finish that was
the real thing in grit.
The weather man kept his promise
about turning out perfect day for
the great extravaganza. Morning
found the sun shining as bright as
you please, and SO 1T continued,
Strange coincidence, too, as fight
time approached the day took on
cloudy scowl, almost a replica of the
day on which Carpenter fought Jack
Dempsey in the big pine bowl at
Jersey City.
Thunder clouds of the same beet
ling brow aspect loomed up as they
did that July day that was 50 kind
century. It rained that morning and
s. rained that night, but not q drop
cstme to spoil richards international
spat.
Rout Produced Some Profits.
1t seemed that the heavens were
=. bout to be as kind to Messrs. Curley,
Parker and Coffey.
rThat's the way the profits were cut,
and there were profits. AS early as
moon, central standard time, the
bIeachers were sold out--a solid,
-Yhooping crowd of enthusiasts. That
Is the answer to all expense bills
when 1t comes to putting one of these
1 things over the line.
Officials tonight announced the total
receipts were $227.S97.50. Carpenter re-
csiyed $4,000 and Gibbons got SOL, ,tSl.
The total paid attendance was 1885,
but officials estimated that eetween
r, 900 and 5000 crashed the gate py
I,,.1. fI,n section.