Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-11
GIBBONS KAYOES BLOOMFIELD
IN 3RD AFTER SOUND THRASHINC

London. Aug. . (By A. P)-Tom
Gibbons, the American light heavy
weight, gave the British heavyweight
hope. Jack Bloomfield. a terrible
thrashing in the second round of their
fight at the Wembley Stadium this
afternoon and then knocked him out
easily in the third round.
The fight, in which the st. Paul
phantom" who lasted Is rounds
with Jack Dempsey. made his Euro
pean fistic debut, was to have gone
&C rounds.
Thus. before crowd of 10000 per-
sons. the only hope British sports
men had of regaining their nations
long lost prestige in the heavyweight
ring was vanquished somewhat ig-
ANONYMOUSLY.
Bloomfield, one time light heavy
weight champion of Great Britain,
had been doomed as a potential threat
to Jack Dempsey, but the best that
tie BritiSher was able to do this af-
ternoon was to land four harmless
blows on his opponent during the two
rounds and 55 seconds the fight
lasted.
The recumbent attitude which has
become so popular ringside manner
among British heavyweights since the
war, was exemplified to almost an
extreme extent by Bloomfield today.
Three times during the second round,
he was fiat on his back and only the
bell saved him from a knockout. At
the start of the third round he was
floored again. but arose only to be
put soundly to sleep with hurricane
of Flows to his head.
early in the second round Gibbons
planted smashing right uppercut
clean to Bloomfields Jaw and from
that blow onward there was no doubt
what the outcome of the battle would
be. 1t was fierce, we'll timed smash
that weakened the Briton and tenn
pOrarily wrecked his powers of body
and brain. Therefore. he was unal le
to defend himself adequately.
Rocking on his feet with his arms
dropping, he was an open target for
the fierce attack which came instant
~. The American rushed at the
groggy Britisher, battering his head
with rights and lefts, one of which
tolpled him to the canvas.
Bloomfield was down for the count
OF SIX. When he arose, his relentless
opponent once more went at HIM
with both fists and down he went
ayain, this time for thescount Of nine.
He staggered to his feet only to
DC smashed once more by a blow too
fard to take standing up andihe fell
through the ropes, his head hanging
over the pads and pencils of the ring
SIDE newspapaermen. There he lay
when the bell rang, his seconds drag
ging him back to his corner.
Turing the interval before the
opening of the third round. there
WcEW cries of stop It," from the
crowd, but the referee allowed Bloom
HELD to go out ana take what every
body knew was coming to him when
the gong rang for the start of the
third round.
Tho Briton was beaten man as
he staggered from his corner. Glib
bons met him in the middle of the
ring. shot a left to his unprotected
head and then followed with n right
to the chin and then another left 20
the head.
Bloomfield toppled over again. hut
at the count of four arose painfully
to his feet. Then. groggy and OBJ
Viously beaten. he made his first an1
only attempt to fight back lit:le.
Amid an orgy of smuggling. he landed
W:Cc on Gibbons head but the Am
crican was so busy attacking with
both hands that he hardly noticed he
was being hit. Finally hurricane of
hard hitting hooks to Bloomfleld's
mead put him down and out.