Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-02-27 | Page 8 | Mike Gibbons Plans Comeback; Will Seek Middleweight Title

Mike Gibbons Plans Comeback Will Seek Middleweight Title St. St Paul Feb eb Mike CUke C Mike Uke Gibbons considered considered con con- the best middleweight in the countr country is planning to come coma back In Inthe Inthe Inthe the ring game ame Gibbons has been out of or the game ame the war be began an Ho Hohas has been heen boxing Instructor in the army Mikes Mike's first engagement enG of ot Importance importance tance tanco probably will bo be with wilh Soldier who once him Ina Ina in ina a ten-round ten affair over in Brooklyn The soldier won mainly because he ie got ot Mikes Mike's goat b. b by Imitating Imitating- the latter's ring peculiarities and mannerisms When hen Gibbons rubbed his nose with his right glove Iove rubbed rubbe his own When Gibbons sidestepped sidestepped in the opposite direction When Gibbons ducked ducked until at times the tw two looked like hiko a aI couple of or gamecocks in tho the pit I I Lost II UN hIM H Head td I The Tho result of or s 's tactics tics was waa II to put Gibbons into such a rage that ho I lost all form ire He could do nothing right and the more the crowd laughed at clownish antics the thc more Gibbons went vent up into the air There never was a better Illustration o of the te Importance or of keeping keeping- ones one's temper in inthe the tho ring ring- That bout took place in 1915 and the t two o have not met since In the meantime meantime mean mean- time Bartfield has gone alon along gaining experience without losing an any of ot his speed peed while Gibbons has been ing for the past pat year ear The St St. Paul crack h has s taken or on weight ht but not enough to worry him Gibbons always was a trIfle light tight for fora a L middleweight He did his best hest fight fight- ing In- ng when ho weighed around pounds Ho was a nervous fellow who Lid did not put on flesh between bouts an and generally h had nothing nothing- to train on Now that hat ho lie scales at tho the middleweight limit ho may maj be able to do better work vork He ie also will have o a considerable ad advantage advantage ad- ad vantage antage in poundage e over o who vho is Ig a small middleweight Fellow Townsman hobbs Title Mike ODowd ODo a fellow townsman o of Gibbons ibbons who ho holds hohls the tilo ml middleweight title hUe soon will be bc beon on his way back from rom l Europe ODowd enlisted shortly after aCter he hc won tho the title from Crom Al McCoy an and md has had no opportunity to defend tho honors in a big big- ch championship bat bat- tle ic Although the two never nover have met In I the he rin ring it was the general impression at t the time ODowd flattened the he clumsy clum clum- 1 sy S McCo McCoy that Gibbons would bo be able to o t take tho the measure of or the new cham- cham I W fr JN MIKE G GIBBONS pion When Vh ODowd returns a match atch between t cn them for the championship n mlP will be one of the biggest 0 s Cis tic attractions in sl sight 0 i