Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-22 | Page 15 | 'Experts' Give O' Dowd a Shade

" "EXPERTS' EI III I SHE : Middleweight Champ and 1,7 Mike Gibbons Fight Ten 'I Fierce Rounds. 5 il BNvlC' St. P-. No I I B4 3lddlwixl!; Li.nj - and I P I i, antom. bill a terri.'ie. Moody : EfetL T fih vicious and bii way ... r-jji . - J'.ed the to-.:: a a.-aw. s at uujor:-.)' eve O EM" J ai : . hie opinio.'.. O'Dowd I Hill Olboont j C: .' or.. '1 en C,y. ifiw ir.d :.:en to his fa:r.ou? 0:'. .. Ks is aade O'Dowd miss agaiu ?' . - - - - -ft- :..-:: r. ::T.es araased his followers by dellb-a dellb-a if . ' - " " . -- Es-: : c :- f : . - . e and L-om :-.ea o. Glbbona iougat undor a ii;i::;. Olbtons had .i slight shade r. U.e 171 o.' t h j : . :i t Ue oriatoo of son.e sport wr:;ers ha to outslug tin chaaplon O'Dowd se:ned the ik" - , The Jljj pr O'Dowd the warme .-ecep- m Promtt- J. E " ! - - . . .ftiSf""5 ----- - tTn' tliftOO. Gi'obor.s fl;;o had the . zaxt pi.'iare concession and agreed :o Mftw"01 Ptr ce-t of tr.e fv;n re- --.-.. :r of Cibbons's rig : hand -f. w tt wa ba4:y bralsd and I Ha'y ra2 bo-es - ere broken. Oib-ki Oib-ki aid ha I urt i; :n round ' - ' tp - : SMga Barton jf Mi: j Ed U S-e of Si. Pa... - v o ; -: -: : :-na :-na 4g -' Ciowd. 1 yw a;-... -that Gibbons Is far from the fighter he was three years . ago. Hound 1 The men clinched and Olb-I Olb-I bons forced O'Dowd to the ropes. O'Dowd landed a right and left to the body. Gibbons Gib-bons mads no effort to box the champion, but stood toe to toe and b!uggd. Gibbons Gib-bons made O'Dowd miss and landed several sev-eral light b'.owe in return. A Lame round. Round J O'Dowd drove two 'rights to the Jaw. Gibbons landed a light rujh! -toss. O'Dowd was cautioned for hitting hi rllnoliaa Gibbons began to box the champion and O'Dowd missed again and again. Gibbons landed right and left to the Jaw and his speed puxalod the other Mike. Gl'nbons's round. Round 3 Gibbons landed a '.eft to the Jaw and O'Dowd mlseed one. Gibbons landed the first hard blow. right to the kidneys. O'Dowd began to break ground, but Gibbons outboxad him. O'Dowd landed a right on Gibbons's eye. Gibbons began to bleed and O'Dowd drove rights and lef:s to the body. Gibbons landed a hard right cross on O'Dowd's chin. Round even. Round i Gibbons bored In and seemingly seem-ingly made no effort to dodge O'Dowd's swings In an effort to get close to hts opponent. O'Dowd swung a dozen times and landed twice. They traded swings to the body. O'Dowd again operd the cut over Gibbons's left eye. O'Dowd landed a stiff right to the Jaw. Glbbona responded re-sponded with a right upcrcut to the jaw. Gibbons's round. Round 5 Gibbon's landed right and left to the Jaw. O'Dowd missed. O'Dowd drove a terrific right to Gibbons's eye. which staggered the phantom. O" Dowd landed a straight left to the head and drove Gib'jons huo the latter' cornsr. O'Dowd was ouiflghttng Gibbons. O'Dowd's round. Round 6 Both fighters took things easy at the start. Gibbons landed a right wppercut to the jaw and they clinched. O'Dowd began to mles again and Gibbons Gib-bons began to outbox the champion. For the firs; time during ti.e fight Gibbons wag applauded for his clever footwork. Gibbons's round. Round 7 O'Dowd began to rough it and Gibbons kept away from his heavy swinge. Gibbons stopped O'Dowd's rush with a left to the Jaw. Gibbons landed on O'Dowd's neck. O'Dowd landed a left to Gibbons's ear and Gibbons went to the ropes. They clinched. Round about even. Round 8 Glhbone's eye bothered him considerably. Gibbons "hooked a right to the Jaw. O'Dowd landed two lefts to the Jaw. O'Dowd landed n. right squarely On the Jaw. O'Dowd battered Gibbons In a neutral comer. O'Dowd's round. Round 9 Referee Ulrlch's silk shirt was spattered with Gibbons's blood. Gibbon began to force the fighting, but O'Dowd again opened Gibbons's left eye and sent him to the ropes. O'Dowd kept on top of Gibbons and kept the phantom busy. O'Dowd had a slight lead. They traded wallops. O'Dowd landed two straight lefts. O'Dowd's round. Round 10 They shook hands for the final round. Gibbons hooked a left to the Jaw. Gibbons again beat O'Dowd to the punch. O'Dowd spat blood as he backed Into GibbonB's corner. O'Dowd missed two blows to the body. Gibbons pum-meled pum-meled O'Dowd's stomach. The men seemed t!rid and clinched. Gfbhons landed a left to the jaw. The men were fighting viciously when the final bell rang.