Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-12-07 | Page 6 | Battlers Finish Training; Tommay Favored to Win

I I Battlers Finish Training Tommy Fa Favored ored to W Win Wn ni NEW NEWYORK YORK Dec 6 Tom Tom Gibbone Gibbons Gib Gib- bons bone and Kid Ild Norfolk finished the strenuous part o of their training to today today today to- to day for their fifteen round n I at Madison 1 Square Garden next Tuesday as the nf of the thie I annual Christmas fund fund fund- be benefit show how l A crowd of several thousand watched Gibbons In his final workout work work- out and critics were tin imam HO is In proclaiming proclaiming- the St St. Paul light heavyweight to be in p fightIng fighting fighting fight fight- i ing trim Tom put the finishing I touches to his ring work by five tive rounds lounds with Jim Montgomery and AK AL' Roode two h I I after which his negro rIval 1 Norfolk Norfolk Nor Nor- Nor Nor-I folk folIc e exhibited his ware warea n a a. brief sparring session Both principals are cose coso to the I J I required weight pound Gil Gib I boris bons scaled 2 1 gifter his workout workout work work- out and said he would have no trouble trou- trou trou-I trou I ble getting rid of the extra pound and a half weight before he weighs I In before the state athletic commis commission sion Tuesday Norfolk already l commis I is under S Gibbons c continued t to tc rule it a a S marked mark maik- S I I ed favorite among critics but a strengthening of support for tor Nor Nor- tolk olk has been In shortenIng shortenIng shortening shorten- shorten I Ing of odds within the past few days I Tex Rickard predicted tonight l that on the basis of the advance sale to date a capacity throng throng- would pack the Garden for the most Important heavyweight encounter encounter encounter en en- counter held In the historic arena for some time