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Show GIBBONS IS NOW A MIDDLEWEIGHT New York, 'duly 30. When -Mike Gibbons returns to this city in the fall he expects to be ready to fire the opening gun of a campaign to obtain ob-tain recognition as tho middleweight champion of the world. Beforo Gibbons Gib-bons left for hi-, home in St. Louis to spend the summer he informed a frlond that his object was not onlv to obtain a needed rest, but to build himself up so that he would be able to meet the McGoortys, Klausos and Mohas at something like equal terms Qs regards weight. If he can succeed suc-ceed in acquiring a fow more pounds he will drop all pretense of being a welterweight and meot all comers at the 158-pound limit. Thore seems to bo no particular reason why tho St. Paul phantom should not pick up a few moro pounds. He has Just turned 24 yoars of age. And having barely ceased to grow In height can now bo expected to take on flesh. At the present time bo scales 151 ringside, although ho can do 145 in the afternoon. Even at his present weight there are many who think he could outpoint any of cho prominent middloweights in a 10-round 10-round bout But in a long dlstnce fight his lack of weight might be too great a handicap. And championships are not won in ten round no-decision Affairs. When Gibbons goes after the cltlo tho chances are he will succeed. He Is one of the most careful match-aiakerB match-aiakerB In the ring, and the announcement announce-ment that h.e has signed for a fight means that ho is absolutely sure of winning It is this careful trait that has kept aim from accepting on, of tho large purses offered him to meet Eddie Mc-Goortv Mc-Goortv or Frank Klaus. Ho really thfnks ho can beat either of these men now. With Gibbons in tho list .is a middleweight the present cloud ed situation should soon bocome clarified. Just now crack middle-heights middle-heights are nbout as scare as good A'hite heavyweights. Gibbons is the only real star of tho lot, and with .i few more pounds of fighting weight co back him up he should be able to $o through tho lot without much (rouble. |