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Show GIBBONS SHOULD ENTER NEW CLAS." (By E. W. Sbith.) Chicago, Aug. 1 .Mike Gibbons might start to worry allttle. The SL Paul man hascleaned up about everything there is An tho welterweight wel-terweight division, and from tho looks of that depleted division he, will get less thin nothing from further forages for-ages among the 115-pounder Even though Mike may mayfrantic claims that he Is nothing but a welterweight, welter-weight, he Is not so far from Melns a real middleweight, and why not1 take a Hhot at some of the pickings in that division? Tho middles aro not a desperately tough lot most of them, that Is. If "Mike iB really the wondor that his friends claim him to bo he could well afford to give away a little weight to tho stars of the 15G-160-pound squad and depend upon his class to carry him through. Why not7 Others go out of their classes and meet with success. And Mike, they say, is one of the real stars of the world Why not emulato tho example of Abe Attoll, Ad Wolgast, Tommy Ryan, Bob Fitzslmmona, Sam Langford. Joo Choynskl and many, many others that might be named, and take a chance? Class carried those stars through and Mike should not be afraid. We read with considerable surprise tho statement made by Bombadler Wells' managor about Gibbous. He says that Gibbous Is one of the wonders won-ders of the world as a boxer and that ho could make a monkey out of Eddie McG-oorty Putting aside- our opinion as to whether an English manager of a rather modiocre boxer should be permitted to voice an Idea cm the subject, we'll say that until GIbbonB has shown that ho is in tho class with second-rate middlewelghti we couldn't dopo him up at all as a fit member of the mlddlowoight dl-yisiou. dl-yisiou. If Gibbons can make good as a middleweight mid-dleweight he would indeed bo a welcome wel-come addition to the timo-honored QuceiiBberry class made ramous originally orig-inally by Jack Dempsey But ho hafin't proved as anything but a welterweight wel-terweight yet. nnd that, too, according to his own statements, so why should tho Englishman mako ouch an assertion. asser-tion. If this statement Ib true, Gibbons indeed could whip all of England, for McGoorty during his two trips to tho oilier slclo beat anjtlilriK thoy had anywhero uear hishvelght. Fiiny, but wheiilthe namo of Gibbous Gib-bous is mentionpdltii'ound here tho fTght fans harkon Ifick to hia uioet-ing uioet-ing in Mllwaulceo with Jimmy Clabby This was one of the very worst battles bat-tles ever perpetrated on the Cream City fans, many of whom started to leave the building before the man wore hnlf through w th tho ten rounds. And Gibbons was (generally blamed for tho horrible showing that the men made and, further, nia.ny accused Mike that night of dodging It considerably and not standing P manfully to his guns. - Be that as it mar. Mike has yet to bo proved as a middlewolght, though lie doubtless Is one of itie world's greatest welters. JAnd, furtlior, ho has not beaten anything much so far because of the geuer?).l leanness of the veltorwelghtjdivislon Personally Person-ally I believe ho uld do weU battling bat-tling among the mttldlewclgtats of tho present day, hut ij ls idle to guess now that ho couldfwhip this man or that ono Ho'U have to show first that, ho con whip tjomo of tiie. second raters beforo ho raspireR to battles with the raJ leaders of the class |
