Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-11-25 | Page 31 | Gibbons is Mystery of Padded Arena

GIBBONS IS MYSTERY OF PADDED ARENA Paul Boxer May Meet Carpentier In Feature By SPARROW NN Copyright 1923 by The Standard EU NEW YORK TORK Nov 24 Tommy Gibbons Is 18 I something of ot a mystery these days This at any rate Js is the opinion of managers and ana pro pro- promoters promoters pro promoter moter who would be Interested In Inie the St Paul mitt artist In ina ina 11 a more mor belligerent mood moot than ho he hohas hola has been sine since th the Dempsey Demp ey bat tl bat bat- battle bat tie tle Tommys Tommy's Inactivity ha has h i even ev brought to light a story tory current In Great Falls Pall after his Demp Dempsey sey acy bout that he h had lied received body injuries that would prevent him from fighting a real opponent for tor a long loner time If It ever A physician physician cian clan was quoted to this effect But the story dropped apparently of Its own weight and noth nothIng log Ing more was heard of ot it Now It has ha been ben revived merely mer Iy by way ot of explaining why Gibbons does doeR not corn come east st and anti pick up some of the th bIg bic bl money that is his hi for the grabbing As Aa A a II matter of ot fact tact there Is nothing physically Wrong with Tommy and sInce sine he h Is 15 assured of ofa ofa a tight fight with Dempsey Dempsy next year there Is no reason why he h waste his energies at this time tim In meeting such auth men mn as Tunney and others othus whom he h ought to beat easily enough h but might break a hand or have hav something happen that would spoil the th projected Dempsey match Vf IN L AND OUTER OVE When all Is I said and nd done don Gib- Gib Gibbons Gib Gibbons bons Is an In and outer so far tar as boxing often la is I concerned De- De De hs he h runs rune run no risks from any man before betor the th public R RIt It be b Dempsey Dempy but every so BO often he 1 pulls a punk battle batti as for In- In instance stanc In-stanc stance alance his bout with Harry Greb and that affair with Bartley Mad Mad- Madden den Just den Just now a fight of ot that sort In which Gibbons Gibbon was oe on of ot the princIpals mIght well wall do him out ot of a n his big bl million dollar fight ht with the champion and he h Isn't taking no chances chancel of that sort Carpentier has Juls lia ogain a aln disappeared from the th eye ey and Tex Tea Rickard is IB I wondering whether or er or not the th frenchman Is I on his hll hiway way to this country or what has to him When he be h gets here It It he h dos does do s get here Gib ber Gib Gibbon bons bon undoubtedly will be b called upon for action and If It the th St SL St Paul Paulman Paulman Paulman man Is as a eager carer to meet Georges as he h was last Jut year there ther will bit be beno bno no about arranging th the bout By virtue of his fIght against Dempsey ey he be h Is I entitled to a large percentage ot of the tb purse purs than ha h been offered him and all the chances are aro that Rickard will sell see se sese see lee se his hili hi way clear to meet met him In thie respect or at least lead make mak an offer r that will be b worth about ON HUNTING flUTING TRIP Dempsey Is now hunting bunting In NeW Nei MexIco and before Christmas Vi w b be In la this city with his manage manag The champion Is always a a for boxing and no doubt a great deal of ot Interest In the th sport port will willbe willbe be aroused by his sojourn here Some Sonic tonic Is III I certainly c needed So tar far as u anything Important and thrilling In the th game fam Is concerned affairs jut just now are ar flatter than for tor several eTral Bevera years Boston pulled l la a few tew w Interesting bouts but ls where when the tb game ram Is 18 In la the tho th doldrums This condition as th he writer c c- c c pointed out Is I n ome mas ur mas ure due to the fad tac fact that tb the tho top top- top top liner liners when Important are under consideration hold oft off shen hen the fans till fill the ball bait parks and mammoth purses pure are ro ar In order But there must mut be other reason reason- too Somehow every very Important fighter seems em to t be b afraid of ot every evry other Important fighter n