Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-11-22 | Page 10 | Gibbons Fights Fast Draw with Champion O'Dowd

Gibbons Fights Fast Draw With Champion O'Dowd RINGSIDE, ST PAUL, Nov. 21. Mike ODowd, middleweight champipn, mi. i Mil;.- Gibbons, the St. Paul phan iom. fought a terrific bloody ion round bout tonlEhl. Tlif flpht was vicious and close ;ill the v .is- an! although arvrr;il of tho ringside exports rllod the bout a draw tho majority gave' O'Dowd a slight shade Tho fight was so close that any ono seemed entitled to bU onlnion O'Dowd outaluggad Gibbons when h? phantom throw oautlon to tho winds and foughl the champion. When Gibbons resort ed now and then to his famous box mn racUca he made O'Dowd miss again :ind ;icaln. Long Si;nd ng Feud. Ffnm tho opening gong It was evident evi-dent that tho two St. Paul fighters were determined to settle their long standing feud by a knockout if possible. possi-ble. Gibbons at times amazed his fol lowers by deliborntely taking stiff punches from (Towd in an effort to lr.nd his dreaded right cross. Early In tho fight O'Powd's right onruiod a deep cut over Gibbons' eye and trom then on Gibbons fought under a handicap. handi-cap. Gibbons had a flight shade at ihe start of the sixth round, but In thf opinion of some sport writers ho lost this load when he tried to outslug the champion. O'Dowd seemed the strong er when the fight was over. The i rowii gave O'Dowd the warmer reception. Tromoter J. E Roddy estimated the total receipts to be slightly more thnn $-1ft.olit. Gibbons received eighty per cent of the gross receipts, out of Which he paid O'Dowd 115,000. Gibbons also bad the motion picture concession and agree, to gi e O'DoWd 2." per cent of the film receipts Examination of Gibbons' right hand showed it was badly bruised and thai possibly small bones wore broken gm bons said he hurt it in ihe Sixth rrund and put it out of commission In (he eighth George Harton. Minneapolis. ;nd Ed. L. Shave. St. Louis, poit writers, who act-d as secondary ref erees, both gave the fight to O'Dowd Sp'r writers were agreed upon one thing that Gibbons is far from the fighter be was three years ago.