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Show oo DEMPSETS UST I Victory Over T. Gibbons Seems to Entitle Him to Consideration BY BILLY EVANS. NEW YORK, March 18. Prior to hla fight with Harry Greb. Tommy Gibbons was considered the logical contender for a bout with Champion P.. k Ddmpsey for the heavyweight )H Harry Greb. for the time being at iH least, has deflnltel) removed Gibbons from the picture. Tommy must start all again It was figured that Greb was al-most al-most a setup for Gibbons. As a mat ter of fact preliminary arrangements had been made for a bout between Gibbons and Dempsey. In order lo strengthen his claim for such a bout, it was believed that a decisive victory over Grob wouli "H greatly Increase Tommy's popularity H und create interest in a match with ONLY MIDDLEWEIGHT. Gibbons -taked everything on tho J bout with Oreb and lost His defeat at the hands of a lighter who is re-ally re-ally only a middleweight has com-pletely com-pletely erased Tommy as a logical J contender. Since Harry Greb decisively defeat- ll ed the man picked to meet Dempsey. It would seem that such a victory should give him tho right to a cham-plonshlp cham-plonshlp bout. H Greb is certainly entitled to a B chance with Jack Dempsey. If Gib-bons Gib-bons had decisively defeated Greb. he v. -eld have been hailed as the I., ln the wot Id for Jack .Now th.it ireb has proved his com-plete com-plete mastery over Gibbons, tho Pitts- H burg whirlwind looms up as the log- contender. H GREB HADE (.HEM SHOWING. Already somo of the experts arc H insisting that Greb should first meet H Tunney. the American light H heavyweight champion. Should ho tie victorious he should then tako on H Georges Carpentler. champion light heavyweight of the world. H Possibly Greb would prove no match for Dempsey, However. I am posl-tlve posl-tlve that he would make a much but- H ter showing 'ban did Carpentler. j There is no real reason thai can be H offered why Greb. ln order to be en-titled en-titled to 'i fight with Dempsey. should be forced to eliminate a number of H ho think are of ..ham- pion.-hlp caliber. Greb. by hi- showing against Gibbons, Gib-bons, has established his right to a The decisive manner in which he H defeated the much touted Tommy Gibbons bos won him that considers H oo |