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Show GREB WRITES OF HIS VICTORY First of Six Stories by Gib bona1 Conqueror Ap pears Today the Pittsburg hat- H tier. ule upxct the rtotlC dOM by beating Tonst Gibbons at lnli- i Stpi.-irc i.ardcn and thus hloiseM line for crack Ja U DcMSgSSry'fl H lin lor M l SCI f six the is H printed in H l.roh tolls how pLmneil his I-. SfSjOlUI ahead, imn tc outgo sued ih" H flgbter prov- H to In- he uhai H on ii man H to grab the H i hampknahJ ornn. nicl what H he rcall thinks his chances lis ivltll Chiimploti Jack I'l'ini". i H ITOU'I to read man who talked H fight in Imericn bj upset- H Gibbons' plans for buttle With the H defeated (Jibl.on- H him get set. fibbona Is a flat-footed puncher. B , lie must be set to have any powpr H In addition, he telegraphs his la H 'I tent Ions. I knew every time he ln H tended to start a right-hander. 1 . I had met Gibbons three times pre-I pre-I vious to our New York bout. In two H lot the bouts I decisively outpoint.. I I him. In the other bout any edge that H Gibbons might rt had a- due to lack of ondltioii. In my three bout- with (Itbfaons iH h id caret ull studied his jtyic. M-. fH pro... to that Gibbons was a flat-footed puncher, H extremely dangerous if allowed to get iH Since the New York meeting was H the most Important of my carver, H likewise Gibbons'. I had carefulK H planned the details of my battle m H advance That I had the right dope H was shown by the outcome of the H bout. I know that most of the ring H experts were surprised at mj carry- H Ing the fight to Gibbons. H 1 bad on that ptogr.un H Weeks in advance of the bout. That is the only way to beat Gibbons. H Don t let lilm get set. and heat him H to the punch by stepping inside an L le. nr. I ph.-. p h Ins I I My constantly changing style of at- i H tack had Gibbons bewildered as I fix- lured It' would. Sum, will si) t i i r H Gibbons had an off night. H I don t. belles e that is fair to ine. ' I think that my style, which Qlbbons Wi unable to solve, was entirely rO H 1 sponsible for my opponent's poor J ' bowing, LLLt 1 am bug on baseball. I Intend I to take Vacation in a tew days l I H plan to Join the Pittsburg team at , Hot springs. In baseball tlioy consider the t pitcher who has s change of pace a wise guy. a tough fellow to beat. 1 X have curried that baseball idea th.- right gatoe. i believe in mixing them up. using a change of I LLLl A t la t-footed boxer like Gibbons Is ' iLI helpless against that style. That Is LH why I beat him so decisively. L Copyright. 18SJ, by NKA Service) |