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" W ' 1.1 that newspaper pays
‘ ' 111" enthusiastic tribute to
. [fir of Norwalk, who 68
.2111111 “11119 Gibson of
11' the boxing ,sbow in
last night stdged by the
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.111111 left hands as yet. and
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‘T. N. ’l‘." Nitro.”
"Black, .Fevm for there
:11 in either. Man. Man.
.\'11r11"11‘1k dill hit. And you
1.111'e thought it to look at
looks are mighty deceiv-
.- s11) authorities and we.
, 1111, will believe the same as
1- 11111' “'eafel‘-\Villie Gibbon
'.1': Armory A. A. smoker was
:11-111 il‘n‘llle star bout but it
' just the same. It started of
.. of action and for about a
Gibbons made :1 good showing.
:1 llapponed. Like 1: bolt from a
,sizy, out shot cithcl' “T. N. 'l‘."
, \‘111‘0? and \‘Cillin 1112211 dovsn for
“3121111 Nine (11111-1: Andy's finger
. 11111 1111', and 11s it was about to
l 1111' tlw futnl “11-11 and out,"
1"1‘111-11 boxer avow- 11nd gnnloly
11'. Benny took what was
-1 111111 again he lashed out. and
4.1.1111 the floor. Another count
another Tow seconds of hat-
.31 for 1111 1-111'01'0. But repeated
Tho 111-11 saw 11 11-11111-de
1111111 1111111111“: his way to his
11111111011011 in 11141 second round
1111.:1'1'11111011. \l'eafer, boxing
':.1~ 11111151 kind of skill. moving
1 11111 like. 11 3111111; rocked his
.1111 111111 again and fivn seconds
the boil 5111111111111! 0101' n lignt
191111 ungodly 1‘111'131-11111'VVilHe
11111 Hear from tlw. flour and
21.11k11'111'ds. his head hitting the
211111 :1 smash that could be
1-1 111 11111 fight was over Ful-
111111 of 1119 previous minutes
- ..».~'1d b1 bcfme they stalled to
11111' hiln. ,-
Spong. Tossed in Ring.
.1111 119111 to 11011: with a will in
1111-11 and 119 dl‘oppéd Gibbon in
‘ 11111 llcut'l'al‘col'ncrs. The Hart-
:my “as game and got up, but
‘111 out on the flool. one of his
11111 of the 110111 the fans dis-
..,1 lifr'afer's fighting, and it was
1 ihnt he was one of the most
1:1011111 boxers Bridgeport fans
.-1._.»'1.'(>u in veins. His punchulg is
'1‘1'111'. the loWs traveling only a
1. di.»'1:ln('9,but carrying a. tre-
'11s was [evidenced by his lutung
\. 1111111 on two occasions while his
_ 1 11: was on the way to the floor.
1" the other bouts, Young Mulligan
‘1 illzeport, formerh ot‘ \01'wnlk.
cchnicaliy knocked-out." He was
1.11911 down. and was taking the
-‘ on his inlet), and got up at
count often. His inexonl'lencc
: him the bout with Joe Christie
{age Proto of New Haven and
1' 0' Connor of Hartford fought a.
The decision was air 0 a dra’w
1- Bobby- Reamer-Young Rector
,..
sponr‘lhh NOTES.
- 11'. 111-3 an imposing appearance
': '1 Musical viewpoint, will to-
1'. 1119 Pally-seventh Regiment
nltcmp‘ to wrest Joe Steel»
. 1:... 11111.1 the champion Jim
, 1 1111 .1991: title holder, also
' -1 l l'ulrr'illl (1111,] will battle with
' ' 1:. 311111.121 11111111111 John Grand-
.» Jail-1:11:15. the British feather-
:) mar-ls 110 i: the champion
'1. :le-l-im 111‘ ”:‘(t that Mike
dpf1'1.t 1 Tour ho Murray, at Mil-
" 1' l 1,\ night.
' ‘1'.1ngler Lewis,
‘ .11..;1lon Stecher
1 l' rciment Armory.
nip ht comes the assertion
Sr: angl' or is “determined to
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'irnd» slur, ~11. ltorm ”121' if ll“
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" ,' ”1:11 Tiillmne reams
War: 1115 string: mm
11.1': 1’13”??? O'KN‘I ."
111 :lmlnccd Eddio Fitz-
:- 111' O'Kcofe. and the!
1 11 mm mar.
:12‘1111 since. he was de-
"M. The rod thatched
:11 Bayonne hat'
will have to ill-
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mu that long, mngy looking,
x1111. C0111 as tho provorbial'
1.1111 over the hall. Willie was.
$1 couri» w1re tallied 1111111
'11 2:11 11011111 111:,ain.As he lay,
12.115 tossed 11 sponge ill the ring. .
:imls force. His speed is remark,
l I’ilakofi, the ‘Finnlsh Giant,“
:1.;:.:111r:i1’:.- 111.1 Lnnsdale belt,’
\1011 111.- 211.»? 1121110 in AmerICa.'
53171101 11111 111:1 11'lll surrender-
lilb.1nc :.»' lo '11:. '11 his ti--
11:11? '11 owl 1h weights withi-
‘ ill .\1'b'1:" ‘ii‘ll‘n utlmain,1~
l‘jl T111 betting will beI
1151'- .1 1 a boxer to defeat.
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1rl avenged his cubic?
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SIXTEENTB MM
Bombadier Wells DiSpcscs
American in Fierce
Boxing Bout in London
LONDON; April 9—Bombardier
Wells knocked out Eddie McGoorty in
the sixteenth “round of a heavy battle
in Holborn Stadium here last even-
ing. From the first the fight was all
in favor of Wells. who misced many
favombls opportunities;- McGom'ty put-
ting up the pluckiest fight of his ca-
reer.
As early as the fourth round Mc-
G00rty took the count of nine from a
left to jaw from Wells who was re-
garded by “tons" as having Won the
contest for a. certainty
In the. sixth round, however, Wells“
failed to follow up thus giving Mc-
Goorty a. chartd‘e to make a magnifi-
cent recovery In the tenth round the
complexion of the fight changed en-
tirely, Mchfirty forcing all the fight-
ing and almost bringing the Briton to.
his knees. only the bell Saving Wells.
In the twelfth and thirteenth rounds
both men lost strength and were
knocking ea'ch. other around the ring;
neither being able to effect a. knOck-‘
out.
But. after taking another count of
nine in the fourteenth round McGoou.
ty finally went 1101111 before a short'
right to the Jaw in the sixteenth.
Wells who anticipated an easy Vic-l
tory, at the end became weak and
took a great deal of punishment.
DR. MIXSELL WINS TITLE.
Tokcneke Man Beau Tobey i'n Stir.
ring Squash Match.
NEW YORK, April 9~In a match
that required more than two hours:
and the limit of five games for deci—'
sion, Dr. H. R. Mlxsell, of Tokeneke.
won the squash tennis championship
of the Princeton, Club yesterday. He
defewted Harold Tobey by a startling
rally in the last few hands after his
opponent, leading at 14~11,was with-
in a. point of victory. Coming fromi
'bohind.‘ Dr. Mlxsoll won threé points
in a. row. "set" the game at. 14 all and
triumphed finally at 17—46, the rcault
binning on the final point The score
was: 15-411 1—12 10—15,1°—-15*’anli
11—16.
jDr Mixsell' a severe hitting and his
angled as a “getter" earned him tit!“
.iirst two games of thawingch}; Mn, $0-
hey however had the more versatlo
attack and the edge ill the matter or
skill mid" in the tfird ibd fourth
gdmeis 111111 part of the fifth showed to,
advantage over his opponent.
‘1 «'VM 1:1. .1.
Mortal“: PUTS A . “"0
CHAMHON TO SLEEP
New York Middlewcigfit Knock. Out
Canada’s Title you".
MONTREAL, Que" April 9—Eugene'
Brosscau, middleweight champion of
Canada, received a violent surprise
here last night when he was knocked
out by Mike IMcTigue, of New Ymk.1
in the fifth round of a bout scheduled.
~for ten rounds.
Brosseau was a topheavy fa101ite,1
as be had been winning consistently,
from boys with better reputations-
than Mchgue. Brosseau had all the
better of the early rounds and seemed
to be winning easily when in the mid-'
die of the fifth session McTigue let go
a heavy right that landed on the point:
of Brosseau’s jaw and brought him to
the canvas for the full count The
knockout of the Canadian champion:
caused a sensation and Mc'l'io'ue wasi
the centre or attention from the
twllrlmg Mc'l‘igue was formerly assist-
ant boxing instuctor of the New York
Adhlelic Club.
, JOEY FOX MATcHl-io
WITH HARRY BROWN
HARTFORD April 9 .«Joey Fox. the'
English footbcmelght champion who
meets Young Chaney at the Libertv A.
'C., next Monday night was matched
yestorday with H8Y y (Kid) Brown, of
I thiladelphia They will appear in the
feature 110111 at the Olympia. A A.
the Quakm (‘11!) on Alu'i1191h.Bl'011"n a
i.»' a. stablo motr' of I. ow Tendlel" sand
has been making rapid strides in the
featherweight class during the past
six months: . .
"‘7": rlNK DEAD.
PASSAIC, N. J'., April Sir—Arthur
Flnkel, known as “Artie Fink " before
the war a promising lightweight box—
91: died vestortlav, at his home in
Clifton from after clients of being
gassed in France He fought with thei
309th Machine Gun Battalion and was
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Ratificatlon of Schedule One of flat-
ters On Tap.
President Dan O'Neil, of the East- T
ern League, has callega Hfmeetln.
the league {or Manda afternoon, to
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