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VGibbon’s Foe.By Ripley.AHEKRN IS cameHE. WAS 60 ILL WHEN H£ Vmppn) AL McCOYa roc .OR MAC 0 attend Him BETwEEN rounds— AND HE'S not WE-LL YE.T1UbfETo Oil Hi* ,Thl DANC-.nG natter*— BuT NOT NOW fcFS'IpBHMBLin!IMMU11115tcin,inblt;riiwGibbons knocked wm out easily 2.BOT SINCE TLEN - WELLYoung AH EARNHAS DEVELOPED I Nib A GREAT FIGHTER an1 the middleweight chonship oi Eugcp;aot*ri Y ROBI.RT L. RIPLfeY.When Mike Gibbon* slides throughthe rope* nett Friday night In 8APaul he will And facing blmore formidable man thaA the onehe met June 1J. 1913. The Aheara of today U not the Akrearn of yesterday. His is one of the most remarkable transitions in the ring He has changed from a fancy, flitting dancing master Into a nigged and ready fighter.On June 13, 1913, Mike Gibbons smiled, rubbed his no*e a little, and then snapped his right against Young Ahearn’s jaw. Aheam wenttl—..uo down. Lu.» iu.Mike!Since tnen—a-ah! That’* another ; story. Dan McKetnck took Aheam 1 to Europe. Traveling is a great en* ! ucator. they tay. Ahearn found it so—he learned bow to tight. He knocked out the French champion, : Adrien Hogan, and the English champion middleweight of Europe, j i Ahearn was borr. in England.though raised In Brookl\n.) The I English nived over him and called him John Bull's Boy.” He win matched with the wonderful Carpen-j tier, but the v.ar—!•?•! (curses by McKetrkk.:“Now What Do You Think otUs,” Asks Jubilant Montanai e.uIuiln iu i-.i* country ue urp: i lt;*d every one. The former dancing mas'cr” knocked out Fred-!y Mirks and Willie Lewi*. and beat among others I eo Houck. Buck Crouse A1 McCoy. J mm Clabby. and some pap eg ?a:u be bested the formidable J i'k DIP in (all no-de-rlsion bout* . He whipped Houck. MeCo} and Clubby shu nefully.He fought the technical middleweight champion. A1 McCoy, while uttering from illness that necessitated the attendance ot a doctor be-♦ween round*. It was the general m'rcslt;ion that he would have scored a knockou had lie b* en in pus* ■4e«*?ioo of hU tull btrength. / As it happened. McCoy just managed toh» it out.Vhenrn has not fuPv recoveredvet However, it looks like a grea orowd will see a great fight in St. Paul next Friday night. A $25,000 “hou e” is expected.And that’s a loMs dough.iia..itc.nwCiu11ptid
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Detroit Times
Detroit, Michigan, US
Sat, Dec 04, 1915
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