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St. Paul. Dec. 9.—(,?)—The bat-| tie of Shelby. Mont., was foughtJ over again today, this time with a luncheon table separating the com-batanti*Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, and Tommy Gibbons, who shared the spotlight of the 1923 fight, tilted back chairs following a speaking program stressing the ring greatness of each, and described their reactions to the struggle.Gibbons, the loser, now a chubby St. Paul businessman, didn’t do all the explaining, either. Dempsey saw to that.*1 sure surprised myself in avoiding that left hook for 15 rounds,” j led off Tommy, who introduced I Jack at the luncheon as “the logicalheavyweight champion.”Not So One-Sided“Well, Tommy, countered Jack, “you can rest assured I was happy to get that decision. What I hud heard about the boxing ability of the Gibbons brothers had been plen-. ty and what I knew first-hand after that fight was plenty more.“1 knew I had to stick in close with you and that if you ever got canvas between you and me, I was due for a licking.” •
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Helena Independent
Helena, Montana, US
Thu, Dec 10, 1931
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