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h11MIKE GIBBONS LIKELY TO LOSE ONE OF EYES!1ST. PAUL, Minn., July |T.—If ike 1.Gibbons, long known as the ‘Than- I ! tom,” did not see hi* brother, Tom, * fight Jack Dempsey at Shelby,! j Mont., July 4, and this started talk j of a coolness between brothers. A story went the rounds to the effect ‘ that Mike, who for years was Tom’s { pugilistic tutor, strongly opposed »Tom’s entering into the match for ,* ! fear Tom would get the living day*!* liphts punched out of him, and end-' ed the matter in a tiff. It was said* that Mike had always kept Tom* down, maybe because he had no \ faith in Tom’* ability, maybe for *fear of hurting his own popularity.!'I But now it comes out that Mike has virtually lost the sight of one eye and the other may be impaired. ( In his last few starts the “Phantom |i collided with punches which in other 1days would have whizzed harmless* ly by, been blocked with elbow or . (shoulder or have been picked off [ [with a glove before they got start-[led. It is believed a loose lace of a I I boxing glove struck the eyeball. Mike likely will never box again.I
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Key West Citizen
Key West, Florida, US
Tue, Jul 17, 1923
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