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»* * » # , • •» »* I* * • JF. * *0* •lt;• *.4w* y Vvlt;*ANNINGrV. 1Vs/I/.V,1(•Fir sipea1Kept Back By Hard Luck|1 fit* would take him any time a promoter could catch Gibbons. Gibbons was caught” and then Tunnev ranFr;By HENRY L. FARRELL(I'nited'Press Sjxjrts Editor)New York, Sept. 20—Tom Gibbons, the St. Paul boxer, never was a champion and probably never will be one. No lack of class or ambition prevented him from reaching the of-l»i* business# He wassuccession of haul\that handicapped (iibboiis wasHe is too tlarn uieo totieial top in kept baek by a breaks that sureiv Jias made nunlianl-luek champion, if nothing else.One of the greatest drawbaeks_ ..... „ his* idisposition.get to the top, because success ill #lie boxing business entails a cer-tain degree of 'advantage-taking, and (tibiioiis considers the other fellow. , ?His most ree©id break came when in* signed artiles to take a veryreasonable percentage of the gat©receipts for meeting dene Tunnev, American light heavy weight eh a hi-eon. i?i Madi-on square Hanh n during November.It had been said that (Jibbons de-awav.The promoters of the Milk Fundshow have no reason to criticize Gibbens. Thev did him a line trick when• 'they signed him up two years agoto meet Floyd Johnson. Gibbons went• • -to a lot of expense for preliminary training and then was notified that he•«narought to accept a release and thatfirst(onetheclcveA iof tispun*dailyAltthe Jlt; hnston wouldn't take him. Insteadof seeking redress in the courts or instead of complaining. Gibbons accepted the violation of his contract. Even when the promoters panned him for not taking another chancethe 1 sity (vv i t h Rich,cordsTiewith them this summer, he did not answer them.streni erul -la -1 imoret he g vea r.Thethis \maitdcd •flOOdMMI for appearing on I be Milk Fund benefit cun I earlier in (he reason. If In* did deiimntl that much money lie did no more thantr ;■a,itv other boxer of bis class and drawing power. Hut we have reasons to believe be didn't.It* Hit thrifts considered hint-self a*100,000 tighter, he would md havelistened to an indoor data for meeting Tunnev. Little 10-rent lighters* Covered Wagen \ ComingTie roure of true low* ran anv-* rtiling but smbotbly in the old pioneer days, judging from “The Covered Wagon/* a James fruzc production for Paramount which comes to the Princess theatre next week for afour davs run.Will Bunion, hero of the storv. isunder a eloud because Sam Wood-bull, who was with him in the Artnvduring the War with Mexico, ©-©uses hint to the wagon train people of theft*flie great wagon train ofinateisfcrtnj to heprcee*\ 1»i!IOI10Ibang]bail f nd (• t Clfnfor et as af second-rate ©lass refuse to lis-1 =*en to anv offers for indoor shown ast winter and tliev are doing the diim* thing this year* but when Tex [{irk an! handed him I lie articles lie signed without a word.Tunnev had other ideas, however,rhen Kiekard went after him. Helididt act nail v refuse to sign, butiiekard aid a few days ago thatI© bad almost abandoned hop© forhe mateli,I have signed article* in the saferoni (iihhon'. But Tommy has not ig’tied. ^ on can nr your own judg-tent in finding the reason why the lateh lias not been made ' Ifirkard aid.Beats Boys* *-'lullswouldIiandsthan'(■ts I.... • 0 • • * * • * * • *.* j*I be he hull a hut wi;But diher lienableTheil. Tinrivt hetinfrTfir'iHlTny-ir mif/ft•, •'Jo li nethe giand ]'lt;r • '» * » «Tunnev wouldn’t take (lie match, veil n I ter doing a lot of talking that ilihons woiildfTt light him, and that* *V/.V/.*.’. 4 *,%vL*- */• -• * -» • *_-♦.S *jr.Tic**£contnitime wquercdLoisAlan*% «
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Rushville Daily Republican
Rushville, Indiana, US
Sat, Sep 20, 1924
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