"BRINGING UP FATHER
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By GEORGE McMANUS
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TOMMY GIBBONS
CHOOSES COXING
AS LIFE CAREER
Challenger ot Dempsey En
ters Ring as Purely Busi
ness Proposition.
ST. PAUL, June 18.—(By the As
seriated Press.)—Just about the time
most anxious fathers are “feeling
out” their sons to ascertain their!
life work desires, a young man of,
St. Paul—“hardly more than a kid”
his friends said—gripped the lower j
rung of the ladder of pugilistic fame.
It was his selection for a life pro
fession, and how well he has mas
tered it will be demonstrated July 4
whin he seeks to wrest the chant
pidjiship of the heavyweight division
frdtn Jack Dempsey at Shelby, Mon
tana.
For the young man who decided on
fisticuffs as a life work was Tommy
Oibbons of St. Paul, only a youth
of 16 years when he answered the
lure of the game. Many boxers
have gained their start in the ring
through their prowress as rough
and-tumble mixers, with science de
veloped later as a necessary requisite
to greater success.
Business Proposition
Not so with Tommy Gibbons. It
was purely a business proposition
with him, and he selected his career
for the same reason that many other
young men have entered less violent
professions. It was the attraction of1
more money than he could make any
other way.”
Tommy’s path had been beaten by
his brother, Mike Gibbons, five years
his senior, whose hoxing skill later
gained for him the sobriquet of “The
Phantom." It was the verbal per
suasion of Mike, that derided Tom
my.
“I had left school anti gone to
work for the Great Northern railway
here,” he said in recounting his start.
“Of course, I was only making a lit
tle money; no more than any kid
of that age is likely to make.
“One day Mike came to me with
a proposition that I enter the ring
He said he could pay me more than
the railroad company could, and as
I had watched with some envy thp
money Mike was making, I decided
to take him up.
"Mike was a great tear-her, and
from that time until very recent
years Mike’s eyes have been both
ering him, he gave me thorough in
struction. It is to this, of course,
that l owe much of whatever boxing
ability I possess.”
It was the luster cast over him
by his brother's success that took
Tommy into his first fights—infor
mal quiet affairs at a little “athletic
club" the young men maintained out
In the Gibbons’ neighborhood.
Fights Above Head
"The fellows expected me to he a
fighter just because Mike was,” Tom
my said, “and so they generally
matched me with the big fellows. I
didn’t have much to gain, for they
all expected me to win my fights,
but I had a lot to lose—at least,
it seemed a lot then—and so i na
turally fought ‘over my head' as a
rule.”
The father of Mike and Tommy had
a keen aversion to fighting. It was
over his strong protests that Mik"
entered the game, hut when the sen
ior Gibbons saw the remuneration
that might result from a single en
gagement. his opposition gradually
vanished and had disappeared by the
time Tommy was ready for the pro
fessional ring.
However, the senior Gibbons never
saw either one of his sons in th'
ring. He died on the night thai
Tommy fought Billy Miske in New
York last October: a fight Tommy
entered with knowledge of his fa
ther's serious illness. The bont ter
minated when Gibbons fouled Miske
Tommy was the youngest membei
of the family, and, he declares, ”na
turally somewhat of a favorite.” H<
tells with ft smile of the day he anr
Mike “framed" a bout with their fa
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Kearns Gets Cash for
Second Payment on
Dempsey-Gibbons Fight
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GREAT FALLS, Mont., June ,
18.—Jack Kearns received his
second $ 100.0(M> installment on ;
the Shelby contract late Satur- j
day afternoon, payment being ;
made according to the agreement
reached at Friday night's confer
j ence here.
In orclf,r to prevent a possi
ble recurrence of the mixup ,
which came near to losing Shel
| by the Dempsey-Gibbons light
on July 4th, a new organization i
I headed by Ben Tracy, prominent j
| mine operator and hotelman, has
been put in charge of the ar- |
rangoments.
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the.r as the only spectator. The mix
up ended when Tommy "knocked out'
Mike. He was glad to see the young
er one get the best of it, the senioi
Gibbons said, after he saw Mike
was not seriously hurt.
HUSKYOARSMEN
DEFEAT BADGERS
Win from Wisconsin Saturday
—Washington Freshmen
Also Win Easily.
MADISON, Wis., June 18. — The
speedy crew of the University o!
Washington won from the Universitj
of Wisconsin Saturday afternoon or
Lake Mendota by one and one hal
lengths. The freshmen shell Iron
the Western college made a runaway
race of it against Wisconsin's t'rosh
winning by eight lengths.
In the varsity race both crewi
started even. At the one mile mark
the University of Washington boa
had a lead of two lengths. Show
ing splendid form, the Badgers spurt
ed netar the finish and cut dowi
the Westerners' margin to one am
one-half lengths.
SIKI IS DISQUALIFIED
FOR FOULING MORELLI
PARIS, June 18.—Battling Siki, wh(
dethrone*! Georges Carpentier as th
Idol of French fight fans, was dis
qualified here Saturday night in th
sixth round of a go with Morellt
middleweight champion of Franc*
Morelle was fouled and carried fror
the ring unconscious.
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SEATTLE TAKES
SERIES; SPLITS
SUNDAY GAMES
'Gregg Blanks Oaks Saturday
Breaking Strikeout Rec
ord for the Season.
OAKLAND, Calif., Juno 18.—
Splitting Sunday's double bill with
the Oaks, the Seattle tiibe took the
series, winning four out of the seven
played, the Oaks getting three. The
Oak.- made a runaway affair of the
morning game, winning 11 to 8,
Seattle oopptng the matinee session
5 to 3.
In the morning game the locals
had their batting clothes on. tha
culmination of their attack coming
in the fifth when they drove Pigg
and Tecar lrcm tile mound and made
8 runs.
The afternoon game was closer.
Mails and Jacobs staged a pretty
'buttle with honors even until the
Iccveni'h. In thiat inning, with the
ccore tied at three all. Lane nicked
| Malls for a single and stole second
■ from where he scored on a single
j by Johnnton, giving the Braves the
winning run. They added another
when Rohwer clouted one for three
| bag? scoring Johnston.
Batteries: Morning game: Seattle
—Te>ar, Plummer, Plgg and Tobin;
I Oakland—Murclvio and Baker; after
noon game: Seattle — Jacobs and
Ritchie; Oakland — Malls and
Thomas.
GREGG BREAKS RECORD.
OAKLAND, Calif., June 18.—Vean
Gregg, portsider of the Seattle In
I dians, had the old hook hall work
ing perfectly in Saturday’s game and
! by retiring 11 of the Oaks on strikes
| broke the Pacific Coast League
| strike-out record for this season.
Seattle won by a score of 2 to 0.
Gregg was given splendid support
j by the Braves. Not a man of the
Oaks got farther on the paths than
I second base.
Batteries for Saturday’s game
Iwere: Oakland—Kramer and Baker;
rx.raui.it*—aiiu juum.
SATURDAY’S RESULTS.
Pacific Coast League.
I Sacramento 4; Sail Francisco 7.
! Oakland 0; Seattle 2.
Vernon 7; Portland 11.
boa Angeles-Salt bake, rain, gam<
] postponed.
National League.
.'St. bouie 6; Boston 5.
. Cincinnati !); New York 1.
i Chicago 7; Brooklyn 3.
11 Pittsburgh 4; Philadelphia 1.
American League.
Washington 3; Chicago 4.
! Philadelphia 0; Cleveland 8.
11 Bocton 9; Detroit 1.
11 New York 9; St. Louis 4.
»j SUNDAY S GAMES.
;i Pacific Coast League.
-’Oakland 11, 3; Seattle 3, 5.
..Salt bake 4. 11; I»s Angeles 12, 7
/Sacramento 4, 1; San Francisco 2, 7
. | Vernon 0, 5; Portland 3, 7.
i National League.
Cincinnati 0; Brooklyn 9.
St. Ixruis 4; New York 3.
I Chicago 4; Philadelphia 6.
American League.
e Cleveland 4; Philadelphia 6.
. New York 9; Detroit 0.
Washington 3; Chicago 5. II.'. in
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STANDING OF THE TEAMS
(Corrected)
Pacific Coait League.
w. L.
San Francisco
| Sacramento
, Vernon .
1 Salt I^ake
Portland ....
Ixin Angeles
Seattle ..
Oakland .
50
40
39
37
37
34
31
30
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34
37
36
39
38
42
45
National League.
w. L.
New York . 34
I Pittsburgh ...
| St. bouts .
Cincinnati ..
j Brooklyn .
Chicago .
Boston .
Philadelphia
30
30
29
28
29
18
15
20
21
24
23
24
27
37
37
American League.
w L.
New York . 35
Philadelphia . 30
Cleveland . 30
j Detroit . 25
!St. Louis . 23
I Boston .;. 20
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Chicago . 21
|Wa»hiagton . 38
19
22
24
29
28
26
28
30
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enough to make it enjoyable. Tula photo of Mins I>aura Walters
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MICHIGAN WINS >
IN TRACK MEET;
STAOG FIELD, Chicago, 111., Juno
1 18.—With entries from colleges from
virtually every section of the I'nited j
States, the University of Michigan
; Saturday won the third annual track ,
! meet of the Intercollegiate Athletic
I Association. Michigan was first with
a total of 30.2 points.
Stanford University finished in sec- \
ond place with Iowa and John Hop
kins tied for third place.
Other colleges placed in the fol
lowing order: University of Penn-i
sylvania, University of Illinois, Mis
sissippi A. & M., University of South
ern California, Washington, Notre'
Dame, Grinned, Bowdoin, Kansas
State Teachers' Normal, Northwest
ern, Perdue, Minnesota, Kalamazoo
State Normal, University of Mary
I land, Wisconsin, Miami, Texas A. &
| M., University of New York. Texas
| Y. M. C. A. College, Baylor Univer
t sity, Nebraska, Detroit and Weslayan
i College.
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DETAILS OF PURCHASE
OF SEATTLE CLUB ARE
MADE PUBLIC IN SUIT
LOS ANGELES. Calif. June 18.—
' Details of the pun base of the Seattle
Baseball Club in the Pacific Coast
League, were made public here today
in papers filed by Charles Lockard
to force President McCarthy of the
League to recognize him as a direct
or for Seattle.
1 Depositions taken by Lockhard re
vealed that the club was purchased
j by Lockhard and Wade Kllilfer with
, money borrowed from the Santa Cata
.Una Island Company and that the
1 money was obtained from a bank in
i Los Angeles. A note endorsed by
! William Wrlgiey, Jr., principal owner
] of the Island company and part
■I owner of the Los Angeles Baseball
J Club, was given the bank as security
for the loan.
M’CARTHY STANDS PAT
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 18.)
' —The testimony of every witness in j
the investigation of the purchase of;
1 the Seattle baseball club proves con-1
■lusively William Wrlgley, Jo., owns
ontrols and operates the Seattle
lut>, declared William J. McCarthy
’resident of the Pacific Coast
.eague. Before the investigation
■loses, he added, :t is possible some
me is going to land in jail for per
Itiry.
VILLA-WILDE BOUT IS
CENTER MUCH INTERES1
NEW YORK, June 18. — Croat In
terest is aroused here over tin
Villa-Wilde fight tonight at whirl
I’ancho Villa, Filipino, will attemp
to wrest the flyweight world's chain
plonship title from Jimmy Wilde
England.
The latter is just ten years olde:
!han the challenger who Is 21 yean
ild. The bout, which starts al !
[). m., goes 15 rounds to a decision
tnless ended by a knockout sooner
‘CAVE MAN” FIRPO WINS
ON KAYO FROM HIBBARI
MEXICO CITY, June 18.—Luis An
gel Flrpo, South American "cav<
man," .knocked out Jim Hibbari
American heavyweight, in the secom
round of their fight here Sunda;
afternoon. Hibbard did not have tli
slightest chance against the Arger
tinan, who allowed him to g
through the first round and thei
finished hint off without delay a
the beginning of the second round
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