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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM; OREGON
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 6. 1923
GENE TUNNEY ( KNOCKS OUTTOMMIP
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GIBBONS TAKES COUNT OF
TEN FOR THE FIRST TIME
CHAMPION'' OP . AKP CARRTRs
11ATTLK TO ST. PAIL MAN
Gibbons Crouching Defray Mas
tered; Hotting Dofo Cpet -by
Tunnry Victory
NEW YORK. June 5. (liv the
Associated Press.) G?ne Tunney
01 Aew i York. American lirht
heavyweight , champion, knocked
ont. Tom Gibbons of St. Paul.
Minn..- heavyweight pride of the
middle west, in the 12th round of
a 15 round bout tonight at the
Polo grounds. t
A right to the' chin 'sent Gib
bons down for a count of seven!
A similar blow floored him again
immediately for the ;full count.
the first time in his meteoric
career he has ever had the fatal
ten counted over.hJm.L A coatless
crowd, of 50.000 jammed tlfe ball
park for the match, i
Tunney. who won the light
heavyweight -championship pf j the
AEF when serving with Pershing's
arjtpy In France, fought the great
est battle of his career,- flooring
the man who remained upright for
IS rounds against Dempsey.
Pefqre the J knockout Tunney
peppered Gibbons with a cutting
legf ja, almost closing his left eye
and bringing the blood from his
nofe wid mouth. j
Tuniiey fought 'an' aggressive
battle Ight from the start. Toss
ing off the mantle of defensiveness
which v has so prominently dotted
his exhibitions In the past. Tun
ney fought openly, taking in order
to give, and giving in generous
quantities when he was able to
master Gibbons characteristic
crouching defense. i!
Only once did Gibbons assume
the aggressive and then he poured
a furious attack into Tunney that
threatened to sweeplUim from his
sturdy; legs, but it wad short lived.
The. St. Paul veteran was tiring
and he . put his all into one final
charge in the eighth! round, but
when it had spent itself the youth
ful Tunney "was still vertical and
driving in for more. This seemed
to discourage Gibbons and the end
loomed in sight for him.
Tunney assumed the lead at the
start and for sexen rounds forced
the fighting and kept on top of
Gibbons, - i .'..-
The, fight by rounds:
Round 1 -Gibbons; came from
hia corner with. a rusTi and land
ed a Hit book to the stomach. The
men quickly came to ; close quart
ers and there,', was a sharpy ex
change of short punches "in Gib
bons corner. They sparred wari
ly feeling each other out, Tunney
jabbing with a fast left at long
range ' and Gibbons . countering
vrith a left to body. Gibbons jab
bed lightly with left and Tnnney
replied with left and; right to the
body. It was, apparent at the
Ktart that the fight i would be a
" contest between two super boxers.
both men sparring cleverly and
Mocking or sidestepping most of
the leads.., L '
Round 2 The men opened at a
"livlier, clip in the second round
and Ttinneyshot a series of short
swings to Gibbons body. Gibbons
appeared content , to j permit Tun
ney to lead to box tnore craftily
and tying. up his hand in the clin
ches. As they came to close
quarters in the center f the ring
Gibbons chopped Tunney with a
short left to the jaw. They
changed stiff ' righl to Tunney's
corner, Thej. were? exchanging
rapidly at the. bell , tout little dam
age wis being done.J ,
RouVid 5-tBoth tnen looked
willlnJ to ope tip ind. there was
a serifs of rapid exchanges as
"they fought, at ttose "quarters.
Tunney sent over' stiff rights and
lefts to Gibbons body and landed
three lefts to Gibbons head. - Gib
bons replied with two choppy lefts
to the face. Gibbons , grinned s
be missed a .sweeping left but
leaped In again. '"with, another
book hicU went .home to Tun
ney's face. .. . :.'; -..:'
Roujnd 4 Gibbons went to the
attack-and landed .stiff left and
right to Tunney's chin. The men
boxed cleverly, making each other
miss many leads and repeatedly
coming to clinches, j Tunney forc
ed Gibbons to the ropes. Gibbons
limited two rights to the body" and
n left, to- the face. Tunney landed
bis best punch -of the fight.-a hard
right to the chin. - but Gibbons
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came back with a rally as the
round ended. ! ;
Round 5 -Tunney; shot over a
left and right to the chin. Gib
bons backed away and turned,
running into the aropes.. Tunney
rnshed at him and landed a vol
ley before the St. Paul man could
protect himself. Tunney outboxed
Gibbons at long range. - Tunney
sbot'stiff lefts at. the St. Paul man
and 'compelled the latter to come
to close quarters for protection.
Gibbons Jolted Tunney .with short
inside lefts and rights. Tunney
appeared to be going strong in
this" round. i; , :
Round 6 Tunney rushed at
Gibbons with a stiff left to the
body. Another Tunney left to
Gibbons face partly closed his left
eye. Tunney chopped Gibbons
with short Jolts to body and head.
Tom lashed out wildly with left
and missed , as Tunney ducked.
Tunney landed a left to the body.
Gibbons crossed over his right,
cutting Gene's lip. jTunney shot
a series of hard blows to Tom's
mouth and Tom was bleeding as
the round closed.
Round 7 -Tunney led with a
left to the body. The punch was
a trifle low. Gibbons merely
smiled, shook bands and "they,
continued fighting at a fast clip.
Tunney shot a stiff . j left to the
head and brought over his right
to the body. Tunney appeared by
far. the stronger of "the two.- He
made Gibbons head.bob back with
sharpy jabs. TheiSt. Paul man
was forced to cover repeatedly as
he-Vetreated. i Gibbons landed
sharp right to trie; chin at the bell.'
Round 8 Tunney opened with
a repitition of his jabbing attack.
Gibbons crossed over a right to
Tunney's face. Tunney landed a
heavy left hook to the stomach.
Gibbons missed a bard left as be
backed away from the aggressive
New York man. Tunney shot
three stiff punches! to .the' body.
Tunney kept Gibbons back pedal
ing throughout the) rounds Gib
bons turned on Tunney and jarred
hini with two terrible rights to
the jaw. Tunner jwas slightly
dazed when he went to his corner.
Round Jfc Gibbons followed up
his advantage of the, ,previous
round, going lo the4 attack, land
ing two stiff lefts to the face.
Gibbons shot over two rights to
the face. Tunney came back with
a heavy right to the stomach.' Gib
bons held up his hand and drew
to one side indicating that he bad
been h4t low After a brief rest they
continued boxing, j Tunney shot
over a hard left, cutting Gibbons
injured eye as the round ended, v
" 6nnd 1 0 -Gil&ons was boxing
carefully to' protect? his .damaged
eye. Tunney ent ! over aT Sharp
left to the chin. Tunney ; landed
a hard left to the chin as Gibbons
backed away. Tunney landed
short lefts and rights on Gibbons
jaw as the latter went back
against the ropes. Gibbons chased
Tunney about the ring, the latter
covering up with his hands. Gib
bons appeared tired during the
round and made little efforts to
reply to Tunney's attack.
Round 11 - Tunney booked
over left and right to Gibbons
face. Gene followed up the ad-
vantage with a left hook to the
body, G ibbons appeared content
to let Tunney do the leading, and
the crowd began to clap for more
action., Tunney landed left and
right to the body. -I Tunney forced
Gibbons around the ring, landingl
both hands to the face. He chop
ped Gibbons with short hooks as
they came to close quarters for
in-fighting., ; There was .little real
righting during the round and the
crowd booed aa the bell rang "'
Remind lfcTunney landed two
lefts to the body as Gibbons cov
ered. Tunney backed Gibbons
around the ring and floored Gib
bons with a rightto the chin Gib
bons was up at seven and Tunney
kept .up air aggressive attack on
bis opponent throughout the fight
and ater one minute of fighting
in the final round, landed a
crushing right on j the St. Paul
man's jaw. Gibbons fell heavi
ly in a neutral corner and was
barely able to :- rise before the
count of 10. : :
. Gibbons -was up at seven. and
Tunney rushed him, crashing over
another right. Gibbons fell in. hjs
own corner and was counted out.
At the count of seven he strove
vainly to raise himself to his feet
"with the aid of the ropes but was
unable to summon: sufficient
strength to rise, i
JfA'T III
At the start of the second pre
liminary it was estimated that a
crowd of 40,000 was in the park.
The heat was intense, not a breeze
blowing and the immense throng
sat in its shirt sleeves with col
lara and1 neckties discarded, vt1.
RACING CARS READY
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LOXK OAK TRACK NOW IX KX
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Spckil Feature to 1m- Itun Off by
Stock Curs; Motorcycles to
Compete .-
With a clean track, promise of
fair weather and well groomed
cars ready for the events, the
raeing meet today, under the aus
pices of the AAA, will get under
way at 2 o'clock sharp. Some of
the best pilots of the coast will
compete in the events on the Lone
Oak speedway at the fairgrounds.
As a special feature, stock- car
races will be run off between the
main events. The entrants will
be. strictly confined to stock mo
dels, without special equipment.
It was announced last night that
it was practically certain that
motorcycle races of unusual in
terest will be run. f
Provision has been made for
continuous sprinkling of the oval,
in case dust appears, thus insur
ing safety for the drivers, faster
time and a better view for the
spectators and ample police pro
tection assured.
Judges for the events are Tho
mas Brown, Corey Eastman. Mur
ray Wade, W. C. Connor, Richard
Dibbs and Rev. Martin Fereshe
tian The races will start at 2
o'clock, with the inspection at 1
o'clock.; : . ' ?
Postponed Game Will
1 Be Played on Tuesday
A postponed game of the Twi
light league will be played on the
high school grounds next Tuesday
evening between the Casey's and
the ONG. Both teams are hitting
high and it is a toss up as to the
winner. i.- The Caseys have some
of the best baseball timber of the
city in their ranks, while the per-;
sonnel of the Soldiers equals them
In many respects. However, the
ONG work together woncferfully
well and they usually bring home
the bacon. " t .
Last Game of Season . ?
To Be, Played Today
The last baseball game of the
Salem high school schedule will
be played this afternoon on' the
high school field with Eugene."
The local players have been bitting
on all fours and they plan to put
a wallop across in the afternoon
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In Ou Itound Hut Wins liy
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' Ten rounds in the- ring last
night resulted in a draw for Spec
Woods and Frankie Lewis, nei-
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ther of Whom displayed the
brand of scrap 'exhibited at a
previous encounter. The bout
was a rather dull affair, with
Woods getting the best of the
fighting, until the final round.
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when .both opened up to a cer
tain extent. Woods, who bales
from Seattle, weighed 142 pounds
I ana me &aiem inaian m pounas.
Big Bill Hunt, husky Salem
fireman,- bad a lucky night, for
after kissing the canvass or being
up-ended ten times in the second
round," he came back in the third
frame and floored Danny Grath,
of Butte, three times, the third
time being final. The ' "hard
rock" miner had an awful wal
lop and wore himself out sockins;
Hunt. Garth was decidedly out
of condition, and after the fight
it was announced by Ho Smith
that he had substituted for' Speed
Murphy. Portland, at S o'clock
and had not had on a . pair of
gloves for six weeks Garth asked
for a return match
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T In the preliminary Russy Green,
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tage of his opportunity, knocked
out the visitor early in the second
round. Murphy "fought at 1381
pounds" arid came from Portland.
Jlmmie Fargo. Salem, lOS-pound-er
and Ted . Fox, Independence,
three pounds lighter, fought a 4
round draw as the curtain raiser,
giving an excellent exhibition,
j The substitution-last night was
'the first this season.
Tom Louittit, of Portland, was
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Ealt. Lake 8; Oakland 7 I
Vernon S-4; Sacramento 0-3.
Seattle 4; Los Angeles
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"Boston?; Cleveland 4,
Washington 5; Chicago 3
Phillies 8: Detroit 6. -
Kew York 10;. St. Louis 7.
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