Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1920 — MIKE GIBBONS QUITS BOXING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MIKE GIBBONS QUITS BOXING

St. Paul Phantom Announces His Permanent Retirement From Ring on Advice of Wife. Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul Phantom, announces he has decided to retire permanently from the ring. Gibbons, who is considered quite wealthy and who has a family, said be had given his promise to Mrs. Gibbons that he will never again participate m a ring battle.

Gibbons gave the following statement: “For a long time Mrs. Gibbons has urged mw to give tip boxing.' I realize, of course, that I might stay in the game for a,little while longer, but I have decided that such a course would not be practical. This Is to announce my permanent retirement.”

Mike Gibbons.