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New York next month. Gibbons is the miu»ter-boxer of the world and Griffiths hopes to pick up many valuable pointers from him.There will be special train and ^liter urban service on all roads for the big bout in Canton. At prices of II, |2, and J3, the promoters hope to pack the arena.Johnny Griffiths Back In AkronAKRON. Ohio, August 24.—Johnny Griffiths, flushed with a ten-round victory over Leach Cross in Now*York last Thursday night, arrived| home from fhr metropolis Kridav ; night, accompanied by his manager, Bernie Strapp and Father| Griffiths. Griffiths whipped thegreatest trial horse in the3 country, Leach Cross.Johnny, according to New YnrK scribes, looks like a real championship contender. He beat Cross at eveiy angle oi the game—outboved him, outhtt him. outguessed hint and showed him things about infighting he never knew existed before.There wasn’t a mark on Griffiths 1o show that he had been through a i hard battle. Cross, like Phil Brock, of Cleveland, isn’t a clever fellow, but he packs a teinfic wallop and L always dangerous. He tried several times for a kayo bui Johnny's? cleverness was too great for him to! overcome. jGriffiths has another liarc* ha:tie on his hands Labor day. On lhet afternoon of September,6 ho nice^s!Jack Britton, of Chicago, in a 12-| round battle and tight enthusiasts from all parts of Ohio, \\ e,t Virginia and Pennsylvania will he in attendance. It looks like the bout of the year and should draw a gate of fltj.-The Akron bay leaves here ea»*|v tn the week for Chicago where he will train daily with Packey Me Fa*- j land, who meets Mike Gibbons in ^
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Lima Daily News
Lima, Ohio, US
Tue, Aug 24, 1915
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