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Showed his Metal When He Met Schreck.Cincinnati, 0., Dec. 17.—MikeSchreck put on the gloves with Billy Griffiths, Jimmy Widmyer’s crackW * •litrht weight, at Oakley Sunday afternoon and found the little fellow to be a whirlwind tighter with a world of cleverness. Five hundred people witnessed the contest at Wyss Weber's Gym and cheered both Schreck and Griff1 hs as though a championship battle was on. [t was the first time Schreck had ever seen Griffith* in,or out of the rinff, and he was surprised!at the wonderful rinjf knowledge dis-ploved bv Hillv. After the bout MikeK •/ • »took Manager Wldmver aside and ask-| lt;m1: “Who is* this fellow(iriffh.s anyhow? He mustlc a rinacr. I never knew there was such a clever boxer in this 1 neck of the woods. Go jret Packie McFarland or some of those fellows who, ,ne dainiinir tin1 lifbt-Wlight cham-pionship and (Jriff will beat any one.of them in a content anywhere fromsix rounds up.M
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Hamilton Democrat Sun
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Tue, Dec 17, 1907
Page 7
Full Page
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John H.
IL, USA 09 Apr 2018
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