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GRIFFO, CLEVEREST BOXER IN WORLD, AGAINST FIGHTER JOE GANS TO-NIGHT.mm-imrrJ^'V.VN^Kt'-r.'-W,■lt;v«?5SSswi-wrtTYOUHG C3.FSir’F’O.Young- Griffo Is to make his llrst appearance In New York as a rejuvenated jiuy'Hbt at the Seaside Sporting C.ub tonight, and thousands who remember him as the cleverest man that ever donned gloves are Interested ir hla return. He Is to meet Joe Gans, one of the cleverest of the more recent light-weight stars, in a twenty-ilve-round bout at 132 pounds.After emerging from confinement here, Griffo had rather a checkered career, and wound up in a sanitarium, where he remained for more than a year, and came out practically a new man. Prof. Dawson, boxing Instructor of the Chicago A. C.( look him in hand and has iH'flaliv pjvpair-d him for the ficT.’t tonight. If he is anywhere near his old-time form, his cleverness will enable him to puzzle the Baltimore negro us he was never puzzled before. Griffo has won several slx-roivid boms from good men in Chicago recently.Gans is not so ele\ v as the Australian, but he i.J more deliberate and has youth and strength !»i bis favor, lie’ has trained carefully for thif= match, as he does for all, and is fli to go the limit. New Yorkers were nm ;i t all pleased with the showing he made against Ern\ ■ut they have applauded him as victor In fights with Me Fad den and other hlgh-. lass liuht-wf IkIhs.Jloxiug nt VVNtcli(‘Ntcr A. C’.'Pit-rc a.iv* tn !)»» ivvrj t\vi*:ny-r .u.v:\ rii-1 i tic r n-;* uniJ horKs u» \\ kut a. Tno.\ni #*■.lt; n s)in rvi• 11it *Ti:l )=• Mm Austin, lt;f Nc-. Vorfc, nml liirry KMior, *: hrook-lym, »iv* \i furnish flu* fir*-*. ntilt;l f*:::U»• .* Kv-.Ui-s «inlt;J fJ«*or Moni'hi tin- '■ vwim1 tuvw v-iM»i:ifI affair.*T-it?J:9*-I*Ii*v%•?«t** ► * 4
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New York, New York, US
Tue, Jul 10, 1900
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