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itovo thit the claw fighter ftwnantipodes, rated by many authoriUei as the moat scientific boxar who aw donned a glove, after yeara of es cesses, could ahywhere approach the standard of other days, hat (f oompetent authorities can be relied upoa Griffo Is Just now showing flashes of the form he displayed a few years aga Lon Houseman, one of the beat of the western boxing critics, states that he saw the Australian put through a course of sprouts the other day and the manner In which he carried himself astonished the Chicago fighting authority. He appears to be If anything, tester than he was. says Houseman. His foot work, his assault and defense—particularly the last named—are perfect. Men weighing forty pounds more than “the feather were handled like novices. Sam Thckhorn. his manager, who took the little fellow up after everybody else had dropped him. stood by ad-YOUNG OPTfTOmlringly. “It doesn t look possible, remarked Tuckhorn, “does It. that a boy who has gone through with what Griffo has. could ever oome back In this way?The Australian has cut out all drinking and carousing. The boy looks well. His hair has turned gray—small wonder—but his eyes sparkle, and bis step Is light and springy. I saw a certificate from a doctor who examined Griffo. in which the physician states positively that the boy's heart la as lealtiiy as any be ever examined, and tbut there was not a physical flaw to be found anywhere. In his first effort n two years, against Jack Bain, at Peoria, not long ago. Griffo astonished the uatives by the way In rhich he weai in and won over theyoungster.The referee of the Griffo-Baln fight■ays: *T have attended almoet all the big fights, and I unhesitatingly say that 1 consider Oriffo the greatest boxer 1 ever aaw. He to the personification of cleverness and aggressiveness. and I think has a chance with any mas of his weight la the world. * Joe Gana and the other premier lightweights need to look well to their laurels if Oriffo has been brought toOr3Vo Again Hi Fighting Trim. Has young Oriffo, tee wonderful Australian boxer, regained bis old-flg« form? It to pretty bard to bo-
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Ada Weekly News
Ada, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Sep 10, 1903
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