Evening journal., 1892-09-27
GRIFFIN NOW CHAMPION
Lynch, the Invincible, Knocked
Out in Five Rounds.
THE GANBsT BATTLE EVER FOUGHT

The Defeated Man Was FelIed to the
Floor Again and Again and Sent stag.
gering Around the Ring, but He stood
Up and Took His Punishment to the End.
NEW York, Sept 27-Johnny Griffin, OF
Braintree, Mass, knocked out Jimmy
Lynch, of New York, in five rounds at the
Coney Island Athlete club last evening in
the presence Of 4,5O0 spectators, principally
from Philadelphia Boston and this city
The time was nineteen minutes The fight
was for purse Of 81. 500 (of which the loser
got $500 and the l22-pound championship
Of America. Lynch had never been beaten,
and the fight was one of the fercest and
gamest ever seen.
Lynch came first into the ring, but Grit
fin was not half minute behind him.
Each was cheered as he made his appear.
ance, but Lynch, the local man, got the
best Of the noise. The name Of Al Smith,
as referee, was also greeted with yells as
was that of Joe Choyinski The betting
was ten to nine nt the call Of time in Grif
fms favor. After the usual preliminaries
the boys were quickly put to their work.
The Right by Rounds.
Round Lynch rushed Griffin 70 the ropes
and punched him hard Again Lynch rushed
his man aud hammered him we'll. McMahon,
Lynch's hacker, grew enthusiastic 80 this and
offered two TO one on his man. About this
time Griffin got in left on Lynch's cheek
and it didn't look so easy FOR the other fellow
Cdnch followed clinch aud hard innghting en-
sued, Griffin had the best of this, though Lynch
ducked hard right hand swing
% aHII 4 Al. iii
Lett and right for Lynchs stomach The hard
est kind OF fighting followed. Griffin went az
Lynch In terrific style and soon had his an.
tagonist groggy The fighting was furious
while IL lasted, and 1t was one TO three that
Lynch could not recover. lie went against
the ropes and lay there. Griffin went al him
and thumped and hammered him Lynch,
however, came out Of IL like the game man that
he IL, but Il was easily that he wasn't ia &c.
Round 3-This was a round that created the
/ widest kind Of excitement. Griffin Appeared
/ 10 have a cinch on Lynch. He knocked him
/ down time and again-four times IN all The
/ nrat couple OF times Lynch was Knocked out.
side the ropes, but he always got back IN time,
/ and made good enough fight TO cause the
/ crowd to yell like madmen.
Round Lynch, under Choynsls's wonder.
! ful handling came out from his corner and as
sumod the aggressive. This great display made
the crowd shrek its approval. but not long
the stomach and Lynch again became groggy
/ Grililu Knocked him down with a right handti
on the ear, and once again Jimmy sought the
floor from a left hand smash ON the neck For
the third time Lynch went down under O
swing on the nose aud the New Yorker was on,
Of IL, though he came up Ramely every time
Tho house roso on masse on every recovery
that he made and cheorod him wildly Tn,
/ fourth round was only another show OF th,
| hard hitting on 0rihin's part and OF groa
gameness on that OF Lynch His pluck, how
ever, availod him nRught, for she New Eug
I lander WAS decidedly too clever a man FOR him
Round 5-Lynch came up like tho Ramococl
shat he IS and let go loft aud right on Griiiina
face, but hia blows were Intellectual The GROVE
didn't caro- Tor that They choored the garnl
boy as though he was the victor. Jimmy mad
great effort TO reach Johnny'n face. but h
was too weak. Griffin put him on tho foo
three times Lynch got mp twice, but the ihirl
time he was gone and could not do so again
Griffin had sailed into him with both hand
and won the dght
Dixon Challenged.
Five rounds We're enough for the games
man that has stood in the arena Of tn,
Coney Island club He was beaten by
man who has never drank liquor moi
tasted tobacco, and who goes 20 cLurcl
every Sunday Griffin was awfully tirel
when he got through. He had cut eye. 4
bloody nose and much punched mouth
Poor Lynch bad a bad eye, swollen most
and bulging lips. His stomach, too, wai
red and sore, but his heart was still in iti
normal position and condition.
After the fight Griffin challenged Georg
Dixon to fight at lls pounds 70 weigh IA
six hours before entering the ring. on tho
same terms that Dixon made with Jacl
Skelly Tom O'Rourkc Dixon's manager
would not consent to this. He wanted i
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