The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-08
5000 that he can whip Burns In twenty
round contest.
Australian Here.
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sXNI FRA NC1ScO, APRIL 7.--Chns. Crit
I'm, fcathcrweight champion OF Australia,
is the latest arrival from the Antlpodes
who Is looking for match with some OF
the American boys.
Grimm is n pugnacious looking youth.
and says that he is here TO do business
with any man his weight. The lad hails
from Duncden, New Zealand. and is con-
sdered the best fcatherwelGht the An
tipodes has produced for. some time.
Tho New Zealander cares little for'
the ref1nements OF the game. He believes
In a hurry up finish. and is wiling 20
swap punches with any boy his weight
Tho new Conner has only been ilghtinK
eighteen months and In that time mas
fought his way up TO the championship
He is a quick, nervous looking little chap,
well built and q lad who appears NOR
oughly able to take care OF himself IN
q. mlx-up.
His first fight OF note was with 1'inlay,
whom he beat In two rounds. Next ne
disposed Of scanlan In two rounds. Grit
I'm heat Talen in a round. Duggan sue
cumbed TO Grifln's hard punches IN elsht
rounds.
After beating Duggan, Griffin met and
disposed OF Conroy In two and onc.halt
rounds.
The New zealander's two best fights
we're With Clark, whom he defeated twice,
the FIRST time In six and the last time IN
eight.
Griffin won the featherweight Champion.
ship from Tom Jones. whom he defeated
in few rounds.
lack Everhardt Back.
NEW YORK, April Jack Ever
hardt. the old-tima lightweight, Is back
in town after an extended tour Of South
Africa and India, where he got back into
tho ring and won three fights. beating
champion each time.
Everhard left here last July and went
direct to johannesburg, South Africa.
where he spent the time sightseeing
until one Tom Dingy. the African mid
dleweight champion, began getting too
arrogant. IIe heard that Everhardt had
been star OF the ring In this country,
and forthwith hurled rdlcule at Jack.
or course fight followed. and multi
,tudcs went to see the American slauEt-
tered by their own champ. Mr., Dlngy
lasted all Of three and q half rounds with
Everhardt. taking the count suddenly and
ungrace fully in the fourth. Dlngy had
been quite some round that dump, ana.
tho news Of his downr1i spread quickly.
When Everhardt reached Bombay his
fame had preceded him. and he was chal-
.lcnged by every scrapper In the station
He picked out the best man OF the lot,
Tom Lewis, the mddlewelght champion
OF India. They fought on December 6til
last, and In the middle OF the sixth round
Jack slung over tho sluTber soak on
Mr.. Lewis jaw.
Ivcrhardt went from there to Calcutta,
where he was met at the depot Cor
maybe it was ut Clarrys. right near the
depot by all the fighters in town, One
Gypsy Smith, Of the Royal Indian Army,
had been beating up all corners for more
than a year before Everhardt wandered
In. He lasted ono minute and thirty
two seconds OF the first round.
Eycrhardt was hailed as king over
there after that, and 1t feels strange to
him now to be back on Broadway where
ne attracts no more attention than
lamp post,
at that, I'd rather be n lamp post on
Broadway than King OF Africa or India"
says Jack.