Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-26
FIGHTS
| HAVE
REFEREED
By George snsr)

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|lli.iesl friends who had squeezed the
bin throzzh the legislature permitting
glove contests 20 finish were strong
enough 70 make the governor Pull in
ais obise.i6rsble hOrns. They broagAt
70 bear all the influence possible OF bis
teror. but eould not bring Kim TO tine,
50 eorelrle5 to let the matter drop
fc- awhile and while waiting for the
governors rufIed feathers 20 smooth
sone one touched q match 70 the arena
and il burned 10 the ground, and that
vur an end 70 the Columbia 7. c. ard
~ position as 4 szlsried ring ofheizi
/ kad established by this time quite
rsputatio, as a eool. careful and ef-
heient fight arbiter and generally was
selected 10 sit il Judgment in the most
important Of the nOnimportant scraps
iha; were being pulled Of in Chicago
and the hy-by-night hattie held in
the open
Ii was il oze Of these open air events
that I refereed the Henry Baker-Diek
Moore battle. in which Dick was beaten
in the fourth round. then WOE with 8
knockout il the eighth Henry was
neither = good nor q poor fighter, but
he possessed hsymaking Eallop good
enough, IL landed. 20 bring home any
mans m0ney. Re was game 70 the
core. could take al awful amount Of
grueling. but be carried about his per
son q well educated ease Of asthma.
which made him wheeze like q wind
broken horse. and which Of eo1rse pro
teeied hin from following the game
for living.
Dick had It On Henry il science and
other tricks pertaining TO the hstie
arr. but lie was & bit shy on courage.
as he demonstrated when in the fourth
round after receiving several good
hard wsIlopS, he turned tail and tried
10 duck under the ropes Fortunately
he attempted 10 make his exit near his
own corner. and ss his second barred
lis locked for and welcome opening be
Was compelled 70 face about ard re-
same the fray.
He was knocked dowr twice before
the ED Of the session. but afraid Of
being roughly handled BY his seher-
eris should he quit, he finished the
rouu6. The ninute's ress did hin :
heap Of good and lie made il decidedly
Interesting for Baker il the fifth per
icd- Henry sort Of wheeLs3 himself
oct CT the runnirg thereafter and took
the count il the eighth because Of
shortress CT breath
Towards the close Of 1903 was Sc
leeted 10 ofheiate in an eight round
bout with small gloves al AeGurn s
hardbsn eo1rt between Young" Crit
10 and Tommy White. which, was in
4, formed when entered the ring, vas
70 be draw if boys were OF their fee;
az the final gorg The boat, from
scientific point Of view, was one q
the best that ever saw, bat upsettirg
blows were not in evidence, and. nat
urslly. il went the limit. This was
Grifo's second scrap in this country.
his first being q six round tils with
''YOung" SeO;ty, quite clever and
shifty Chicago eOlOred lad, whom lie
defeated.
The neXt fght refereed for Griro
vas on February 10. 1894, an eight
round affair with George LAvigne- Tie
clever Australian. although but a few
months in the country, had sh0wn
marked ability TO drink any kind Of
liquor set before him, AID when he
srawled Through the ropes to exchange
walloPs with LAvigzs he was in any
thing but eOnditiOI 10 engage in q
grueling contest. He Was. however.
good for four r0unes, during which he
ven, aro1Ed George like a cooper goes
around barrel He had sAos his belt,
but his elsverHsss was s1eh that he
hslS LAvigze to a &aw.
GriFo's next chiesgo Eght, snd at
which OekeiAiei, Wa with Ike ''Spi
der" Weir, which took place On March
II. Weir in those days WAS considered
the shiftisst piece of sghting naehiHery
Of his weight in the country, 90 the
AFFAIR wAs looked upOn As quite an
svezt "Grif'' trained a bit for tkis
bOut. and bsA; Ike to . stsndstin in
three rounds, the police interfering to
lprevsnt a clean EoekOut-
The nost important hattie that i Of
fciatsd at sn the year 1894 was the
hAEtalweight championship AGAR, 10
q knisA bstween JinEy B4-Ty Of
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