The evening world., 1911-08-16
Fsatherweight Champions Poor.
" Paid in Days Of Braint7ee
Johnny Griffin, Who Defended
His Title in Hard Fought Bat.
ties During the Late Eighties.
IOhnnu Griffin.

cspvnsht. 1911. by The Pres Publishing Co.
The New York World,)

cspvhsht. 1911. by The Pres Publishing Co.
The New York World.l
FTER the fight with Jack Kenny
~ in June. 1855, Johnny Griffin laid
. on until October. spending his
time At Bralntree. During these So
journ at home Johnny worked on the
farm n devoted his leisure hours to
study. He often took trips to Boston
and could be found for hours At .
strstch in some old book store porting
o~se . lot Of dusty volumes.
n October. 1883. Grimm was matched
WIN Frank Steele. . i22-pound man of
Boston. Steele was Q protege and pupil
Of Osorgs Goddard. the negro heavy
wSgAt Of Boston. This hsht was held
before a Of the Boston clubs and was
to BE- . ten-round 80. The referee
steDp>d the contest Ct the end Of the
seventh round and called Il Q dYaw ".
0el4A Should have been given the de-
olson, On Dec. II Grimm mot the man
with whom he had fought his nrst pro-
fsssisaai battis-YounS Badger. This
waS . four-round bout with two-ounce
sloves before the Pelican Club for .
pvrse Of 500. Grimm turned the tables
on his opponent and beat HIN easily.
Thsfs vsr also big side bets ON this
hsht
The Boston mon were still hunting for
a man 70 defeat Grimm and made an
oeAAr trip over to New York for one.
TAsy secured one Of New York's best
Tommy Danforth. then considered the
cNcA feather weight around these parts,
Dsaforsh had fought Tommy Barnes.
Tommy Warren and . lot OF other top
netchsrs. He was thought BY the New
York sports 20 be . sure winner and
was backed heavily. There was soms
trouble over the weight question. Dan.
forth vented the limit to Be - pounds
JNfdn could hsht down ~ low - In
pounds ana refused to give away ton
psunds weight II was hhaAiy put q
IN pounds. The match was secured b.
the Athsnisn Club Of Boston for Dec. u
~. which offered . big purse and
side bet OF $500 Q side. Two-ouncs
Stoves were used. 0rifin Wal backed
By . w~eii-known horseman Of Boston
The night was to 80 twenty rounds.
Ddnloyth's Poor FiQhk
The hght was very much a . dis
appointment. Danforth IVES APPARENT,
scared to death Of 0rnnn(and put VI
the poorest kind Of O night. The oesl
fighting was done In the second round
Tommy stood up to II for . few sec
ohds then, but two or three hard rap,
% tuo Jaw took All the stSem ouS %
him and apparently made him sick. II
the third round Griffin knocked Tomm,
down four times. the Harlem boy beinI
saved by the bell a. he VA ~leanin,
against the ropes. In the fourth ant
faal round panforth made . few
passes At Grimm. VINO landed . cieaI
right hand punch on the Jaw. romm.
fell forward on his face and could no
get up for hfteen seconds.
RhlA A1hN hnnatAA nri6yVta A0httal
stock away up and he was sought ate
By clubs and managers. He Issued
challenge TO any feather weight in IN
world, especially Ike Weir. The gaunt
LEI was picked up by Frank Murphy
the clever little fe~atherwsight cham piol
OF England. and a match wa arrange
70 take place at the Athsnian Club 70
a purse OF $500 and heavy side beta
Fifteen rounds was the limit and two
ouncs gloves were used. Aurph'
weighed i22 pounds and Grimm l2l
There was much interest aroused owe
this match md a big crowd wttnssss
the battle,
The men were pretty evenly matched
TAey fought fftesn hard rounds an
beth were fresh at the end. The Sefsrs
then ordered them to fight three NOR
rounds and at h end awarded tn
Decision 70 Murphy on the ground tha
No lonueu OttcHeT anu Ciedueg. Mdu
Of the spectators disagreed with the
oaciai and thought Grimm should hsv
received tho award. 1t should hav
been . draw.
On April % Grimm boxed . three
round. no-dscis!on affair at Brockto
with Jack Hsviln. and . month late
was matched to fight him before tn
Bay State Athletic Clu6 of Boston 10
q purse snd side bets, with two-ounc
gloves. Grimm weighed 10 and Havli
1T 1t. II was to he a twenty-fou
round 70. Havltn was then c0nsiders
. great little fighter. The "Ail night |
the WOODS hght with Ike Weeir alon
established his reputation as a wonder
fol little nghter. and he had never bee
knocked out.
Beat HaUkin Easily.
hut Havlin proved very much OF
disappointment. Griffin o~utclassed hi,
y everything. So fast ~ the Brain