El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-20
ZULU KID IS TRAILING CHAMPION
IS IN Ell PASO FOR GRIFFIN BOUT

BY nlA X
IT'S GOOD news TO learn that Grif-
I'm IS favorlte here. because I
intend TO defeat him, and 7 always
win bouts by the kayo route"
Emerging from his Pullman Sunday
morning at the union station the Zulu
Alu. bantam title contender from
Z 5rooklyn, n y paused TO reassure
manager solly Har-is and several OF
ms friends gathered there to Ereet
MN that he was IN tip top shape and
vas confident OF winning over C-if-
I'm Christmas afternoon at the Pu1rb
Bowl. He is a weather beaten little
warrior, this zulu Kid, with a pair Of
I shoulders resem bling a YOUNG Atlas
ano a lighting face that leaves small
DOUBT but that he IS one OF the best
q MS weight in the world. In his own
Characterization "he has met 'en1 alI.s
and now he wants 10 CLEANUP re
south western territory by starting On
Griffin.
zulu likes the Town.
Manager Solly Harris lost no time
n arranging MS little charge com
Iorlaoly at the Paso del Norte. where
an day Sunday the zulu was busy
telnng friends OF his experiences in
MS battles for the bantam title.
He isn't Fery old. only 3, hut
ne has had a number Of hnrd
years IN the boxing game and
they have left their mark IN the
FORM OF valuable experience which
has carried him through some OF
the rouEhest ring battles Of HIS
tory BE was giving his friends
some inside Information uuou the
r1nEle IN the bantam class with
such men ua himself, Joe Lynch.
Pal Moore and Jimmy Wide run
Ming loose when he was intro
70 II
solllttos and for while the air
was musical With the exchange Of
languld conversation in the IfnI-
ian language.
The Zulu Kid has met champion
Pete Herman three times.
Has Met All OF Best.
Re has boxed Pal Moore an equal
number Of times and has met Joe
Lynch and has the honor Of a clean
cut victory over Jack Sharkey IN five
rounds SharEey stayed Il rounds
with the redoubtabIs Lynch himself
and now the Zulu Is claiming a thu
lar engagement on the grounds that
ne tlattened the New York crack in
Just nine less rounds than Il took
Lynch TO do Il and there Is a strong
probability that the Zulu viii get the
match But Il IS his bouts with lin
ny Wide that the Zulu loves TO tell
ne believes the little F-elshman Is
one Of the greatest boys produced BY
the bantam division and he is erceu-
tionally proud that he holds an even
break and in one case popular de-
cision over the British crack wilde,
he believes, Is the fastest man who
ever drew on boxing glove.
IN his last meeting with Wilde at
WINDSOR, Canada the zulu earned an
even .sli,. oreak with Jimmy by simply
paItllng back and holding his own
and the air was fun OF boxing gloves
for the entire distance Of u rounds.
There Is popular opinion in tbs
east that Herman can defeat anyons
n the bantam division II he win only
fight the Zulu asserted
-Hermun o. without doubt one
OF the Ereatest ring men OF his
tory but he IL going to have some
hard battles when he meets Shnr-
key Lunch and Moore And BY
the way this little man. Dick
Griffin IL coming In for a sub
strntlal share Of the credit OF be-
Ing one OF the topnotehera Of the
bantam division. Dick has been
looked upon as = feather, but now
that he "a doing rs pounds all Of
the hnntnms are looking to their
laurels- There r. a persistent re-
port that Griffin n coming east
under the direction OF Dan Nor
gan and the fans are getting
ready back there 90 welcome a
new contender for the tifle.s
-Lynch's punch Is his great asset
He comes from the same big town
that do and you can bet that he Is
dandy. I understand that his man
ager has arranged TO challenge the
winner Of my bout with Griffin, and
I an glad OF t. 7 want to meet him
and with ali due respect to Griffin
feel that I can defeat the Texan in
the coming contest"
Dick Slightly Overweight.
The Zulu has not much to say OF
his initial contest with Griffin in
Fort Worth except that he was han
dicapped by a badly cut eye received
by a glove lace in his bout with Harry
Bramer just three days before he met
Griffin At that the bout was called
a draw. he asserts that Dick had a
slight advantage IN weight at that
time as Griffin weighed in az 122