Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-04
CRIQUI TO INVADE
!. S. NEXT MONTH
Frenc c h m a n: Featherweight
Champion Of Europe. Coming
for Match With Dundee
MEETS FRUSH IN LONDON
BY LOt'1S n. J.tt'F'E

EIROpE'S best fnatherwaight-t
~ 1?6.ronrd champion Of the Old
World---will b" among us shortly after
the star: of The New Year. He IL
tngene Criqui. the Partisan rusilist.
and Gene Is no spring chicken hy any
means
Despite his twenty. mine years Of age
and twelve years in the hit .or get.hit
! rastime. the veteran French fistman
once ruler Of the European bantam.
weights, has been bowling over his on.
nonents with such regularity that he
virtually hus fought himself out Of com.
n"tition on the other side of the deep
blue.
| Billy Matthews. Of England, was tho
! most recent Knockout victim Of Crqu.
! ne Frenchmnn having slipped the
frii Ish"r Il sleep potion in the seven.
t'enth round of n scheduled twenty
r"und"r in Paris saturday. The resul.
II this contest settled beyond question
! iurop"'s supreme f"atherw"ight.
Retor" coming 10 this country. anil
THIS Will b" Criqui's first invasion of the
| fstat nit, Eugcn" declared that he
! wanted 10 clean up all 12G. FOUNDERS in
| Europe. :" previous to gallivanting up
! he Gangplank Of liner bound America
ward I'll" Frrnchman will accom,nodut.
Danny FruSh in n championship tilt IN
London sometimes this month.
! Was in Uniform
During the Big War
/ Starring his career in 1910 rs a ban.
'amweight Criqui almost immediately
h"cam" famous as a knockcrout and
b"foi" long became the titleholder Of his
division in France. When the war
! came in Eugene was one of tn. frs,
boxers to fall in line, and he did not
appear in public ring competition
between 1914 and 1917.
! When Criqui again began TO display
h.s punching pr"wcss. after the signing
Of n" armistc". h" had gained suffi-
{ GENTLY in nvoirlnr"is to so into the
!eatherweight division.
! 'rtHui. like Charley I.e,loux. French
, bantam. IL of the fighting type rather
than Il boxer and most of his victories
have been scored by III. thrilling knock.
out route. During his ten years in the
ring Gen" has been defeated not more
than Il dozen times. Pal Moore. of
Memphis. Tenn. knocking him out on
one OF these occasions in the fourteenth
round in 1919 in Paris.
Criqui decided on an American tour
last year. but instead. he went 70 Aus.
traia where h" successfully competed
in several bouts.
The main purpose nf the Frenchman's
trip I" this country in January is to
meet Johnny Dundee. bout which Tex
R!ckard probably will dccid" nt the
Madison Square Garden. New York
city.
Borrell Hopes
10 he q "COmeback'
Once dangerous and vcr!o.s con. =
tender for 'ho mi,ld"weight CHAMPION.
ship. Joe BorrelI. "I Kensington. ha.
finished diigent course Of training
AT Grantwood. y. J., where he has been
living the life Of a farmer for NOR"
than year. II never felt better in nil
my life said Sir Joseph on arriving
here after leaving the COWS and
chickens behind him.
Horrcl i back in town to prove that ,
No Is in good shape and that he is
serious in his recent challenge 10 Tommy
Loughran. Joe is going TO box at tho
Cambria Club Friday night and. for
his opponent. Johnny Burns selected
another local midd!ew"igkt who has
been squawkinG for s.t.,o with
I:ouShran. II" il Charley ONeil. Of
ToSa.
Territorial tilt, usually sat tho caii
~ the Cambria. where kcusinptnu.
liichmond and I.osn tans flock weekly,
hnt this match has the entire uptown
| section NOR" bet up than any bout in