Arizona republican., 1922-04-11
BY ED HARRINGTON


Caiifornia's bantam pride needs a
few more fights under his belt be-
fore locking horns with the big time
boys from way back East. Little Ad
Rubidoux made game and COM
mendable stand against Dick Griffin
at the Capital City arena last night,
and after holding up under shower
of gloves as he never faced in his life
he was forced to lose via the knockV
out route with but 10 more seconds to
60. Dandy Dick Griffin proved him.
self the cleanest battler who ever
donned a glove in q Phoenix ring and
absolutely refused to knock out Rubi-
! doux IN the tenth after a series of
left hand jolts to the jaw rendered
Ad kroggy, But the tinekeeper held
i no mercy and Referee Hegele was
1 forced to stop the mill, not because
Dick was unmerciful, but to stop
what the timekeeper could gracefully
have done without injury to anyone.
Dick Griffin gets credit for tech
nical kayo over Ad Rubidoux in one
of the prettiest ring battles Phoenix
boxing fans can ever hope to witness.
True. Rubidoux was outclassed, but
he wasn't out gained and none of the
fans went away harboring any i'll
{ feeling toward Ad and with praise
for Dandy Dick. IL any ring battler
is entitled to credit for being a demon
and a gentleman that boy is Dick
k Griffin. When he opened his muir
derous assault he buried Rubidoux
with rights and lefts to the head and
j. body and protected himself while
showering a volley. But when the
time came for Griffin to show that
he is regular man he was equal to
the occasion. In the final round the
boys came together in clinch and
Dick quickly broke away with a
rapid fire body attack. Both hooked
rights to the jaw almost simultan-
eously and Dick shot over left that
staggered Rubidoux. Ad went into
s n clinch and in the melee he was
thrown to the floor. He remained
: down for nine, but it was apparent
the left to the jaw had ended his last
fhope and when he regained his feet
he was swinging wild. Griffin swung
IA, right and left to the head and Ad
was out on his feet-here's where
Griffin showed his true worth--in-
stead of dropping Rubidoux with an
other punch he appealed to the ref
cree to stop it, and when he did not,
he walked away from Rubidoux. Ad
was game and willing and made
feeble effort to continue, With Griffin
ilaking no attempt to hit him. Ihey
niilled in a clinch and with the bell
lust 10 seconds away Referee Hegele
walked in and held up Griffin's hand.
inst as the verdict was given the
ben sounded, but it was too late and
Rubidoux has his first kayo chalked
against him.
Dick took the first, third, fifth.
eight and ninth rounds; Rubldoux
took the second, fourth and seventh
rounds and the sixth round was even.
Griffin had Rubidoux in a bad way
in the fifth round, but Ad used his
head and managed TO weather
through the round. He came back in
the sixth and surprised Dick IN the
: seventh. ~
sface and tried for the body, but his
blows lacked steam. Dick used
: straight left that was in Ads race
almost continuously and he crossed
4 right that was vicious. Griffin was
never in any danger. though Rubl-
doux forced Dick to the ropes a cou-
pie of times with stiff exchange
of blows.
szGriffin proved the class Of fighters
and the fans who witnessed last
nights fight can understand why
sDicIS made such a success IN tns
East. There never was a second
when Rubidoux had Dick in bad
way and at no stage OF the fight dld
Ad look like a winner. He is a good
game youngster, but he needs more
experience to so against boy Ike
Griffin. :,
Dandy Dick Griffin was well
named and all the advance touting
lie has received was nnerited. Bat
tiers like Griffin do not grow in the
bush leagues: why he is not in the
big money is hard to understand. Ill
ness and accidents have set him back
and we may yet hear of him sporting
a. crown. Lynch refused to fight him
because he was two pounds over
weight, and you couldn't blame Lynch
at that.
Carlyle Beat Garcia
i1NYoung Garcia Of Yuma was as
much out of Kid Carlyle's class as
Ad Rubidoux was behind Dick Grif-
fin. Carlyle beat Garcia five out of
six rounds and he had Garcia or
rather Garcia had himself on the