The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-13

"The day Of the MATCH" Eta. ;
define said, "Criqui complained !
of feeling cold. He shivered and
shook, and knew he had tho
fever. But It woul dnOt do to
let him know it, so we in his
camp turned mp our collars and
shivered with him, though it was
hOt-Oh, so hot!
"Crtqui was in really bad COM
dition as the fight began. He
did the best he could, but in the
third round Dencio landed a blow
on his neck that staggered him.
Criqui shook and shook, and an.
peared to be doing the dance,
what you call the shimmy shake.
He was dizzy and about gone.
but the very shaking fooled Den.
clio completely. He though Criqai
was trying to act what YOU say
fresh And that belief very likeIy
saved my Eugene.
1.-THE beating my poor boy took
was awful. His nose was broken,
ms mouth was cut and bruised
bleeding. His eyes were closed
completely, and as the seventh round
was reached it seemed certain that
Dencio would knock him out.
I'VE in the-cerner felt it, and
we saw our hopes. of ever gain.
ing the championship we had
striven for SO long, fading away.
Even then, you know, we had the
match with Kilbane in mind. !
was nearly heart-broken.
"But not my Eugene as he
returned to his corner Criqui kept
crying Clear my eyes! clear my
eyes! That was all he wanted.
Blind, he could neither defend
himself nor carry the fight to
DenciO.
"Just before the tenth round
closed, Dencio reached Criquis
chin with a terrible punch. It
looked to be the end, but the luck
was with us. The bell changed,
and Criqui, saved. reached his
corner.
''Then the miracle call it
nothing else-happened. AS he
reached his corner, Criqui cried:
L see! 1 see!' That last awful
punch had caused it. Do not ask
me how, only believe that it hap.
pened.
"Dencio could not understand how
Criqui kept up under the punch. He
lost heart right there, and in the
twelfth round 1 sent Criqui out after
him, knowing then that my boy
could win. He began to use his left
hand, and for the first time in the,
fight started scoring with it.
"At the end of the twelfth, as
DenciO returned to his corner, ne
slipped on a wet spot. We no
ticed that it was an effort for him -
to rise. That proved he was tired.
Criqui tore after him like a mad
man in the next round. There
was no WithStanding him then.
I'm the thirteenth he reached
Dencio with a savage punch under
the heart and rapidly followed with
a right to the jaw. Dencio went
down, but like Criqui in the tenth.
was saved by the welcome sound Of
the bell.
THE next round he went down
again under Criquis punishment.
He tried to pull himself with the
rope, but collapsed, knocked out
He came to at o'clock the next
For a champion, Criqui seems less
about his honors than
anyone of the title holders we have
ever encountered. Yesterday we
asked him why he didn't show moro
when all his country.
men are still celebrating the victory.
THE Kilbane fight smiled Criqui.
a bit sadly, what Of that?"
He rubbed his jaw, where Ger
man bullet had plowed it's way, and
shook his head significantly.
1t was not so difficult then to un.
1erstand that a youth who had come
through Verdun, deaths front yard,
could hardly be expected to get very
excited over a victory won with his
lists.