New Britain herald., 1926-01-28
(EY JOE WILLIAMS)

Johnny Kilban", tn" master ! boxer, foathcrweight champion of l the world started out to give Eugene | Criqui of France boxing lesson i and few pointers in the art of polished ring rrpart"e. He did neither.
 Criuui ignored his dancing master tactics, kept boring in and knocked him cut in the sixth round of heir championship bout in New York, June ?, 1923. And Criquis hnowl~ edge of English not being all it might have been, kilbanc's verbal sali"s and personal quipS sailed as harmlcGsly over the cN-poilu's head as lot of his lQng-rang" punches.
 kilbanc went into the fight carry ing odds Of three to one he would knock out the parisian lathe hand with tho artificial jaw.
 i kiihauc took the first round easily, shooting his punches from q dis tanc". Criqui was having troubl" getting started. IL looked like an- other easy win for the Clcvclandcr, He began opening up with his de- | sCriptivC adjectivcS and vaudeville tactics.
 Klbanc's Wise Cracks Wasted
 He danglcd q glove in tn" Frcnch- mans face and accompanied the gesture with remarks not exactly complimentary to the French race. This was considered smart work. It was calculated to throw Mons. ! Criqui in q rage and make him an easy mark for q cool attack.
 Kilbanc, quick of wit and gifted in rcpartec, had won many fights this way. He had outlHbbcr"d the mouthy Abe Attcll in winning the title back in 1912; taunt"d Johnny Dundee into q retreat when Duntlcc seemed 10 have the title won, ana tongue dashed George Knockout Chaney into submission before q single punch was landed.
 But Criqui merely gruntcd "J, mai pas compr"honds," or the cor
 rect French equivalent thereof when
 Nilbane began Chattrriug, and kept
 boring in, as mStonpahlG as | war tank--or d Terry McGolcrn | NilhancS most penetrating 'woapoi
 of attack, his harbod tongue, wa 3 useless. The Frcnchman didn'
 know what h" was talking about.
 Right to kilbanc's Heart kilbauc began 10 lose ground i'm |, mnliatcly. In the fourth round tn n frs. damaging blow of the fight wa
 recorded. Criqui edged in and san n hard right in the pit Of Johnny il stomach.
 Tho end came in the siwl P Answering the bell, Kilbare wa urrathing heavily. His ahnormall - big ch"s, rose and fell conyulsiycl! . Criqui showed no effects Of the earl II rounds. Cool and unhustcred, h O crowded in and began poundn
 away at the champions watstlin' -- Stepping back hc shot q right .s kilhanc'S heart. Johnny's knee r. ragged. he spun half way aroun n, and went into an instinctivo clincl st The death toll was about ,c sound. Criqui wrcstlcd Kilbane oi
 For q moment they stood cycir
 each other thoughtfully. The
 with loss warning 'han a swoopir
 hawk. Inc 'Frrnchman unlcascd
 long swinging right hand lt w
 what is known in th" arEot Of il ,h ring as a Sucker punch"
 The Nilbanc Of old would ha' UT caught 1t dcflly with his left glor
 and countcred. But this was n
 the Kilbane Of old. l. was insteI w a gray haired, horribly tired, rim m worn veteran desperately paging 1n miraclc--a miracle that was n ld within hearing distance.
 't. The long-swinGing right hand. IS. '1hr sucker punch"-landcd squa re on the button. and Kilbane "" 'D Hopping back on his huunchrs, n lk out but badly stunned. At six iS. was on his knees. Al tight he tri d. 10 rise 70 his feet. But l 10, trembling legs buckled undcr hi g. much like Leon Errol inc sta y" comic. and hc was counted out
 Referee Jack Appel.