BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1224, 5 September 1911, Page 9

BOXING.

.MATCH SOUGHT FOR WELLS. By Teloffraph-Pness Association-Copyright London, September 3. A-London syndicate has- offered' ,£8(100 for 'c match in London between Matt Wells, light-weight champion of England and the winner of the fight. '/MEHEGAN AND GRIFFIN. In. referring to "Hughio" Mchegan's defeat of "Charlie" Griffin in the lightweight championship event of Australia, the "Referee 1 says:— What was the matter with Griffin? "To tell you the truth," said ho to the Writer after the contest, "I over-did my training. I had too much of it. I felt kinder queer all over since this day week, and couldn't shake tho sensation off. I really thought I would pull through with a good lest all day Sunday and to-day, i'ou will understand 'how different tho conditions were for me when I tell you that I never trained longer than two weeks for some of my best fights ,in America, because between battles I always look after mvsel'f well." '. The "Charlie" Griffin back home with us again was not, by a .great deal, tho night before last, tho "Charlie" Griffin we knew before he began that globe-trot 3J year l ! ago. Ilis vim and his dash, like "Bill" Siiiures's punch, had been lost during the jaunt. lie was not the "Charlie" Grifiin of whom Bob Edgren, New. York's great snorting writer and cartoonist nnil fine boxer himself, wrote: "He's the toughest little bit of fighting machinery sseu round "Hew York in many a moon." Never once on. Monday night' did

Griffin get a steamy rush on. and though he landed several blows, all lacked tho power to hurt, nor did he evidence anything liko the great strength which his fine torso indicated must be stored up there. His showing certainly calls for explanation,, which might bo found in what the man himself states at tho top of-this column. In tho fifth round tho fray had hardly got properly under way when another artistic punch floored Griffin once more, and again for nine seconds. "Charlie" needed a lot of killing, for, getting on his feat again when most people thought the battle all over, and still presenting a 'bold front, ho fought on as best ho could, to be cheered every now and again, and contribute much to a few exciting rallies till ,a heavy right, followed by a left, ended things.