Word: criqui
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Johnny Dundee succeeded where a German bullet failed. He pounded the jaw of Eugene Criqui so viciously that he hammered the Frenchman out of the world's featherweight championship. Criqui received a rifle bullet in the chin during the War but returned to the ring and won the featherweight title from Johnny Kilbane. Although thoroughly outclassed by Dundee, knocked down four times, thrice for the count of nine, his courage kept him on his feet. The championship went to Dundee by decision...
...Eugene Criqui, who fought at Verdun as well as the Polo Grounds...
Johnny Kilbane, featherweight champion of the world, who was introduced to his opponent for June 2, Eugene Criqui, French: " This is the first time I ever met you, Mr. Criqui, and it does me honor to shake your hand. I want you to know that I respect you both as a fighter of the ring and as a soldier who has done much for his country. You have done wonderful things, Mr, Criqui, and when we meet in the ring it is my honest desire that the best man take the honors...
...cauliflower ear, characteristic flora of the prize ring, is withering away. Careful inspection of the three champions now training to defend their titles within the month- Jack Dempsey against Tom Gibbons, Johnny Kilbane against Eugene Criqui, Jimmy Wilde against Pancho Villa-reveals that none show the effects of auricular horticulture. Further research into the personal appearances of the six other ring champions discloses only one cauliflower ear. It is attached to the head of Johnny Dundee. A cauliflower ear is the ridged, mushroom-like appendage that remains after years of unfriendly massage by the fists of opposing pugilists. Its modern...
Johnny Kilbane, featherweight boxing champion: "Newspapers put this lyric in my mouth: ' I have no fear,' says John Kilbane, ' Of any Eugene Criqui; ' Why, bless my honest Irish soul, 'I'll make his voice sound squiki...