Show 4 RIBLIN IBLING GRIFFITHS BOUT MAY DECIDE NEXt NEXT HEA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HAM I I F 0 A A. A GEORGIA MAN 2 2 1 FAVORITE IN FRIDAY GO 1 Either Man Able to Defeat Maxie Scribe be Declares By Dixon Stewart CHICAGO Dec 10 JO UP One UP-One P O One e and possibly two of or too tile leading contenders for tho the world orld heavyweight heavy heavy- weight championship champion i. i ship will be b be dim dim- Fr Friday w when 11 hen e n W. W I L. L Young Stribling and Gerald Tuffy Tuf z Tur l i Y J fy ry Griffiths meet a at Chicago sta- sta stag g d tk dmm In n a. lO- lO t. round decision e cis Ion S bout i 1 Presumably the O 5 bout will decide 4 Max rax ix Ung's t M opponent for tor or his Ic first title defense and Ina inasmuch a as tho the ability of or l ll l S either cither participant 4 t to defeat Ceat tho thou 41 champion 1 h a a. anever 3 Z 1 never been sen- sen Griffiths th questioned the next t be heavyweight heavy v weight titleholder lder S SPOOR POOR BOUT BOUT M MIGHT IGHT PROVE FATAL Possibility of or both fighters bowIng bowIng bowIng bow- bow Ing out of or the tho championship picture pic plc ture at al least temporarily lg Is not a ai ah remote as as might b be supposed ed Both Bo til Griffiths and aro notorious notorious ous OUSS In ln and outers outer and if It they should cOl combine bine to stag a a. bout cven half enone one half as poor as some Bome of oC those they havo taken part in it would be he fatal tatal to their titular aspi aspi- rations StrIbling who gained the name Willie 1 tho the Clutch through his und and tactics in his hi opportunities ag against ranking lanking opponents has reformed and says ays that he will wiIl v l i not return to his old t tactics against Griffiths TuC Tuffy also has turned in his share hato of ot bad showings but unlike Stribling his 1115 poor performances have been against second raters PROMISES BEST SCRAP SINCE DEMPSEY With abandoning his Ills former cautious us wrestling tactics and Griffiths notably at his his' best against high class opposition the bout should develop into tho the best heavyweight eight scrap p since Jack Dempsey ruled the class Stribling's entire car career r rests in Inthe the tho balance in this b bout ut After en engaging engaging en- en in Ii l. l 93 fights over ver a 3 a. a p period lod of ten years and finally achieving ranking i h he will rIsk risk Ills his Is standing against a n. contender who has yet to establish Tor Jor himself him himself self the tho priority on a claim to title With Jack Dempsey no longer s given serious consideration an and Primo Camera and anU Vittorio Campolo Cam pol polo still rated in tho no novice lc cl class Griffiths has hat an op opportunity to swing to tho top of ot the tho heap in a a. single st stroke ole STRIBLING IS 2 TO 1 I BETTING FAVORITE rightly enough is a n. a. a 2 to 1 betting favorite Ills His claim t tp sup superiority rl is b based ed on oil his long ex experience experience ex- ex a n r remarkable sti Ing of vie vic victories tories and a pun punch h- h in either cither ha hand d th that t matches match R anything seen seen in the title class since John L. L Sullivan's Sullivans tIne time Griffiths has much in his his' favor b but t tho the thing tiling his lil followers are Dote championing at tho moment is ia his condition and the tho fact that he ho will willio go iol io l into the tho u underdog n ii the tho graveyard of- of favorites Popular choices choices have m e won few bouts in the st stadium ring ring- and Tuffy's s supporters ho he will add upset to tho stadiums stadium's lengthy list The Tho Jowan Iowan is in the best condition of ot his career and his Ills recent b boxing lessons lessons' fr from m Jack Johnson former world champion champlon have given ghon him ne needed ded confidence and defensive skill |