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Show ALEX GREGGAINS; ' FIGHT PROMOTER The ring has seen many, sensational fights, but by long odds the one that had the most "thrillers la it was that fought , ten years ago in Roby, Ind., between Dan Creedon and Alex Greggains.- The big arena was crowded and the doors locked, but a mob of toughs howled and battered for admittance. Tbey broke windows and finally in their mad desperation they set Are to the building. t ' With the flames cracking around them and the mob keeping up a frightful din,, the fighters continued to slug away. Finally Fi-nally the militia was called out and with the police fired shots at the struggling, frenzied, infuriated mob. but stiU Creedon and Greggains kept right on.' Finally when the ring caught fire from a burning ember from the burning roof, Greggains, who was badly out of training, threw up the sponge la the slxteentn rouna. Previous to this battle Greggains had fought Creedon a fifty-round 3raw In San Francisco. - . ' ' Greggains first professional fight was with Jack Dempsey, whom be disposed of in ten rounds.. George DeBlanche also went- down to defeat berore Greggains' prowess. Another sensational battle in which Greggains was one of the principals was the famous fight with "Buffalo" Coetello at Coney Island in 1S93. Greg-gain winning win-ning In the eighty-seventh round. And this same Alex Grefrgains is none other than the great San Fraacisco fight promoter. It Is seldom that a retired boxer ever reaches the preitige that Greggains has as a matchmaker. In his athletic day he was a slashing, dashing middle-weight Now, Qregralns is much heavier, but don't let anyone pifk Alex up as a soft mark for he can still go and then sme. - ' Gregfralns Is very well known In Salt L&ka and was one of Gardiner's chief advisers ad-visers when Gardiner fought Root in Salt Lake City. ' |