Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-02-23 | Page 8 | Cribb Was Always Ready to Fight

CRIBB CRuDE WAS ALWAYS READY TO FIGHT Imagine if it you vou can Jess Willard or Fred Fulton ulton climbing into a ring withoUt without with with- out oit previous notice of ot training and boxIng boxing box- box In Ing with a man in the best of condition who was wan a challenger for the title Your Imagination cant can't be stretched that far Yet that is what Tom Cribb did at a theatre In London ninety-nine ninety years ago Cribb although still recognized as the champion hadn't fought for years and as he had been running a tavern he was hog fat At Q i boxing exhibition on that night Jack Carter the chief claimant for tor forthe forthe the heavyweight title tithe was billed to apPear apPear ap ap- ap- ap pear and give an exhibition of his prowess When Jack vas was vas introduced as ns the tb champion of England it peeved old Tom rom Cribb and lIe he immediately climbed on the stage and offered to tp go several rounds with Carter arter then and there It was only a short bout about equivalent to a modern six round affair but to the delight of all Tom Cribb more than held his own with the younger young man Most marvelous thing of ot all Cribb didn't ask askor askor or receive a penny for his impromptu t I