Criqui's New Jaw.

Samoanische Zeitung, Volume 23, Issue 30, 27 July 1923, Page 7

Criqui's New Jaw.

Eugene Criqui, of France, the new featherweight champion of the world who took the crown from Johnny Kilbaue at the Polo Grounds, June 2, has had his greatest pugilistic success since the war, although handicapped by a reconstructed jaw. The little Frenchman, now 30 years old, has been fighting since he was 15. Before the war he engaged in mo e than 100 contests in which he had varied success. He was a clever boxer, had been* trained in the English mould, but failed to rise higher than the nearchampions because of the lack of punching power. Theu the war broke out and Criqui went to the front. At Verdun the left side of his jaw was shot away. Many months he. lay in hospitals, during which time the rib of a sheep was grafted in his face. He was discharged from the hospital as unfit for military duty. After the close of hostilities he went back to pugilism. He turned from,boxing to fighting' and had marked success.