Eugene Criqui, soldier of France, has brought Johnny Kilbane's gray hairs down with sorrow to the soil. Kilbane will return to farming with his featherweight championship of the world only a memory, as the result of his losing battle with Criqui at the Polo grounds, New York.
The French fighter knocked out Kilbane in the sixth round with a right to the heart and a vicious hook to the jaw.
Through the early rounds it was apparent that the champion had slipped backward rapidly during his two...
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