Evening journal., 1907-05-07
YANKEE" DUNN
NAVAL CHAMPION
Knocked Out Cutliff, of Brit
iSh BaitIeship Good Hope.
Spectacular Fight

Aboard the .battleship Missouri ly-
Ing at Norfolk ON saturday night
American Navy champion Dunn. of
.Kearsarge. knocked out cutiine. Of
the British battleship Good Hope. Brit
ish champion. In just two minutes.
II was spectacular battle while il
LASTED. Between decks, in "a great open
space. the ring was pitched Rows
hpon rows Of American and British
lofficers. IN fun dress uniform crowded
about the ringside In Jhe background,
hacked into every inch of space that
provided a view of the ring, were the
folly jack tars of the rival fleets. In
the lieht of the batde-lanters their
faces showed dimly.
Cutne the Englishman, was a tall
sinewy man, grim, dark-skinned, train.
ed until every muscle stood out In clear
Relief. He is an East indian. with AN
the wiry strength and panther-like fe-
rocity of his race.
In the opposite corner sat Dunn, the
American. And II there ever was a
contrast between fighting men II show
ed here. The American, round, smooth
~ muscled. clear skinned. looked
across at his rival with a confident
grin He had won,many battles against
American fighters aboard the kear-
sarge.
Two Reasons to Fight
on two scores he was there to settle
an ancient grudge. Dunn is an Amer
ican and had the old Yankee sea SUI
premacy 10 preserve. He Is of Irish
descent. and every Irlshman's idea Of
joyful time is realized when he can
exchange tans with a son of Albion.
There were few preliminaries and no
discussions of the rules. Everything
was arranged in advance. and the
fighters had nothing to do In the ring
but fight That issas 1t should be.
The ban rang
Instantly the twotfghting men came
from their corners Instantly they met
in midring. No 1onrishes No gentle
sparring. No foxy rlanouevres by one
OF the other 70 bring his rival out.
The Englishman, standing straight
in the style that has been traditional
in British army and navy circles for
centuries. presented a fine picture of a
man The American. crouching slight
~. with his head drawn down so the
left shoulder covered the salient point
of his law, was less picturesque but
more effective.
There was a swift furry Of blows
give and take. For q moment the
Englishman. with his pretty boxing
style and clean footwork, looked very
good And then, SO suddenly the spec
tators could hardly see how IL hap
pened. Dunn slipped under Cutlino'
guard and threw him back heavily
with a risht-hander under the heart
End Came Suddenly
But Cuuiffe wasn't to be discouraged
Back he came with a rush. Dunn
straightened him up with stim left.
They jabbed Down along tho ropes
they fought They clnched, broke
away at a sharp order from the official
referee, stepped clear, aud came back
into another flying mix no.
And right then and there the uneX-
pected happened. AS Cutline came in,
still standing erect. Dunn shot out a
hard straight left that landed squarely
on the Englishman's chin. lie stood
still for an instant. half turned. aud
fell IN a heap The count could be
heard clearly I'm the surprised silence
of the rival crews IL reached ten. A
roar OF Joy went up from the victorious
Yankees.
The fight was over.
Dunn. champion OF the American
navy, had become champion Of the
world. Barrels OF bills and small coin
changed hands on tho tight
This was only one of the American
victories Eight out of ten contests
went to the Yankee tars.
The hero Of the fleet to-day. aside
from Dunn. is a lightweight named
Myers. He fought Perkins. of the
Argyll lightweight champion Of the
British fleet. In the third Of the six
rounds Myers fractured his left fore
arm. But with his best weapon out OF
commission he kept right on mixing It,
and did such good execution with the
right that he had the Englishmar
reeling all over the ring before the
finish came, and won easily on points