New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-11
DUNDEE DEFEATS HOUCR
New York FeatherWeight Boxes
Like a Real Champion.
REFEREE STOPS ONE BOUT
Coster and Walsh Hooted by
the Crowd and Many
Persons Leave Hall.

Twenty-Five hundred persons and merriam.
more were on hand to witness the secona
round of the featnerweight elminiator
touts at the Empire Athletic Club -
| Coogan's Hollow. last night. In addition -
the feathers" the Mcmahon brothers has
three slx-round bouts between lO5-pou,d
toys. dignifed as 'paperweights."
Three Philadelphia boys met three Nav
York lads and won two battles in decis,v.
style. Battling Henry alone won ,os
New York The best bout OF the night ma.
between Johnny Dundee New York's syo.
cessful featherweight. and Tommy Houek.
of Philadelphia. Dundee had the better a
! three pounds In weight. This he owes n
! the fact that the scales Of the gymnasium
in which he trained were out OF balance by
| two pounds Dundee boxed as ne nevss
boxed before. Three times he had Houcp
going, but was unable TO land the DECISIVE
blow.
Dan Tone, the referee, stopped the Costsr.
Walsh bout In the eighth round OF a farci.
cal battle. One was afraid and the othey
did not dare to fight, and the crowd hooted
and howled by way Of diversion and IA
show their contempt for the droll bout.
AS early as the fourth round the specta.
tors left the hall In punches and those wha
remained whistled popular airs and called
for action which was not forthcoming.
slight trickle Of blood from Walsh's nosa
was the sum total of the damage or harm
done by either.
Fast pretty sparring marked the a-xs
round Of the Houck- Dundee battle, with
4, the latter having the better OF the ex.
changes He pranced around at long ranga
hooking his left to the face and making tho
| Quaker City lad miss. At close ranee
Houck tried TO fight for the body, but the
lad from the Highlands tied him I'd safely.
| HouclS bordered on swift and sudden de.
feat In the second round, and how he man.
aged to last the limit was a question foS
debate with the crowd. Dundee danced
! around him, shooting left hand punches %
the face until Tommy was confused ani
worried. Dundee shifted and shot a lief,
hook as II for the body, but while leading
I shifted 1t up for the head and, fair and
true, the blow thudded home Oh the chin.
| Houck fell on the floor. Game to the core
he scorned the count and Jumped up and
tried 10 box He was weak, but before
Dundee could take advantage OF his condis
ton the bell sounded Cease Eiringw
The third round was even, and Houcs
boxed close TO good purpose. The fourth,
however. saw Dundee on the jump, and once
more Houck came by the cudgels. DUNDEE
outooxed him at long range, beat him ID
the punch and had him missing badly
! Houck tore in like the good, game fighter
he is, and swung a short lefthand punch foi
the head. Quicker than thought, Dundee
stepped in and crossed a right TO the Jaw.
Again Houck measured his length on the
mat but as before he refused the aid Of
a count and rose.
The crowd censored Dundee Tor not sh
lowing Houck to pound him at close range
but Dundee remembered the old adage thai
boxing glove is hard TO digest. and Pros
tected his body wisely and we'll His SUI
perior science carried him along and hi
piled up the points at will frequently. He
scored three and four jabs without a re<
turn and Houck bled freely from the nose
and mouth.
For the remaining rounds Houck took a
lacing. and in the ninth period Dundee beGt
him from pillar 10 post. and all but hoored
him with a right cross TO the Jaw, but
Tommy held his feet and took his medicine