Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-05
DUNDEE OUTPOINTS
TOMMY DIXON AND
GETS DECISION
Whirlwind Battle Between
Contenders for Feather
Weight Title Is Fiercely
Fought for Ten Rounds.

outpointlng his opponent By a good
margin. Johnnie Dundee, Of New York
won "a decision over Tommy Dixon. OF
Kansas city In ten rounds, In the
National Guard Armory before q
crowd Of from t.20O To i,b0O fight
fans yesterday afternoon. The con-
Test was viciously fought from the
first 10 the tenth round and was far
and away the most scientific and
most important battle ever staged In
New Mexico. Dundee had no easy
time To wrest the decision from Dix
on and won II only because he IA a
faster and cleverer fighter and has a
marvellous defense and q remarkably
effective capacity for aggressiveness
The decision OF Referee sherman
was received without question by fight
fans who know the game and who
had followed the contest closely round
for round. In the seml-windup Kid
Payo. of ~ Pnso. and Kid williams.
~ Denver. fought eight fast rounds
10 draw.
The show put on In the ArmOry
yesterday afternoon was big city
performance and would have drawn
heavily In any big fight center IN the
country. The importance OF the main
event between contenders Tor the
featherweight championship. justified
much greater crowd than was pres
ent and II II practically n foregone
conclusion that Il VIII be many =
dav before the fans are again afford
I'D an opportunity TO witness in Albu-
querque any fight 81 like caliber be-
tween fighters ST national reputation
Dixon was In the arena first. chCos-
ing the southeast corner Tommy
stripped clean cut and looked fit FOR
the battle that was before him. His
hair was combed and brushed neatly
into a pOmpadour and ne wore red,
white and blue belt. Dundee entered
the arena ten minutes late and took
the northwest corner Both hoys re-
ccived ovntions as they climbed over
the ropes and received appla use again
when they were introduced by Direc-
tor Mark Levy. In me center Of the
right the featheFweights received In
wructions from Referee sherman.
The fight by rounds follows:
Hound ! Dixon sent out the first
blow. leading of with left iab. Dun
nee ififliiu ana lllfN TOT AWF inv. NV
clinched and when separated danced
nhout the ring. feeling each other out
Dixort8scd left hook 90 the stomach
hut The blow was cleverly blocked
The Tar threw his weight on O hay
maker. but missed and they clinched
again The boys were dancing about
the ring az the hell
Round e-Thev exchanged vicious
rights and let's 60 m" jaw. Dixon
lead off with swings and inhs and
caught Dundee's head with back
glove slap on come back. They eN'
chnnged blows To the body and Dun
dee used hard rights To- the Jaw. Dix
on swung a hard one Ia the body, the
blow losing it, effect because of Dun
dee's sidesteppinR activities.
Round 3-pBHdee lead of with n
left 20 tho wind The boys swap
ped punches. Dundee trading Dixon
q few on the Jaw for several In the
kitchenettc. Dundee eluded DiSon''
apparently wcll-tlmed swings. They
faced each other In a neutral cor
nor and rocked each others heads
with straight rights and let's. Dundee
was pasted twice In the Jaw by the
Tar. hut came hack strong with two
wicked wallops 20 the head. Tbs
hoys were sparring for an opening al
the belt
Round t--Dundee was successful