El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-13
JOHNNY DUNDEE To
FIGHT WITH GROVER
HAYES At JUAREZ
Match Is Arranged that
Should Give the Fans a
Real Fight Exhibition.

II all goes we'll the two scrapping light
weights Johnny Dundee Of New YORK ana
Sunday afternoon July e, IN the J1arez
arena Promoter r G. Martin announced
Sunday afternoon that deIlnlte afIanse
meuts had been reached with hayes anu
as Dundee practically consented 10 me
match when he posted 500 IorIelL Win
ne cashier Of the Pastime A c, and
signed articles to meet any selection OF
the promoters the match Is CONSIDERED As
good as made 49,, -
II done is correct Negotiations Tor the
services Of either Hayes MaIty baldWln
or Leach Cross were opened sh9Ely 4.tsr
Joe Rivers wired that ne Woulo Ds u
able TO fill the proposed oa1e Win lns
Juarez promoters A slight suspicion tl@e
me Mexican lightweight desired to SIDE
efen me diufnutive fastener is current
among boxing fans and followers Of the
glove game in. the southwest
shortly after receiving assurances that
HAYES had accepted the terms OF the Ras-
time officials. Messrs- Martin a -. 49, -
made overtures 10 passenger agents q the
various railroads out Of this point LOT d
rate OF one and a third for the round ZIP.
A definite answer is expected relative 70
fbe rate either Monday evening or Iues-
dav There can be no doubt OF the Lact
s5-sf a match between Dundee and a boy
On the order OF Hayes would prove a ire
rnendous drawing card throughout the
EouthEvsst and within a radius OF 5OO mics
Grover Hayes is a veteran IN the boxing
,-sT1e A. far as experience is concerned He
vas born in Chicago in 1857, on august ~;
Before he broke into the llmeugnI ne h1u
a. minor fights. winning al but Two, those
Being on decisions only HIS initial battle
~ Importance was with DICK Hylano, now
being considered as a probable match Ior
Orleans in 1910. He fought the oatIlns
T4vIand' one Of the fiercest infighters II
the world. off his feet in 10 rounds
Has Fought Some Hard Ones
pav Fronsou the celebrated Indianapolis
lightweight, now a |elteI' -,,,-5 ,1I'1e
Tei1r practically new to the glove game
~ ireTuerienced. Hayes lost TINS Lghtr the
battle going the limit Joe ManooL. soulh-
- Ug5T,-eirht champion, won a 20 round
Tecision over the eastern scrapper IN ms
home town. which is nothing e1ceptlOllsL'
1TaD5ot being the universal favorite IN the
-or7rhern civ In 1912 he fought treools
welsh present lightweight ulIehoioeL %
the world, u round no-deoe e - Eor Il
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada- sammy ~. y
deu considered a promising CONTENDER a I
that time. was knocked out in three ROUNDS |
At Philadelphia by Hayes in the same year
More Creditable Battles
While Foucl- OF philadelphia since re- |
tired and Young Saylor, known as the /
only man who ever knocked out tredole I
Welsh have both fought Hayes the IalteL
acuuittinE himself creditably, de1eallns /
savior. who IS now in the Anupodes. one
Of his most recent battles was a 10 rounu
draw with Joe Azevedor OF OaklSho' On
February Il. 1914 Johnny Lore me Lla--
who defeated Frankie Russell for the Irst
time in his life, lost a popular ceclsloh 70
HAYES Pal Brown. Of Hibbing, ana a con-
tender for the lightweight title, fought an
eight round draw with Hayes at Windsor
Want to Give Good Fight
whether we lose money or not We Il
see a good fight with Dundee and Hayes
in the ring said promoter Martin we
want to give the fans a good run Tor IheH
money"
Froba bilitfes for the semi-windup are now
being considered by the promoters, once the
matter Of signing the principals Tor the
main event having been completed There
are any number Of likely candidates scat
tered through the southwest VINO Would
be glad Of a chance to exhibit their sblll-
ties before the members Of the FasIlme
A C. At present IL seems hardly prooaoie
that frankie Gage. one Of the stating
Frankies.r who occupied the center OF IN
terest in Juarez on July 4, viii be conslo-
cred by the promoters
The Semi-Windup.
IHrhtweights will in all probability pre-
dominate in the semi-windups however I
Tudd English who managed several boxers
scross the river last season Is trying 70 4
obtain a match for Lefty Floyd the little
negro lightweight, with Benny Cordova-
-ordova is likely little fellow and would
make a good match for the hard hitting
Floyd. who recently fought a ten round
5raw with the Congo Kid" lightweight
.hampfon Of the world OF his color Eddie
Kelly a sparring partner Of Dundee, Is also
n line for consideration from the promo
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