New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-03
Bronx Hope" Shows a
Fast Left-Hand Jab, but
Blows Lack Force.
BORING-IN TACTICS
WIN FOR JOHNNY
Fighting Fast and Furious in
Every Round, with italian
the ApQresSOr.

Johnnie Dundee, one o. the logical
coatenders for Freddie Welsh crown,
outfought Benny Leonard, Billy Glib
sons Bronx Hope" in a fast ter
round bout at the opening show Of tho
New l35th Street Athletic Club last
night.
IL vas Dundee's constant boring-in
tactics that earned him the lead. Leon
ard. a newcomer in big bouts. showed
liphtning fast left hand jab, with
which he peppered Dundee's face
throughout the bout, but his blows did
not carry the necessary force, wherea.
the Italians Jared when he connected
properly.
The house was with Leonard all the
way. and every time he put glove %
his opponents face the crowd rose DO
body and roared, as was the custom
when Leach Cross first arose from the
murk Of the East Side.
The first two rounds were even, tha
men feeling each other out and no,
coming TO close quarters. Dundee soon
discovered he had little 20 fear from
Leonards wasplike left jabs, and bega1
to work his way in close. The mex
three rounds were his by shade, his
right and left hooks finding a resting
place on the Bronx favorite's jaw.
Leonard was entitled 20 the sixth
round. As Dundee came in crouching
Benny rocked him with his long lei .
heating a tattoo on he Italians mouth
and nose. This ony served. however, .
SPUR Dundee on and he kept walking Do
under Leonard's rapid fire, being cor
tent TO take a dozen punches Tor .hs
sake of landing at close quarters.
The lighting was fast and furious ~
every round, with Dundee shaking O"
many OF Leorard's jabs and trying 20
coax his opponent into mixing Il.
Three thousand men and one woman
were in the house when Kid Wagner
and "Wild Bur-" Kenney, middle
weights. went on in the semi-inal bout.
The lone woman yelled just as lustiiy
as any of the other fans. and the
faster the mixing in the ring the faster
cane her shouts of encouragement
Wagner, whose weight was ar
nounccd as lG5 pounds, is a coal mine
from Wilkes-Barre he looked as II he
had fallen down one Of his fayorl'e
coal shafts at the end Of his bout w..a
"Wild Burt" who tipped the scales o.;
16S.
Burt didn't know on awfn' l"' o."
the lighting game, bat he knew he was
Irish from the ground Up, and that vas
enough. He fully sustained the reputa-
ton for the brand Of battles that grows
over there
Kenney also bore more than one or
two marks of the conflict. Bruises
marked mis- face and every portion o.
his anatomy from the belt up.
Nobody knew how kenney kept on
his feet in the last two rounds. He
walked around the ring as though his
feet were sinking knee deep in tho
peat boys of his native heath. But
he was there when the final bell rang
and that seemed source Of immense
amusement TO "Wild Burt"
In the second round just as Wagner
was boring IN to get 70 close quarters
one Of Kenney's wild swings connected
with the miners Jaw and he sat down
for the count Of five.
From then on the men fought hercely,
with neither having any distinct ad-
vantage. although Wagner placed his
punches bette and showed more knowl-
edge of the game.