Evening journal., 1916-06-20
DUNDEE HAS A
FREAK FIGHTING STYLE
His Aerial and Under
ground" Attacks Keeps
Opponents at Sea
HAS NOT A
REAL HAYMAKER

Johnny Dundee's ring tactics are the
freakiost that the human eye ever 70
cused A writer once declared the
New York lightweight when in the
ring reminded him of "a whirling
dervish with the seven-year itch" The
description fits Dundee, but it doesn't
convey a complete idea of his tricks.
Dundee never has been knocked out.
That is not surprising. The strange
fact is that one or another of his foes
actually have been able to hit him.
Those who have watched Dundees
aerOplane and submarine stunts won
ded how it is possible for a man to
get in punch on the flying body Of
the Italian battler.
Dundee is one of the few men in the
ring who resort TO leaping punches
But he is a master at It. II foiled in
his land attack. Dundee begins flying
around, always in the general direc-
ton OF his rival and always does he
pelt his opponent with a few bomb IS"
before dropping to earth" again.
And then Dundee varies things-and
further disconcerts the other bloke-
Dy few dives. HI bends low. with
his head near the floor. OF a sudden
he hurls himself at his man and sends
our as many tOrpedOes as he can. still
Dent over, but with his chin resting in
protective way on his chest
Dundee is the toughest bird I've
ever faced.' declared Benny Leonard
II Is utterly impossible 10 measure
MIN FOR punch-and You don't know
one second where he'll be the next
For all OF his attacks he assumes the
same low crouch. You figure he i:
coming in low and you get ready with
an uppercut But Dundee crosses
you by jumping into the air and yot
find that instead of using an uppercu
you have to resort to an overhead
swing to reach him
The next time he crouches you fig
ure he either will do leap or dive
You get ready TO zip him with eithei
an upper or an overhead wallop -
and he has foiled you again by com
ing In on land and standing up.
"Other fighters have peculia
styles. but none like Dundee You cal
figure out in advance each move tha
some will make. but you are helples
when it comes to doping out tn
Dundee attack. There's no way o
doing it. sometimes wonder
Johnny himself knows a second in ad
vance just what he will do"
Dundee might be the worlds cham
pion today il he possessed a Morpheu
blow. But he doesn't He Is a fin
defensive fighter. and because Of hi
puzzling ring tactics has been able L
shade the great bulk of his opponent:
But his record is almost devoid O
knockout victories.
Dundee began fighting in 1911 an
up to the end OF 1915 he had mingle
IN close to 100 battles. Yet over tina
stretch of time the record shows tina
he has scored but three knockouti
and some Of his foes. it must be re
membered, were little more thai
Jokes.
In 1912 he knocked out Tv Cobb IN
relation to Ty. Of Detroit in the frs
round. In 1918 he landed a sleep-prC
ducer upon Jack White and then. al
ter two-year interval. pasted Youn
Drummie hard enough to win for hii
his third knockout victory.
Comparing Dundee's record VIII
that Of the other fighters Of more {
less prominence in the lightweight d
vision shows him up as the weake
hitter Of the crowd. None Of the tol
notchers has made such an insight
cant showing in the wallop line.
But Dundee's failure in this lin
does not detract from the fact that
is the freakiest warrior in the anna
Of the ring the hardest man to h
that ever was pitted against fo
And TO this probably does Dund
owe the fact that he ranks tod'
among the best men in his class
p man who in % rounds might on
point. because Of his Wonderful a
gressiveness. the so-called champio
Fred Welsh.