Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
nTINDEE SAME BRILLIANT DUNDEE
OF LEAPING, JUMPING FAME THAT
MAKES HIM A GREAT LIGHTWEIGHT
Now York Whirlwind Boxer Not on Down Grade
and One Terry McGovern Can Vouch for 1t
From Personal Experience
By LOUIS II. JAFFE

|rr JOHNNY DUNDEE is slipping 1t can can
ovsd by Terry McGovern. Deter
"a make good in the same ring IN
''n. ,,e, his first bitter defeat recently
n' ,,,,,,s Jackson knocked out Dundee In
u" ,ound scotty Monteith's protege gave
:, the greatest lightweight exhibitions
,sason. lie proved conclusNey ,nat
u far from being on the uoWh sIaus'
h is iaI club was jammed to its ut
me vsaac,tv and the big crowd gave the
mo0 N., italian a thunderous reception
New s,os, ever accorded visiting poNer
the p,s p,, :. ,be idolizing lightweight OF the
pn,ladephia fans. Ia 1,,,,rirg
r'.sSse was the Dundee oil old Jumping
pun ~, bouncing off the ropes. leaplng
u sn the air with lying puhches ana
n.,ssre all the class that onE Dunuee
eno"ns co,bamite revelled in his glory
tan .,, VI. Won is far from being through
lne .,, svO nossesses the remarkable form that
De SUI on n pinnacle with the stellar
pu.s ni '.h,s and he showed it last night
psn,We,e white. the chicago knockerout,
Chai,.. from New York to see for himself
.,.r esn'. dundee was slipping 'SIpplng:
ni,s,od white. Well not so that you
could notice u
Me(;oyern Fought Hard
pu, Terry McGovern must not be forgot
\. 'rbi,e prase is being heaped on dundee
~. philadelphia Italian maze Il renialNa- N',.
~ ,.,,io for four rounds and was not very
pe M Sahind when Dundee opened his throttle
vide initiated WhirlN'"" """
,nothered McGorern'
tho efth round was wondertul one l"r
,x,sdee II was revelation. IN thls pc
'ss nundee proved that he was the same
n,rdee Aying jabbing and eVer-pa'tllhe
.,A.on that he is. Johnnys whlriwlnd DON
~ bro,,eht the large attendance to lts iee''
van McGovern's most stauilcHeN' '"u'r'
IN excited. forgetting themselves ana
~ up ,ho brilliant machine-likc milling
Dundee.
.r,.,,,a tos mounds. his best boxing
.Ssse Dundee never appeared in better
~. ,hat Is in the last two rounds. Nc
a,.,n wasn't allowed a second .leeway.
s.saa vas on top of Terry, hooking nus
y. ~ the body and switching TO the head
~. Of close quarters he punched away
"a With both hands to the body In 'he
s,,v rounds il was apparent that l]uhuee y
,.ro,s aying lab and his wonderful Ioot-
~, nod heen dropped off en- route from
olN r yorl Rut these and Dundee's other
'nu,rt tactics came into full evidence in
-. sf,h and sixth rounds. Dundee was
'm,elt-the great. shifty Dundee, and far
nom slipping.
l AIcCovern's Best Punch
..rbere he goes some one shouted IN
J n. second round when McGovern turned
mndee completely around with straight
,-h,-hand punch to the chin. This is
s.,rv's hes. wallop. The blow dazed Dun
=. hut John kept his equilibrium and,
kNer sparring for few seconds, the New
( |vnrtsr's brain had cleared. From then on
SfrGoyern did not connect With an effective
-sllon Dundee outboxed McGovern: he
\ a,tso,sht Terry, and Johns rapidity with
IN, and feet had the Phiadelphian in a
Iuandary in the last two periods.
The contest proved that Dundee Is not
~, Of the running for the lightweight
\ [hamponshp and in the event of his de-
|roning Feed Welsh, a legitimate light
\ ksIght several pounds below the l33-pound
II limit, will rule the division.
Welsh Boxed and Won
Eddie McAndrews and Joe Welsh put on
hard-fought semifinal. and it was not
d nti the last round that the latter was able
pie up a sufficient lead to leave the
linz winner They fought nip and tuck
NJ or Eve rounds. Welsh eXcelling from the
q Instance and McAndrews doing the better
YORK al close quarters This bout. too, was
Interesting and pleased the hungry fistlc
ANS
Buck Taylor. of Baltimore. badly
~ " Erenched his right hand in the third round
a. 4 bis match with Jimmy Coster. He
beckoned to his handlers that he could moi
pntinue and towel. denoting defeat. was
= hung into the ring.
Denny Shannon, in his fifth professional
N bout gave a clever left jabbing demonstra
III on and won no points from Bert Spencer
lpencer was no easy mark, and Shannon
vas wary Of Bertes right-hand wallol
fom bell to bell
, Jimmy Doyle went tired in his NIX VIII