Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-13
.DUNDEE'S INFIELD HITS AND SPEED
ENABLE HIM JUST ABOUT TO SHADE
HEAVY Uniting SOUTHPAW CHANEY
New Yorker Plays Walloping Game for Three
Innings With Baltimorean, Discovers Mistake,
Then Relies on Hit-and-Run Stuff
By LOUIS II, JAFFE

ACCURATE and consistent hitting. aided
"a by liberal applications Of Inside
stun" gained the decision for Johnny Dun
dee in his bout with George Chaney at
Ghibe Park last night The little Italian
was stacked up against one OF the 400 hit
ters OF the boxing game and clearly proved
20 the huge gathering that timely singles
and one-base knocks are more effective in
tbe long run than home-run wallops which
never land That is the story Of the hrst
big open-air show at the ball yard
Chaney is a knockout artist He wins
most Of his battles by administering the
sleeping potion to his opponent before the
legal limit has expired. He tried II last
night and while busly engaged in that un-
dertaking Dundee stepped In ana out
uointed him While George was getting
ready to launch that terrific left Johnny
would shoot a few left jabs to the race,
Jump away and repeat an instant later.
, Only once did the. Wop get in bad, but
hlever stalling and exceptionally good foot
work carried him out of danger
Good Bout
II was a wonderful exhibition and the
Ioyal crowd which braved the rain was per-
fectly satisfied The boys battled IN front
OF the grand stand in a ring which was
pitched over the home plate. The spectators
could see from any seat in the STANDS anu
everything was run off smoothly Inc ohIy
hitch was when the lights went out, but that
was no fault of the management The
transformer on the electric light pole out
side of the park was not strong enough 10
take care of the current which lighted the
stands and It burned out. Employees from
the electric light company repaired the
damage in record time, although the crowd
was forced to wait more than one half
hour. This trouble is not likely to happen
in the future and TO guard against 1t John
Ehibe stated that he would have two men
on the job constantly to oversee the repair
work.
A slight drizzle began to fall when the
boxers stepped up for the first round, and
II rained intermttently throughout the
combat. Vivid flashes Of lightning and the
rolling grumbe of distant thunder also
added color and noise to the scene and the
stage setting could not be improved upon.
The only thing that should be improved
n the location of the press box. Boxing
ncribes are accustomed to report ring en-
counters from the ringsde. where they can
study the effect of the blows and see what
is happening. Up in the second pavilion
which, by the way Is an ideal place for a
spectator the writer's were unable to get
the proper line on their work. John Shibe
promised to have press seats on the Held
for the next show on July IS, and this will
benefit all concerned.
Dundee Makes Mistake
Dundee fast clever. elusive and the
Boxer, made n mistake when he started
OF TO Outright the terrihc-slugging CLANCY.
And Mr. Dundee's mistake almost got
him into the same predcament as when
Willie jackson knocked him out. This
happened in the third round After battling
almost evenly with CLANCY. toe to toe, for
the first pair of frames, Johnny repeated
his slugging tactics in the next period.
Six successive times Dundee connected
with right-hand leads before CLANCY sue
ceeded In retallating, all previous swings
going for strikes. But as Dundee switched to
hooking his left CLANCY rushed the Gotham
Rloveman 10 the ropes and there hung a
vicious short right under the chin, follow
ing with a terrific left uppercut. Dundee's
knees sagged and he saved himself from
going TO the floor by falling into an iron
grip clinch.
The Hit and Run
After that with the exception OF few
exchanges at close quarters, Dundee played
his hit-and-rHn game, tapping light inield
bingles and showing his Ty Cobb ability
around the twenty -fOur-foot diamond. With
Dundee playing the inside game, placing
light wallops and putting all Of hiu speed
into action, this put Chaney on the agrees
i've end almost continually.
While the Baltlmorean forced the fight
ing, Il was true that Dundee landed the NOR
from the ring It could not be determined
how much effect punches Of the respective
boxers had on the other. But II was evi
dent that Dundee's cleverness, ducking ant
lodging caused Clancy to do a lot OF miss
ing. and most of the blows that lande'
caught Johnny when he was going away
II was a case OF one team bunchinI
its hits, although light, and the other land
1ng only now and then-mostly then-witl
a'over-the-fence" force. Had any OF severa
southpaw slams connected just right witt
Dundee's chin It is probable the Scotcl
wop would have picked himself up wher
many a ball found rest over the right-nel
wall after Frank Baker hooked one.
Tremendous Crowd
II was estimated that between 1000 an
5000 persons crowded the grand stand pa
vilion left field and right field stands Fiv
thousand two hundred and ninety-hve cas-
customers pushed through the -turnstilei
Tickets sold for the bout follow:
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