Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-05
MONTEITH CAN'T INVEIGLE JACKSON
TO TAKE $45OO CHECK FOR RETURN
BOUT WITH DUNDEE; NOTHIN DOM
Scottys Philanthropic Intentions Prove Unsuc-
cessful When Willie Refuses Brbe of Young
Fortune for His Signature
BY LOUIS II. JAFFE

xouNNy DUNDEE and Scotty Monteith,
.. gentlemen from New York city, arc in
r.usde,nhia today. each with a perfectly
.ooa and distinctly different purpose Dun
S.s for giving Olympia fans tonight an eX-
.,,,,,on of his clever boxing that has made
,,r, a fist finger of the first water, Is to
.arrv away a large bundle of l. y lucre
Won,eith, on the other hand, is here to
nroye himself philanthropist. He want to
give money away
,ris the truth, Monteith who is so anx-
,.,s--yery anxious--to separate himself
,rom n chunk of coin, has but one reason
,or his philanthropic intention he manages
n',,dee And Willie Jackson is the only
ana whom Monteith is willing to wish his
,,,,i. fortune upon. But before Mr.. jack
.on can call Monteith's money his own anS
hank It under the name of Oscar Tobn,
Jackson's real name, Willie must sign for
another match with Dundee
Won know, Jackson several weeks ago
tnocked out Dundee in less than round
.nd also knocked a lot of dope to the skies
~, doing So Since then Dundee's ambition,
And that of Monteith, has been return tilt
with Jackson. Jackson says he will box
Dundee again. Then when a contract is
nlaced In front of him for some reason
willie acknowledges that his penmanshp
Of articles with his signature.
Would Pay Jackson
So to prove that he is a regular guy
Nonteith is out to pay jackson TO sign "A
eontract calling for an encore with Dundee.
and nav Willie well. Forty-nve hundred
dollars is the brbe Scotty wants TO pay
Jackson and until Monteth and his boxer
hft New York fbr Phlly, Jackson had
4
ing a piece Of paper which represents $500
real iron men, that he can't give out
70 Willie Jackson.
II Is safe TO say that Dundee will get
away with the money he came here after
and that Monteith stll will have the check
OF which he wants to rid himself. Scotty,
with said $500 check in his jeans, will
coach Dundee in the latters combat to-
night against Terry McGovern, and then
after a little more than eighteen minutes
Or less-Dundee's jeans also will be laden
down with the jinglng stun.
Dundee will have no easy time earning
his money this evening. In meeting Me-
Govern Dundee will be pitted against Phil
adelphias most aggressive lightweight one
who can stand up well under punishment,
and is no slouch when it comes to dis
tributing it, Terry has been hitting the
lightweight trail like n thoroughbred in the
stretch, but whether Dundee will stop Macs
flying pace remains to be seen,
The usual four other bouts also are on
schedule and they appear to be well
matched. Eddie McAndrews and Joe Welsh
will go at 1t again in the semifinal, and. il
McAndrews wins, the same decision will be
rendered as before. Jimmy Coster meets
Buck Taylor Bert Spencer boxes Denny
Shannon. and Jimmy Doyle, the submarine
hid, faces Leo Flynn.
Three in One Bout
1t doesn't sound natural, but there were
three principals in the wind-up at the Ma
tional A. c. Saturday night and at the
finish one who wasn't supposed to be In the
fracas deserves honors, If any are to be
handed around. Jack Michigan did more
wrestling and prying apart than Charley
Thomas or Soakem Yoakum. but It was evil
dent that neither paid any attention to the
referee and allowed him to win as he
pleased.
II the Thomas Yoakum bout was sup
posed to be boxing match we rather would
Ike to see bulldogs In the ring than humans
There wasn't a second of clean boxing at
any time and those fascinated by wrestling
probably enjoyed the bout but no one came
10 see graphing match.
Johnny Wolgast, a brother Of Ad, ap-
pears to be a boxer who will make a lot
OF welters seek cover. even though he ran
second to Henry Hauber Hauber wal
oped Wolgast good and plenty. enough to
ee on the winning end after six rounds,
Out Johnny showed sufficient form in
hsshes 10 stamp him as a rising boxer.
Muggsy Taylor's stable punched at
"Voo clip, with Hauber winning and