Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-08
COMING BATTLE
HAS VALUE FOR
LOCAL FIGHTER
Letter From Peanuts Schieberl,
Dundee's Manager, States Much
Hangs on Bout Result
MAY STEP INTO FRONT RANKS
If Wop Bests Earl Puryear Tomor-
row Night He VIII Have Crack
at the Leaders.

Peanuts SchieberI. All-Star Ath-
letic club promoter and manager
OF Mike Dundee. the popular little
bantam boxer OF Rock Island, has
the following to say in regards TO
Mikes scheduled l0-round set-to
with Earl Puryear. former Denver
flash. tomorrow night at the ILLINOIS
theatre
Mike Dundee. who is TO fight
Earl Puryear tomorrow night at the
Illinois theatre. Will be put to the
test. That IS. he will know by 1879
tomorrow night ii he has cAance
10 cop the uautamwelg champion
ship OF the world. Here are the
reasons whereby I can claim rec
cgu:tion of the champion and near
champions for Dundee.
Nike las beaten Pal Moore, who
a. -.. present time is recognized
by all the eastern papers as the
bantam champ Then Roy Moore
farms the tables on Dundee by
Very small margin l have been
claiming right along that Roy
1.oore-s shade gained over Mike
vas "a very lucky battle for Roy,
as I made "a mistake in matching
Dundee up just TWO days before he
fought Moore Since Roy Moore
beat Mike Dundee lie has been
beaten 5y Pal Moore. We all know
that Dundee beat Pal. and Pal beat
Roy. so that gives me the right to
say that Mike is a be ter boy than
Roy. although beaten by Roy.
Now Puryear steps in the path
of Mike Dundee. which seems to
he leading straight toward the
Championship. If Dundee can beat
Far! Puryear tomorrow night. he
can enter the ring any time and
any place with the champion. Pete
Herman But when he fights the
champ. Dundee can enter the ring
with lots Of confidence. If he beats
puryear, he tDundeel can claim
what other fighters cannot. He Will
have the distinction of beating one
man that held the champion TO
I0-round referee draw. Puryear
getting a draw by the referee just
last winter. since Herman was
champ. Then Dundee can also
claim the honor of beating Pal
Moore, whom the champion refuses
to fight and is continually lodging
This fight tomorrow night means
more TO Dundee and myself than
!. any fight he has engaged in so far.
n He has had a short career as a
~ fighter. but he mas climbed 10 the
y top in such q short time that he is
considered a sensation all over the
country. The New York World and
the New York Record, both large
and reliable papers on boxing, have
given US two columns the length
Of their sheet. They were not a bit
slow in prociaiming Mike Dundee
the sensation in the bantam divi-
sion. They mentioned the fact that
anyone who could walk through
Johnny Richie, kid" Herman and
Pal Moore. was certainly entitled
10 a crack at the champ in a short
time.
Earl Purvear can in his fight
with Dundee tomorrow night, make
things miserable for our future. If
Dundee wins this fight, which l ex-
pect him to. there is $4,000 in en-
gagements awaiting US. Racine
wants Mike for its next fight there,
with Pal Moore. providing Mike
wins this fight. Jimmy Shevlin, the
promoter in Cincinnati, Ohio, wants
Dundee there with Dick Loadman,
cracking good bantam from the
east. Then Milwaukee Is planning
on using Dundee with either Joe
Burman or Johnny Ertle.
The last time Ed Smith, the ref
cree from Chicago, was here, to
referee the Mitchell Burns fight, he
told me to get in touch with Max
Goldman of New Orleans. Gold
, man is partner of DOminick Tor
torich. the boxing promoter in New
Orleans The last two bantam
champs we had, got their titles in
New Orleans Kid Williams beat
Johnny Coulon in New Orleans,
thereby annexing the title. A cOu-
PIE Of years later Pete Herman. the
present champ among the bantams,
got a referee decision over Kid Will
liams, which gave Herman the title.
! got in touch imm ediately with
Goldman. Goldman is now in Chi
cagO and called me on long distance
phone the other day and promised
he would be here Thursday and see
the fight His intentions are to
give Mike the once over If Dun
dee shows the class and puts up a
winning fight tomorrow night he
Will undoubtedly make an impress
sion on Mr.. Goldman. Then the
chances are in our favor to close
up the six fights in New Orleans.
If Dundee wins tomorrow night
there are nine matches for him,
which I have mentioned above, and
in those nine matches he will clean
UP between $1,000 and $4,000 With
this amount Of money staring Dun
dee in the face, there is no doubt !
but what he viii put up one Of his
greatest fights. so any fans coming /
TO see the fight tomorrow night are /
assured Of plenty Of fighting in all :
the matches put on by the All-Star /
Athletic club
Il know that everyone who at |
tends this boxing match tomorrow /
night will be given his moneys /
worth. as this is an evenly matched /
card from start to finish"