The Washington herald., 1918-01-06
AMONG
BEST BANTAMS
Baltimore Youngster Be
comes Main Bout Boy
in One Year.

Baltimore. Jan. 5.-Is Baltimore.
which furnished Kid Williams. one
time king of the bantam-weight di-
vision, about to produce another boy
to wear the crown designating him
the boss of the bantieS? This question
is going the rounds over in the Monu-
mental City and the boy under dis
cussion is known as Baltimore Dun
dee. He started out as Batting Dun
dee. but there were so many lads of
this ring name that the local lGd
put Baltimore in front of Dundee and
let It go at that.
Certainly. this city has never seen
a boy who so early in his career has
manifested all the qualities that go
toward the making of a ring cham
pion. Although Dundee has been box
ing about a year, he is nevertheless a
sensation. He is of Italian parentage
and built like a pocket edition Her
cules.
Sam Harris. the man who brought
Kid Williams into a title, strange to
say, has Dundee under his manage
ment and he is most anxious to dupli-
cate his previous performance. Sam
says that Dundee is far superior
boy to what williams was at an equal
stage in his career. The little Italian
is a most relentless sort of battler
and ii is this constant battering style
of his that made so many friends
for him from the start. He is always
willing to take a punch i'm order to
give one, for he generally gets by
far the better of the exchange of
walIops. He is an exceptionally small
boy in height, but has powerful arm
and shoulder muscles. Boys of ex-
perience who have worked with him
insist that he hits more like light
weight than a boy who can scale IL
pounds.
A thing that has made the little
Italian exceptionally popular in Phil
adelphia. where ne has done consider
able boxing of late. Is the fact that he
does not bubble over a pound or two
which his opponent may have on him.
As a result of this the Baltimore lad
has been ntted against opponents
who have had as much as ten pounds
weight advantage. He, however. has
come through a victor right along and
is as big a favorite in the Quaker
City as he lis in his home town.
Owing to the fact that he has been
before >the public such a short time,
promoters hesitated about putting him
on i'm a star bout His work, however
has been of such a consistently high
nature that II could no longer be
denied and he will make his first ap-
pearance as. principal in a main
event next Monday night before the
Pickwick Athletic Club. The bout will
take place at Albaugh's Theater,. and
his opponent will be Joe Thomas, OF
Buffalo. another lad of Italian parent.
age. The route has been set for fifteer
rounds, but local fans are of the
opinion that the kind of speed ex-
pected will not permit the boys to &C
the entire distance. p.
Dundee Is naturally the favorite. His
last performance here was a knock,
out win over Pinkey Burns, a New
York bantam of nine years expert.
ence, and during which time ne had
never been knocked out previous tc
his Baltimore appearance.
The club management has also ar.
ranged ten-round semi-windup De-
tween Danny Frush, and English boy.
now living in Baltimore, who has
shown wonderful ability in his few an.
peorances, and Wally Nelson, of Phil.
adelphia. There will also be a four.
rounder and two threes to start the
card off. The main bout will be nut
on in time for Washingtonians to
reach home before midnight.