The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-21
LEONARD DEFEATS DUNDEE ON POINTS
Lightweight Champion Too Clever For Italian in
 Eight Round Bout.

Benny Leonard, lightweight cham piOn, had no difficulty in outpointing Johnny Dundee Of New York in an eight round bout at the First Regi- ment A1-mory in Newark last night. W5%5l the exceptions of the first and third rounds, which went to Dundee on aGErcs sgiyeresS, the champion led throughout. He landed the more ef- fectiye blows. Dundee was willing at aE times, but Leonard was too fast. In the second and fourth rounds Leonard kept his opponent away with left hooks 10 the face and in the next round quickened the pace, cornering Dundee and sending in left hooks and ! short right upperouts.
 The champion landed several hard rights to the body in the sixth and drove Duraree about the ring in the seventh with successive jabs. In the final round Dundee was turned completely around by hard left to the head. Dundees face was marked when the bout ended. 1 When Buddy Dunn of Newark and Rabbit Long of the same city crawled through the ropes for the cocktail preliminary there was not a vacant
 
 ment Armory seats 1000 and every chair had an occupant. Back against i the wall in the rear of the seats were | several hundred standees. Members of the First Regiment, New Jersey Guard, in uniform, served as ushers. They kept the aisles clear and pre- served a semblance of order. | Scattered through the big crowd ! II.
 Perhaps one-fifth of the gathering
 was composed of service men. Uncle i Sam's boys dearly love a scrap. There
 was a small smattering of women ] among the spectators, but they were l not as well represented as at some 1 outdoor bouts. Conspicuous among the women at the ringside was Mrs.
 Lester Burdick, wife of the secre-
 tary of the Jersey Boxing Commis- sion,
 She sat with Commissioner John S.
 Smith, chairman of the boxing board
 in a section near the ringside. Her | husband, Lester Burdick, was busy l checking up at one of the doors The commission left no chances with
 "high finance" tactics on the part of the promoters. The State Revenue Department had ten special officers
 checking up to see that there was nc
 evasion ofS the war tax. There also
 was representative of the State
 Comptroller's office on hand for the
 same purpose. Both Leonard and
 Dundee also had representatives de.
 tailed to watch the gate.
 The house was sold out at s:3(
 o'clock. The attendance was estimat
 ed at 12,500 and the gate receipts a
 approximately s35,0O0. It was the largest crowd and the largest "gate'
 ever attracted by an indoor sportins event in New Jersey,
 The handling of the crowd ins!d ) the building was a distinct improve . ment over the horrible state of af fairs that existed at the Dempsey
 Fulton match, staged i3y the same | promoters outdoors last summer, On had to fight hard to get inside tn : building, but once inside the seidie ushers escorted each spectator to tn 7 seat his coupon called for,
 The order that was preserved in 3 side the building was not noticeabI . outside. Hundreds of automobile ] were parked in the adjacent streets : greatly congesting the traffic, Tn . trolley company was unable to mee
 the situation and crowded cars ire
 quently were stalled for long inter I vals. So were the jitney buses, whic 9 ran from the Park place station |
 the armory. The men operating tn
 buses boosted the price to a quarter and the late arrivals had to pa l double and triple
 , Though large force of police wa
 on hand so huge a crowd gathere