The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-13
HarperMust
Proue Coast
Title Claim
BY LEO II. LASSEN

what clainas Bob Harper. Seattle
lightweight. has Go the cpsst light
weight crown viii come to the SUR
facc tonight when he takes on
Jimmy Dundee. the rugged little
Californian In the headline bout at
the Crystal Pool. Tho show Is be-
inp staged by the Eiks.
All OF a sudden last year Harper
xuGdenly slipped into tho North
west title and before anybody was
aware OF IL Harper was being billed
a. the Northwestern champ. II
scents as u Harper based Ni'> claim
ON his defeat Of Harold Jones. hut
Jones' had lost the title the weeks
before 20 Pete Aitchie. OF Portland.
Mtschie in turn lost 60 Heintc
Schumann, OF Tacoma. and as Ear
~ We know Schumann holds the
crown. And now Harper Is being
billed in some quarters a. Coast
champion. but that Is stretching Il
Z bit
II Harper gets by Dundee and
then can hang the Indian sign on
SchumAnn he viii have a better
claim TO the Coast honors. over IN
Tacoma next week. Eddie shannon
who seems 90 have better claim
to the Coast tttic than anybody
else. boxes Sehumann and n seems
~ II the winner OF toniGht's 60 and
the Schumann- shannon melee would
Just about determine the Coast ,itie-
holder.
Dundee In Way
But Harper has not yet disposed
Of Dundee by a long shot This
bird Dundee /. tough little bat
tier. who IL In the going from gong
60 gong. lie worked like a cham
pton In his bouts with Joe German
and Earl Baird Both OF these
bouts ended even. Harper fought
draws with both Baird and Cor
man. 20 he gets none the worse
Of the going on the dope sheet.
Harper. whose greatest asset In
the ring IL his left hand, will run
up against one Of the greatest left
hands on the Coast tonight In
Wssttns Dundee. The little visitor
h1es hard With his port-ssde mist
There arc a lot OF fans who
think that Harper has bit off too
big a morsel in tackilnx Dundee.
hut It's our bunch that ne viii at
l<ast hold the Californian even.
Bob. himself. says that he IL go
fng out 20 win or get waiicped -
night. For the past season Harper
has been fighting nothing but
draws and it's = ease OF win or
iose tonight.
Never Lost
The Seattle boy has never been
on the short end Of q decision. but
Il he steps around tonight he has
= geod chance 70 win and to land
4 good rep for himself. and a loss
to Z good man Hike Dundee never
hurt anybody.
Jimmy Storey. who has entered
tho X. o. class. viii take on
Frankie Denny. a newcomer from
San Francisco. Denny Is said TO he
4 willing worker with a wallop.
Well. until We see Denny work
wen string with Storey. Jimmy
tossed his right paw over with such
effect when he knocked Marty
Foley kicking a short time ago. and
pnless the visitor Is another Biily
Wright for cievernsss we pick the
home hoy to win.
Al Baker. big colored battler
from Philadelphia. viii take or
Harry Gillum. Of Salt Lake. In tins
third bout on the card. This 4.
Bakers first showing In a loca
ring Clilum IL game bird and
will keep coming no matter how
= rough the going. He showed thi'
1asrN year IN his two bouts with
Jimmy Darcy. Of Portland.
Naise on Card
"Frenchy" Yalse viii lay aside
the fireman's uniform long enough
10 box four rounds with Red
Gage. local lightweight. Vaise wal
. In France long enough 10 help iici
tho Fritzies and now he II bach
ON the job at Renton again. j
yaise Nv as good as he used 10 b,
Gage will be In for a busy evening
hoy McCaslin and Red Henry. {
duet OF welters from the nav,
/ yard at Bremerton, will open tn
show.
The first bout gets under wa,
st $50.
ADzvid Altizer might come back
Iso Johnny couIon. But Il look