The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-23
Ruler of 13O-POund Class Salesman in His Fathers Store When Montieth Found Him.

walked into a West Side fish market and in behind bulwark of shad, perch. founder, halibut, salmon, rock cod. scrod, bluehsh and plain mack erel. discovered the future I3o-pound boxing champion of the world
 Scotty went into the market to get fish, not fighters, but when little Joe Carrora, the proprietor's son, waited on him, Scotty, with an eye to digging up fistic brightlights, was greatly nm pressed with the cut of young Gar rora's jaw. Also the bulging should CTS of the lad hit tile willy Scot right in the eye. !
 Say, you'd make a good fighter, you would" said Scotty as he tucked a few slabs of scrod under his arm.
 "I am fighter" said young Car rora. II kin lick any kid on this or the nex' six blocks. They're all afraid of me" And Carrora the younger bulged importantly until the fish counter was in danger of topping over.
 "Well, l handle few youngsters. I'll give you a chance. Come up to the gym tomorrow afternoon" And when Scotty saw this dusky little un- known in action he almost tainted with surprise. No greenhorn had ever shown such stuff around the gym be- fore.
 What's your name again?" asked Scotty as he famed the find.
 Joseph Carrora from Sharkai, Italy" .r-.
 "That1l never do. They'd throw carrots at you. I've got it. You're Dundee from my home town. Johnny Dundee you are" And Johnny Dun dee he is and has been since the night he made his professional debut at the little old Sharkey Club at Goth and Columbus avenue.
 A Tireless Fighter.
 Through stretch of 11 years john ny Dundee has performed in way to amaze close students of the sport. Tireless in the ring, he has remained so from the first fight he had to his very last. There seems no end to the boys stamina and speed. It has been the history of the ring that the tre- mendously fast boxers, the Jim Cor bett and Jack O'Brien kind, burn themselves out eventually: Dundee's speed seems to take on impetus as he grows older in the game. He is one of the hardest men to hit in all the world, and good sharp-shooters like Benny Leonard will tell you so.
 Dundee early in his career copied a trick of Mike Leonard's. The chances are that Johnny never saw Mike Leonard in action, but both men made good use of the trick of jumping back into the ropes and rebounding into the face of the. enemy. Dundee isl astonishingly agile and accurate as he cemes off those ropes, and though hundreds of fighters have tried to nail him as he makes his astounding leap through space, Benny Leonard IS the only man who ever connected. Leon ard side-stepped the flying Italian in Newark one night and ripped al sweeping left into Dundee's middle that almost tore lawn apart. But 1t didn't feaze Johnny
 1t is no exaggeration to say that Dundee can leap IS feet off the ropes and connect. Through all his years of fighting Dundee has had one hope, that of being lightweight champion of the world He-has fought Benny Leonard a dozen times, but never to a decision. @.-
 Won 13o-Pound Title.
 He grew weary of challenging Ben jamin and recently jumped at the chance to fight for the "I3o-pound'' championship of the world. He won the Tex Rickard diamond-studded belt from George K. O. Clancy on a foul and became the king of the newly made class.
 Always small fellow as to weight, Dundee can and will make I26 for Johnny Kilbane and will bet $Io,ooo that he can defeat the featherweight champion. Kilbane will have none of that and he makes no bones about saying so. With one diamond girdle to his credit, Dundee wants to lord over two more domains. He declares without blushing that he can outpoint Benny Leonard and Jack Britton for the Queen of Sheba surcingles that they wear, emblematic of their titles. l
 And Dundee's unheard of speed might carry him on to those goals. | Dundee in the ring fighting for championship would be the fastest fighter than ever lived and the cham nions seem to know it.