The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-25
THIS SHOULD
INTEREST ONE
MIKE DUNDEE
Seine Ham of Fighter is Using His
Name and Record in Tulsa,
Okla

Here's something that will inter
est Mike Dundee and all his friends
as well.
Some dub of boxer is imperson-
ating the redoubtable Mike at Tulsa,
Okla, in an effort to make a clean
ing on the strength of the Rock
Island boys reputation. He threat
ems to ruin Mikes rep if the skids
are not put under him soon.
Recently, r. J. Mold, a former
Rock Islander, wrote to this de-
partment of The Argus, concerning
the whereabouts of Mike and for
Verifcation or discredit of the re-
| port Dundee was to make his home
| in Tulsa and box under a local man
| ager of that city. He was inform
ed of the falsity of the story, and
in reply sends the following:
You might be interested in
knowing just why 1 wrote you in
the first place, SO bear with me
while l elucidate
shortly after the paragraph ap-
peared in the Tulsa World stating
that Mike was coming here, another
appeared stating that he had ar
rived. At that time Jock Malone
was working out here for a fight
with Young Fitzsimmons, and l
purposely went to see the workout
in order to see Mike. Arriving at
the gym l inquired for Mike and
he being pointed out to me l in
troduced myself and stated that
my brother whom you know and
who went TO school with the real
Mike, would like to see him down
town that evening. The pseudo Mike
said that he knew my brother and
remembered going to school with
him. Needless to say, he did not
keep the engagement l made for
him. The promoters then intro
duced him from the ring as Mike
Dundee and he spared a few
rounds with Jock Malone. He did |
not show much at that time and l |
was disappointed with him.
"A few days later he stopped in |
at the office and L questioned him. !
and to my surprise he did not seem
to know Peanuts" Schieberl or the |
late Babe Meanor, or any of the
home boys, but spoke vaguely of the |
old home town. At that time 1 be-
came really suspicious and wrote |
you. Later l framed on him so I.
that my brother Albert could meet
him and he readily confirmed nv
suspicious by stating positively that |
this fellow was a fake All this
time he was insisting that he was
Mike and even claimed to have
fought Mikes last Chicago fight at
the Great Lakes Training station.
l haven't seen him for a few DAYS
but if l should 1 will surely unload
on him.
Now what do you think of that
for supreme nerve? 1 suppose that
this ham thought that he could
come down here and pick up some
loose change on Mikes record. but
if he did he surely was badly mis-
taken.
But he really slicked local pro-
moter who was acting in good
faith. l understand that he is ont
considerable money through his ig-
nOrance,
II you should see Mike you might |
pass the information along So that
ne may guard himself against this |
and fake and not get his |
record looking like a sieve. For :
IN here to tell you that this bird
an not fight OF that L was con-
'lnced when I first saw him. ,
Trusting that this will explain i
ne whole matter, and thanking you i
or your time in reading all this, r
you get this far, l am, :
very truly yours, G
IF. j, MOLD" c