Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-13
BROWN SURPRISES,
DEFEATING DUNDEE
The Kid outboxes and Out
punches New York Veteran
in Eight Fast Rounds
KRAMER WALL0PS MEND0
BY LOUIS III. JAFTE

"WHADDYA you know about that?"
w fans are asking themselves and each
other today. The uncertainty of boxing
asserted itself last night at the Olympia
Club when Harry (Kid) Brown scored
a clean-cut victory over Johnny Dun
dee. Youth was served. and the vet
ernn italian met defeat beyond any
question of doubt in his first appear
ance as the junior lightweight cham
pion.
The former South Philadelphia High
School lad put on as nifty a boxing
exhibition az has been seen Mt a local
club this season. He outboxed the
frisky Dundee from the distance most of
the way, and also outpunched the bril-
nant New Yorker In majority of their
exchanges at close quarters throughout
the eight scheduled rounds.
To say that the result of the contest
came as surprise would be putting It
mildly, especially when the margin of
brownies victory is taken into consid-
GRAFTON.
After boxing evenly during the first
round, the Kid put on a sensational
spurt in the second session. Harry
virtually fought Dundee off his feet, and
the crowd Of almost 5000 went into a
frenzy.
Dundee BIeeds
A right-hand uppercut landed BY
Brown as Dundee, in n crouch. came in
split the latter's lower lip and blood
spurted from Johnny's mouth. In the
third round Brownie raised n lump on
Dnndee's left eye with right ha nd
cross and in a latter period the New
Iork ker's other optic was slightly dam :
aged.
OF the eight rounds Dundee showed
to advantage only in one canto-thnt
being the seventh, when the Gothamite
tiared up and displayed lot Of his old :
time stuff. He was in and out and
around Harry. connecting with hard
left hooks to the body and head. This
was the only round in which Dundee
outjabbed Brown, and the only round
in which the Kid slackened his pace.
| It was revelation for the tremend =
GUS crowd to see Dundee beaten at his
own game, being outboxed from the dis
tance and when he essayed to exchange
blows at close quarters, Brown met the
issue and outpunched the veteran.
Dundee weighed in at 131 and Brown
was half pound heavier.
For two rounds Jimmy Mendo, 121 u
made an even and good battle against
Danny Kramer. same weight, but there
after 1t was one man contest. Kramer
punched too hard and was too strong
| for Mendo, winning hand!ly. How
ever, there were times when Jimmy
stood his ground and landed with some
/ stinging right crosses. In the last te,
seconds of the eighth and final frame
! Mendo rallied but he had been beaten by
the proverbial mile.
BOOboo's Colors Fly
BooboO Hoff brought home two win.
ners, both Kid Wagner and Billy Devine
winning in their respective matches
! Bobby Burman held Wagner fairly ever
for five rounds, but holding tactics ii
the last session accounted for the south
! paws defeat. Despite clean knock.
down in the fourth round, Deyine fin
| iShed up with sufficient speed to out
point Benny Bass.
Wagner weighed l2S Burman, 125
Dcvinc, 40, and Bass, 11Sh.
Matty Dechter, 1862. showed him
self of rs a clever two -mitted yOungStel
by winning from Bobby Wolgast, 10
In fast bout.
All In all, It was the best boxing
card put on this season at the SOutl
Broad Street arena, and the biggea
crowd that ever attended show there
was on hand.
Dundee will be seen IN action at thc
Olympia next Monday night again
when he will pair off with Jimmy Han,
Ion,