New-York tribune., 1921-02-26

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pretty bad shape at the final bell.
This was one of the greatest light
weight fights ever seen around New
York. There was not an idle second
from start to finish, jackson at times
was completely bewildercd by Dun
dee's jumping-iack tactics and made
TO miss so badly be looked like q
novice. But he had in his favor youth
and strength and these elements told
heavily toward the end when Johnny
began to tire under the pace.
Jackson's reputed right served him
to good purpose in the fifteenth, when
ne almost slowed Dundee away. This
was the only time when Johnny was
severely punished, but he had ell he
could do TO stand up under four clean
bard rights. Jackson announced after
the fight that he would Immediately
post forfeit for match with cham
pion Bennie Leonard.
Rally Develops Rally
They smoked up again in the ninth,
which developed rally after rally. IN
one of these in q neutral corner Dun
dee slipped to his knees. He was up
lighting mad in a jitfy and boring all
the time at the bell.
Dundee more than held his own in
the tenth by excellent use of his good
left jab, In this round he stuck a
-humb in Jackson's eye, returning an
earlier compliment. jackson was
blinking like an owl in broad daylight
sc he went 20 his corner.
Dundee kept up his left-handed bonn
bardment through the eleventh, though
Jackson twice scored heavily with the
right when Johnny came to close
quarters. Though Jackson twice
landed with the right in the twelfth,
Dundee more than held his own with
the LEFT, which was such a puzzle to
Willie. Early in the round Dundee
side~stepped one Of Jackson's wild
rushes and Willie almost ran through
the ropes.
Early in the thirteenth jackson
rocked Dundee with right to the
Jaw, and a short time later repeated
the blow, but Dundee came back with
a series Of left jabs and then planted
wicked right to Willie's nose that
made the claret flow.
The boys seemed pretty tired as
the fourteenth opened, though both
we're trying with might and main. Some
OF the prettiest blows of the fight were
delivered here, but the old steam was
no longer behind them. Each scored
cleanly with rights to the jaw half
dozen times.
jackson really won the fight in the
tast round. He went out here to WIN
with knockout and came near doing
t. He caught Johnny with wicked
right that almost stopped him, and
pressed in like tiger. But Dundee's
experience stood him in good stead and
he was able to- clinch and hold on
enough to weather the gale till the
bell
They flew at each other like game
cocks with the first clang of the bell,
'2ck6oN failing away at the body with
both hands as they came to a clinch.
Jackson stuck sharp straight right
10 the face and Dundee countered with
2 weak left jab. Jackson rocked
johnny with hard right to the Jaw.
they worked into a neutral corner and
'tcFson beat tattoo on Dundee's ribs
Nth both hands. They exchanged
weak straight lefts as the round ended.
The second round was a thriller.
ackson was on top Of his man and
orove him back with 81 right cross
dundee then started TO box and put
Jackson entirely at sea with a series
# snappy left jabs. Jackson rushed
and drove Johnny against the ropes
With a straight right Jackson scored
eavily several times With his right
the third round. He had all The
better of the milling at close quarters.
Then Dundee stood away and pecked
Jackson repeatedly with a left lab, but
Jackson rushed him again and landed
several hard iefts and rights.
Dundee's left jab caused Jackson no
little confusion in the fourth Half
dozen times johnny connected with
out q return.
Rushcs Johnny to Ropes
Finally Jackson in rage rushed
Johnny TO the ropes, and peppered him
50 Justify that Johnny was forced to
cover. Jackson tried to measure Dun
dee for a knockout, but Johnny always
managed to either pull away or to get
inside the right.
The fifth was sort Of trick round.
Dundee pulled his old stunt of spring
ing of the ropes and twice caught
Jackson with hard let's. Jackson, kid
ding, tried the same thing, but ran
INTO a hard right Dundee in this
round was dancing about a great deal
and making Jackson miss.
jackson almost dropped Dundee with
right swing in the sixth round He
caught Johnny flush on the chin with
only shook his head and bored in for
more. This was Jackson's round by~a
big margin. Dundee appeared very
tired and weakening fast at the end of
the seventh round. Indeed both had
lowed perceptibly under the terrific
pace, and compared to what had gone
before the session was tame one.
Dundee made q veritable monkey out
Of jackson in the eighth. He had
Willie absolutely bewildered. Johnny
shot half dozen right uppercuts ia
)ackson's face and drove q hard righl
20 the jaw. Johnny cut loose with his
old jumping tactics and scored re-
peatedly with q left jab. Jackson was
groping around trying to locate the
elusive Italian, who was ducking and
meking him miss a mile.
The curtain raiser put the crowd in
excellent humor, for it was hum
dinger all the way. This was an eight
lounder that pitted Eddie James, of
California, against Billy Murphy, of
staten Island. James weighed 1864
and Murphy 124& pounds.
The judges awarded the decision to
Games. which was fair enough, though
Murphy scored q knockdown just be-
fore the final bell. There were two
knockdowns, both in the last round.
With about minute to go James
dropped Murphy with right chop to
the chin. Murphy got up Immediately,
rushed to close quarters and breaking
away from clinch stretched out
James with left hook to the button.
Soldier Wright Beaten
Soldier Jim Wright, of the 24th In
fantry, was sunk in the third round
OF the second preliminary by Sailor
harden of the United States Navy. 1t
looked very much as if the duskv