The New York herald., 1921-12-31
DRAW ISDUNDEE'S
FATE WITH JACKSON
Funior Lightweight Champion
Comedies 5 81 lbs.; Takes
Many Hard Knocks.
'CLINCHING SAVES JOHNNY
Garden Packed to See Inter-
esting Is Round Bout That
Did Not Include Title.
~ CHARLES F. mArH1soN.

ny CHARLES r. MATHISON.
Even had Johnny Dundees $50 pound
eitie and diamond studded Rickard belt
been at stake last night in Madison
Square Garden the champion would
have retained the honors. for ne boxed
q draw with Willie jackson In a Is
round bout. jackson weighed 1343
pounds. which put him out of the run
ming for the Junior lightweight crown.
The decision >? the drawn battle we.,
rather complimentary to the title hold
or. for Jackson appeared to have a
Hhade the better of the argument at
the end OF tha 10 round go
The contest, which was viewed by one
OF the biggest crowds of the season, was
vigorously wayed from the first bell to
the last jackson inflicted the greater
damage In the exchanges and several
times during the encounter, notably In
the twelfth round. had Dundee IN dis
sreso. Dundee. who is known as the
yishtest hitter In the ring, landed FREE
Quently on Jackson's face and body but
without serious effect.
While Dundee showed remarkable VI
tality IN recovering from the effect OF
6avage blows to the jaw. yet had 1t not
been for his hugging end clinching tac-
tics there Is q strong probability that
ne would have been stopped before the
fifteenth round. On every occasion when
Jackson became dangerous with his
heavy shots Dundee clung to his op-
ponent Hike an Ivy to the oak. All the
strength possessed by the referee, Artie
McGovern. was demanded to disengage
Dundee'e entwining hands from his op-
ponent For this reason Dundee should
have been penalized In the matter OF
points and that action would have given
the verdict to Jackson.
The bout as a whole was exceptionally
interesting and was thoroughly enjoyed
by the spectators When Dundee and
jackson were introduced previous to
the opening bout each man was cheered
Tor several minutes by his admirers
jackson weighed 134A to Dundee's
12eh. jackson being overweight Dun
dec's 13o pound title was not at stake.
jackson begins Well.
Tic first round was a very lively one
in which jackson landed q number of
heavy punches to Dundee's body and
Jaw, causing the champion to clinch
jackson also did the heaviest execu-
t,on In the second round. Furnishing Dun
dee severely In the body. Dundee re-
sorting to clinching to escape punish
raent.
Dundee used straight left to the
head In the third round and avoided a
majority OF Jackson's heavy shots to
the Jaw.
jackson staggered Dundee in the
fourth round with a heavy right to the
Jaw ana battered him tn he hung on
II looked rather serious for the cham
Zion in this round. but ne recovered and
was fighting well at the bell.
Dundee did SO much clinching in the
fifth round that the action was not
lively. Jackson landed the most blows
and was the aggressor.
Dundee Rolls UP Points.
Dundee peppered jackson with iefts
IN the sixth round and while the blows
had no damaging effect they counted as
points. Jackson took things easy IN this
session.
Furious fighting marked the seventh
round. both men boxing at top speed and
each landing effectively. Dundees at
TACK was so vigorous that Jackson broke
ground for the FIRST time.
Dundee forced the pace in the eighth
round and ran into succession of right
fanders 10 face and body, but doing him
no ..2-n,.
Dundee carried the fight to jackson
tn the ninth round. landed a number II
Ing avoided Jacksons shots to the Jaw.
Dundee also took the horrors in the tenth
round. which was lively in spots.
jackson tried hard TO get his right
on the point of the Jaw In the eleventh
round, but Dundee was too elusive and
gave as good as he received.
The liyelsest round of the bout was the
twelfth, In which Jackson finally reached
Dundee's jaw with his trusty right The
1lOW hurt TDnnHaa ryl1o -.
do great deal OF shifty work to avoid
tho conseq, ences.
Jackson gave Dundee a terrific drub-
bing In the thirteenth round, hammer
ing him with hard rights on the Jaw,
sending him to his corner very tired
The fourteenth round was very hotly
contested. the boys mixing II furiously.
Jackson gave Dundee hard trouncing
IN the last round. but failed to stop him.
The contest was declared a draw.
London an Easy winner.
The opening bout brought In the ring
two OF the most aggressive bantams in
the country In Harry London of New
York and Willie Spencer. London re-
ceived the award OF the judges after
eight rounds that bristled with hard
fighting. London was the aggressor for
the greater part OF the time, landed the
BTtAtCI nifUDtT OF DlOWs ana staggered
Spencer several times with hard lefta to
the jaw. Spencer showed dspositio.
10 clinch, which kept the referec, Billy
Glover. tho old time fcatherveight boxer
very busy. London had q wide margin
- he close OF the eight rounds.
Boxer Wins over Fighter.
Johnny Rcisier. who was 10 have
boxed Willie Koeh,er OF Brooklyn, was
taken III ~. the eleventh hour and sent
hts regrets. There was substituted for
Seisler a young man named Willie
Murphy of Brooklyn. Murphy Is q
fighter but not much Of boxer Koch
Ter on the oth'r hand is an excellent
boxer but not much of n fi7htrr. Kochier
therefore made It boxiug match end
won on points by n wide margin. Murphy
took q hard beating with very good
grace and tried his best 70 make fight
OF a.
Enc'.icr rvoiGed most of Mu-phy's
hard swings ard picked or his man with
rights end lofts Go the bod and hnd
him IN distress az the end OF the eighth
rorrd
More Fun Than Fighting.
Kid NcrfolS and Jamaica Kid. two
husky dark skin heavyweights, fur
/" he'd IN" COMEDY OF the night In m
round bout a, rho eri Of whicn
= was declared the winner The