Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-06
|ph;lcdelphian Sc eUerely
Furnishes Gritty Italian
With Powerful Left
Punches to the Body
MIN ENDS STRONGLY
Nv LOUIS II. JAFFE
New York, May O.

I nA0nohtp anu DonhS
sssistent challenger for q crack at his
y..r to-day stands with \ both feet
os"rSlv on the threshold OF the New
vsssrs throne. Tender sidetracked
~ loi isst and most dangerous Of the flock
Il rrrtenders for Leonard's diadem
A.$ the southpaw decisively defeated
SSsnv Dundee in fifteen rounds at
SSiscn Square Garden, here last
Thers wasn't a single dissenting
Adek from the .populace,. who wit.
sSssed Dundee make one OF the srittiest
sSsds seen in the twenty four foot
suared circle for long time. For the
sfire distance the local italian as.
@ilsted a terrific body beating, but
N never shirked his work a single
sseond and was fighting back harder
s fhe last three rounds than at any
| Ara during the sct.to.
r1ndler continually attacked with his
,eious left to the body. There were
~ when a knockout was imminent.
M Lew almost doubling up Dundee
n 4 result Of powerful punches, to the
SHeection. However. just when It
kskM a. II Dundee would 80 down
Ssm 4 series Of stomach smashes he
| sSftsd his teeth. stood fat. footed and
SsVod the tenacity Of . bulldog ny
vIanslns away with both hands.
| Fndjer's Victory Impressive
while Tenders margin Of victory
v,s wide one, showing to advantage
| II nine rounds. with only two belonging
b Dundee and four being even, Lewis
victory was more impressive than a
reeur,e Of the contest shows. How Dun
Se was able to Withstand such terrific
Icdy punishment was a mystery. and
jehnny's great gameness cannot bs
% leonard himself was a strict observer
ftom rinsside. Before the bout Benny
hopped into the ring, shook hands
smiinrly with Tender and Dundee,
spd II was announced that he was ready
b meet any legitimate challenger.
While the champion refused to COM
r."t on the bout and rema ined entirely
evIet round after round. his facial ex.
pfss1ions showed that he was marvelin1E
Il two things: Tenders terrific body
attack and Dundee's gameness. =,
From the outset, Tender unfurletl
VIII fists in the general direction Of
| fundee's mid. section, seldom shifting
4 r.
b beat down Dundee through body pun
| tlment.
This Tender failed to accomplish,
Ist he did show that he was Dundee's
nlster in the ring, and the thousands
the Garden ,a Inst night we're S,s.SI3ani. HHani.
ntthpaw for a championship battle
With Leonard.
After they had fiddled through the
| lrtt round, with little to choose be.
tween them, Tender went out and
ptmped enough hard punches into Dun.
Dundee came back like q streak in the
md whl;e Tender continued to reach
|tAe New Yorker with hard wallops to
| Tie body Dundee finished up. with
From the fourth until the eleventh,
Inclusive, it was all Tender. From the
distance Lew hooked his right to Dun
dess head and then went to close
sulttsrs. There the southpaw used
botA hands with lots of steam behind
seh punch to the body.
Punches Begin to Tell
Il was in the sixth round that
TMdler's punches first began to
vallops. both left .handers, sunk almost
tkht knee. It looked like the begin.
NJ, came out for the seventh entirely
neeperated and set fast pace for
by Z minute.
u the eighth round Dundee was
sstted over tho left eye, which blcd
tesether accidentally. Johnny became
nefs, speed near the finish Of the
d1ated.
Ms ninth, ten and eleventh found
Dundee suffering what appeared to be
% unmerciful body beating. He tried
y keep away from the half clinches,
weefe Tenders vicious attack was so
.ident, but Lew was after his foe con-
thually.
The big surprise came In the eleventh
mend when Dundee bounced from his
Mner with the elasticity OF n rubber
nl, stepped around Tender as fresh
the proverbial daisy and belted the
tnnndelphian with 10 many lefts and
nr to the head that even Tenders
1eunued body attack failed to keer
s0enny from winning that round.
Tendler, though, had the contest well
And, and only an accident could
nim from winning. Tender kept
asng1ng and socking at the body with
o0tn nands, while Dundee kept stepping
opnd like a thoroughbred, jabbing
a'Sxins and crossing a flock Of punches.
~. Uuaaee came along SO strongly in the
~ three periods that he was entitled
ts.s. tM even break in each OF the thir.
atn, fourteenth and fifteenth
tsSus: tnus: They went at It hammer and
~s ss IN the final frame, and had thu
M,r.S sS up shrilling for a knockdowr
Vuncn II nothing else.
'cAsss for the Winner
~ soon as the combined decision
Tm~res .eres Kid Mcfarland and Judge.
NJ vSu%y Shortell and Charley Meighar
por,s Nndered by Joe Humphreys, an
snasls Tender. amid cheers ant
linS inSAPp'ng, jumped lightly from the
hN. pDundee followed a few seconds
ma I, noth men appeared to be stronl
scins no way fatigued from the heavy
/, Aac9shsr a.sshhsr point that went a long way
~ ssoS'nn1trating ~ nating the wonderful game :
veisht' vqndee was the difference in
In -. Hs scaled before the commits.
feSth.M ~ pounds, In reality the
e'cN"hwelght limit, weighing i'm Mt 3
ad ! render tipped the beam seven