New-York tribune., 1922-02-01
Handsome Boxer TO DO
Final Stunts Under SUI
pcrvision of Jack Kearns
By Jack Lawrence

Joe Benjamin and Johnny Dundee cut
out their heavy training to-day and will
DO the loating stunt between now and
Friday evening, when they meet in n
bout at Madison Square Garden which
may switch new arc light on the
lightweight division. The newest light
weight hope is staring posterity in the
iace on Friday. Whether postcrity will
permit him to write his name in the
ledger remains to be seen The new
hope is that very personable scrappcr
named Joe Ben jamin, probn bly, the
handsomest figure tho ring has ever
known. Whether he will be handsome
when Johnny Dundee finishes with him
is another thing that remains to be
seen.
Tomorrow the boys will do some
llmbering up. Benjamin will do his
flnal stunts under the personal super
VISION OF Jack kcarns, manager of Jnc ok
Dempsey, who is also looking after the
interests of the dclectnbIe Benjamin.
If this Ben njamn person should sue
coed in disposing Of Dundee. there is
no doubt but that he would be in
more or less direct line for bout
with Benny Leonard for the lightweight
championship Of tho world.
Benjamin is an interesting figure in
boxing He has waived aside lucrative
moving picture contracts in order TO
pursue the trail Of HIS life's ambition
which is to be recognized ring
champion. Those close to him have
offered the idea that if lie appeared
in the moving pictures he could be
easily advertised rs q champion.
Will Stick to Boxing
Joe, Knowing the game as he does,
gave these offers the laugh. He stated
in the presence of some we'll known
sport writer's down at Atlantic City
last summer that tho thrill of tho
movies was dull compared with the OK
ultant drive Of the ring. Benjamin has
chosen his path in life and unless he
changes his views vary radically he will
ride or fail on the ropes Of an eighteen
foot ring.
Benjamin, as a spectacle. seems too
beautiful piece Of human machinery
TO fail He has ell the requisites to
satisfy the eye of the artist He is
1.-THE, agile and-as we have remark ed
before-very personablc
Whether all these ingrat;atng fscul-
ties viii aid him in the defeat Of Ny
Dundee viii be decided at Madison
Square Garden on Friday niaht. This
bout, while it raises no championship
olamor. will mark the parting of the
WAYS for one of the most interesting
lightwe. .ghts that has come into the
halocd circle Of metropolitan rings.
niamin is very likely 20 be ver
much here or verv much gone when
the history Of this fight is written.
Dundee Dangerous Opponent
Bcnjamin's opponent represents
mean obsticle to an ambitious youth.
He is one of those tough things that
must be hurdled in order to achieve
the purple peak. Johnny Dundee. in
orr opinion. is Very likely to wither
Mr.. Beniamjn's asoirations johnny is
a very dangerous element He is
dangerous with his left and dangerous
with his right. which is about enough
to say Of any fighter.
In addition TO this Dundee has a
world Of experience. He can time the
tides Of battle to NICER degree than
any scrapper we know There is Just
one chance in thousand that Joe
Benz iamin might knock him out.
The Ben njamin Dundee scraD has an
or less of a social affair. The best
seats at the Garden have been secured
by folk not usually seen at prizeiig ghts
Douglas Fairbanks will be in Ben
iamin's corner, and this fact has led
to many applications for seats from
the screen profession. Dundec's un-
doubted ability Will account for the
presence of the best Of the fighting
fraternity. Then there are the ladies
who love q male bcauty-and that's
J oe Benjamin.