New-York tribune., 1922-02-04
Coast Pugilist
Lucky to Last
FifteenRounds
,un;or Lightweight Cham
MON Proves Too Clever:
Floors His Man Twice
By Jack Lawrence

r-ne;sco. in 8 tifteenround bout
:. MADISON Square Garden last night
-.a.. had all the better of the hrst
,...r rounds. and st one time ii
'....d as though he might score q
.,o.s.ou.- He hoored Benjamin twice
~. round. and hao him apparently
.,osey in one or two Of the others.
p.riamin was game enough, but did
..t know enough Acting under the
's.;.. a. Dan McKettrick and Willie
s.,r;s. he started his drive too late
~. last round he was doing his stuff
"a ssd the Scotch Wop backin, up
E -. !. was too late to overcome the
orrd sS he had lost. The Garden was
, sII,d 70 capacity.
'',u nundee weighed 129A and Benjamin
- Tho., who expected Dundee to waltz
4, and finish his younger opponent in
,he opening round were rather puzzled d
,rS,n the iieht-haired youth began TO
..and him of and stick over damag
We ls.ts and rights. Benjamin slipped
.n1 iell in this session. but was up
sssin Ike fash. and sticking over a
Inng left jab 1t YVES Benz njamin S round
\ pundee began 20 get IN his stuff in
! 10 second, and with a series of left
y wings brought the red trickling gently
rom Joe's nose. These same left
xrino, shook up the Westerner and
we're followed by two powerful rights
landjne almost flush on the jaw that
sent him back toward the ropes.
There were folks with horns who
~
Dundee flashed anything that looked
rood. The third was slow. 1t was so
siow that it looked as thought neither
we're ir this session were even They
ing much to cheer about on either side
Rss,:amin s landed the more frequently.
but mis- blows lacked any damaging
mower. He drove his left into Dun
lees face time after time, but the
Scotch Wop hardly noticed them. The
9Th was all Dundee. He cut Ben
Isnin's mouth and made him back up.
Ice was glad wnen the bell ran.
Tears Into Benjamin
In the sixth the veteran Dundee tore
into Benjamin and within the first
,hrty seconds Of fighting caught the
blond boy with q long right swing to
the Jaw that sent him hurting fifteen
feet across the ring. He landed in
heap close TO a neutral corner, but
did not take the count Referee Nc
partland was about 10 offer He smiled
bravely and came back 20 his feet to
be sent spinning again. From then
Until the bell he reefed sails and man
aged 10 weather the gale Toward the
end Of this round he cut Dundees $
night ear with e sharp left hook.
The seventh was another vicious af-
fair with Benjamin showing to greater
advantage. He took lot Of hard drives
70 the jaw and pantry, but delivered
some that not only shook up Dundee
ou' must have reminded him of guy
ramed Willie Jackson.
In the eighth Benjamin accented a
lev more hard swipes to TIE il W. but
IN me last minute Of this session gave
Dundee something 10 think about. One
o' BenJamln's hard rights to the Jaw
sent the Scotch Wop reeling backward
In tie ninth johnny continued to paste
me "esterner. He had Benjamin grog-
~ and seeking the support of the
ropes as the session ended. Dundee
lssd short lett hook that Benjamin
eeud not keep away from.
ihey fought tercely in the tenth.
dundee sticking out his jaw and allow
Ns benlam'n to hit it at Will. When
ne had taken enough the Italian bored
10 ana drove Joe to the ropes.
Game But Too Slow
benjamin was game enough but not
isN enough He could not match tho
s''aN S speed. Dundee beat him TO
~e punch tine after time, although a
ueat majority Of Johnny's wallops
: ''aeo 10 bother benjamin. in tire least.
~ Ire twelfth Bsnjamin seemed to
%qll'e " renewed pep and tore into
ouNoee WITH both hands. When The
Suno e0ccd he had him pinned against
Ie ropes and taking disturbing wal
@Is on both sides o. the Jaw.
uundees oleverness made BENJAMIN
.'YS pad on many occasions. but the
sp s,ss hesrd around the ringslde that
.osnlsmns yellow seemed uniusti-
.'u ne seemed to be doing as we'll as
me" new, He put on an extra
r'"t IN the fourteenth and had Dun
.,t On 'ne run for q time Benjamin's
O'' vas obviously the result of ad-
wv wy ne received iii his corner from
",he'rick and Lewis
!ney whaled away in the fifteenth.
+.s .." BENJAMIN having the better of
h. rv ssenanges. He shot his left into
.ees 'ace and slammed over his
IN. Is eNeetlvely BENJAMIN was doing
i.a ". .uc esong N tins session in a
rorns . cAoeavo1 10 make up ror lost
Il, ssys 'atzo and Jack ralner opened
s,,,r;'.s s'vm and were rot as bad as they
,,.a.seo to be. They seemed TO be
T.'esssd II the business al hand.
W msde oac wonder where Tex
4, %I'a d'gs q? such odd characters
:" as apoet:1ers
Sent Palmer Ia Canvas
II. ~ star"ed ike rhr man who wor
,rss'. - oreued by slashing Mr..
sn,,. on TIE 'ew and sont him 20 the
y, fatncr amazed heap. Palm
t.u.,d.,'' va oriy amazed. He
nts su n,,e, % plaster Ls1Io ali over the
S.tS sI me slAtr round, when they
!sc .na afpssiee to :ire of the proceed
sacr Tue~'ded - -crar their bcllige
tomas .nss e. r7sStcd quietly. Latte
su INN ION lrertol and his weight
n,s.'.:vU9S ed as ,is. Phlladeiphia IS
" sell Tor Paine. =. and he waob.cd
tx,si,, d, lol. They gave Latzo the
aa ss "Au tae crowd gave KIM the
'se,,sss. usual. The aaair was iusu one
mSss things. 'N'
noy Palmer. nice loo.;ro ro,th
sas l.,,s..c ..c ray from Tulsa, OKLA, to
lie e.; ''1n Joe Cans, OF BROOKLYN. on
/ No boz. ins Big bust came after TN
Ni:,y..;a.n na9 oatileG TWO minutes and
Msns 81 seconds OF the second
ID .+ a!ner banged Joe on the Jaw
u. ..oashed~heavily on the lowest OF
.anmy ,rope' for a prolonged rest.
10y ~. Aabls. Of the East Sac. ana
~. Alore. Of ~ q -ase Wv, H.,