The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17
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Milwaukee and other large cities
of the middlewest will send CORE
spondents to Rock Island June 97
to handle the reports on the Charlie
White-Johnny Dundee scrap, billed
for the afternoon of that day at
Douglas park. under the auspices OF
the American Legion.
Chef Koeppel, boxing expert for
the Milwaukee Sentinel, has writ
ten in for reservations for two. In
cidentally, koeppel drops the hint
that he considers the Wnite-Dundee
mill second in Importance only TO
the Rocky Kansas-Benny Leonard
title battle at Michigan City July 4.
Koeppel says that Dundee is 4
great favorite with Milwaukee fans,
many of whom will make the jaunt
to Rock Island for the purpose Of
seeing him in action against White
Stories TO the effect that White
will not be able to land a telling
punch on the elusive Johnny are
discounted by the newspaper re-
ports of their fight in the Bronx
boxing drome, New York, nearly a
year ago. The bout was called a
draw, much to the dissatisfaction OF
the crowd, which believed that
White was entitled to the decision.
The only round Dundee had in his
favor was the first, according to
one newspaper, in which he made
White miss his famous left HOOK
continually. In this session Dun
dee stayed on top of White and
rained IN right and left blows tG
the body and jaw.
Dundee complained to the referes
that White was using a mouthpiece,
The referee told Charlie it was
barred, and that he would have to
box without it. This incident did
not add to the humor of either man
and in the ensuing rounds the
blood few fast and thick.
In the second round White caught
Dundee with a hard left hook TO
the jaw, which sent him RELY half
way across the ring. Dundee came
back strong and went right into !
furious mixup, with White having
shade the better of it.
The third round was about even,
each man using a stiff left lab, and
crossing with a right At the start
of the fourth round, White hurt
Dundee with a hard left hook 10
the mouth, which made him spit
blood. Dundee cut Whites right
eye with a nasty left hook, only TO
be met with a hard left in return.
Both men went into a fierce mix
up in the fifth round, Dundee plant
ing a half dozen solid leftS and
rights to the body. White shook
Dundee up with a hard left hook
to the jaw, coming out of a mixup.
White went to his corner bleeding
from the mouth. Dundee started
into a crouch in the sixth round
and sent in some stiff left jabs 20
mouth. White Strengthened
Dundee up with a hard left hook to
the jaw.
White hurt Dundee with three
solid left hooks to the body and
jaw at the start of the seytnth
round. Dundee tried his leaping
tactics. only to be met with few
left jabs on the nose In the
eighth round White cut Dundee's
right ear with stiff left hook. and
punished him severely about the
body and head with left and right
hand smashes. The ninth round
found Dundee a beaten man. and
as he came out with a rush White
met him with a fierce left hook,
which shook him up considerably.
Dundee went to his corner with his
ear and mouth bleeding.
Dundee was tired as he came out
for the last round and put all his
strength into a few wild swings.
Both were fighting in close when
the bell rang. The weights were
Dundee, 1870; White, 1856.