The New York herald., 1922-04-03
BARRETT WILL TRY
TO FLOOR DUNDEE
Quaker Knockout Hitter May
Be Confronted With
Hard Task.
ny CHARLES r. MArH1soN.

Bobby Barrett. conquerCr of Hyman
Gold and possessor OF convincing
punch in either right or left mitt, will
have puzzling problems 10 solve on
April "a. when he meets Johnny Dundee
in the ring of the Olympia A. A.. Phila-
delphia.
If young Mr.. Barrett succeeds in
reaching the Dundee jaw with either his
trusty left or his deadly right she will
accomplish feat which has bafled
Benny Leonard and all the other for
n liable lightweights with the single
exception OF Willie Jackson. And as
time goes on and the Dundee jaw eludes
the gloves of the best 'ightweights in
the land the impression grows that the
Jackson knockout punch was one of the
few accidental" blows In the history
o; pugilism.
Therefore when Barrett gets into the
ring with the bounding Sieilian the bout
will be a severe test of the accuracy
and speed Of the Quaker's attack.
Shoold Barrett drop Dundee for the
complete count the Philadelphian will
necessarily be admitted to the inner
circle of polite lightweight champion
snip circles.
Dundee Is also considering a match
with Vincent Pepper Martin. and will
doubtless sign the papers II the terms
are satisfactory Dundee Is In POSI-
ton to defend his 130 pouna title against
the Martin attack or meet the Brook
lyn boy at the featherwetght limit OF
hl26 pounds. As showing the versa
tiiity of the Italian he will permit Bar
rett to weigh 1876 pounds at u. NJ
but requires Leonard AMI other Hgnt-
weights TO make the class limit OF 100
pounds at p. NJ. In his bout with
White Dundee weighed 1271z pounds
When Chairman Muldoon and Major
Charles J. Dleges, who have on hand
an investigation Of arruory athietics'
finish their work, It is altogether nKeiy
decided improvement VIII De oo
served. Much fault has been 1ouno
with the manner In which the boxing
bouts have been conducted, and radical
changes are likely to be effected.
It is singular thing that JOCK
Malone one OF the best middleweisnts
In America, cannot be induced to box IN
this city. 1t does not appear that the
st. Paul boys demands are unreason-
able, and the patrons of boxing should
have an opportunity to see probably the
best middleweight In the country Ma
lone is a clever boxer and hard hitter.
He was one OF Dempsey's sparring part
ners at Toledo and boxed in bout pre-
liminary to the championship contest
1t was only a week ago that he out
pointed Augie Rather In a twelve round
bout In Boston, and he has shown form
that entities him to matches with the
best In the class. He can beat Wilson,
Downey. O'Dowd and Mike Gibbons at
the present time. and would give Greb
hard fight at 100 pounds.
Augle Rather, who is to box Lou
Bogash at the Pioneer Sporting Club to-
morrow night, disputes the claim of Mike
McTigue to the middleweight champion
ship Of ireland. Rather was the A. L. f..
middleweight champion. and after his
victory he went to Dublin and boxed
Tom Reilly. middleweight title holder OF
Ireland. McTigue. therefore. is left with
only the Canadian title to his name.
Tank Corps Post TIE, American Le-
gion, will hold boxing and vaudeville
entertainment at Bryant Hall tomorrow
night. The proceeds will be devoted to
the care of wounded soldiers in varo 9
| hospitals Pete Hartley and other we'll
known boxers, as we'll as number of
prominent stage celebrities, have volun-
teered their services. Commander j. T.
Harrigan is chairman of the committee
in charge.
a Constant Reader" Of THE NEW
YORK HERALD asks why Sammy Sieger
was suspended by the boxing commits
sion following his bout with Pepper Mar
tin. Commissioner Hooke says the rea-
son for the suspension was that Sieger
made too much fuss over the low blow
he received from Martin, rs the victim
of the punch was not seriously hurt Mr..
Hooke said that on several other occa-
sions when Sieger had received low
blows he had invariably tried to give
the impression that he was more badly
injured than was the fact The euspen-
sion was a hint TO Sieger not to repeat
the offense.
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