The New York herald., 1922-08-28
PEPPER MARTIN HAS |
HARD TASK ON HAND
Will Find 1t Difficult to Lift
Dundee's 130 Pound
Crown.
BY CHARLES r. MATHIsoN.

Vincent Pepper Martin, an agile youth
from Brooklyn who has performed COM
nendably in the ring. will attempt some
thing tonight at the New York veio-
drome that many ablcr men have failed
TO achieve. Martin will try TO subdue
the vivacicus. elusive and tireiess Joseph
Carrora, otherwise johnny dundee, in
q fifteen round boxing bout.
Martin has cast covetous eyes on the
100 pound title held by the active Ital-
ian, and It Is with the hope Of winning
that championship that the youngster
made the match.
Martin is to be admired for his cour-
age and fearlessness. He bodily steps in
where pugilistic angels might well fear
to tread Dundee has balIied the most
formidable boxers in the lightweight
class including Champion Leonard. and
in his contests with featherweights he
has almost Invariably been the victor
He holds the American featherweight
title. which he won by knocking out
Danny Frush, and he promptly came
forward and accepted challenge to de-
fend his 100 pound honors. While Mar
tin will have few pounds advantage
over the champion. Dundee will not
worry over that, especially in view of
the fact that he frequently comedies
eight to ten pounds to hard hitting light
weights.
Under the circumstances Martin will
be called upon to do the best fighting
OF his career and this Is not likely to
be coed enough to win over the Italian.
Martin is swinger. and as Dundee has
managed to avoid the straight, hard
shots of better men than the Brooklyn
tie 1t does not appear that he will land
on Dundee with damaging effect except
by accident.
The indications point strongly to the.
bout lasting the limit of fifteen rounds
and Dundee winning on points.
Martin Is five years younger than
Dundee and will have pull OF five
pounds in the weight, as he viii scale
1870 pounds to 1875 by the champion.
Dundee will carry the greater speed and
will have decided advantage in de-
fensive work and generalship.
Jack Munro. the famouh promoter of
sports in Australia and director of the
boxing stadium In Sydney, Brisbane and
Melbourne, arrived in this city yester-
day and is quartered at the Hotel Bel
mont. He is accompanied by II. B.
Jameson, secretary OF the Stadiums
Comapny, and while the object of their
visit Is mainly business they are apt
to take few boxers back with them.
preferably in the featherweight and
lightweight classes.
Mr.. Munro Is keen for an inspection
of the boxing arenas in this country and
will attend many of the important bouts
He will be at the rfngside tonight when
Dundee and Martin meet at the New
York velodrome.
Mr.. Munro Is combining pleasure with
business. He took a bride two days be-
fore leaving Australia and is on his
honeymoon tour.
Mr.. Munro should not be confused with
Jack Munroe. who once fought Jeffries
and who also Rained fame as a soldier in
the late war.
Dave Driscoll, matchmaker OF Ebbets
Field. denies that he told anybody that
Johnny Buff was the fyweight cham
pion OF the world. Driscoll says he Is
fully aware that Jimmy Wild< holds chat
title, and that Buff Is the American
champion of the class. Dave says he
was not guilty of trying to creats the
impression that the Buff-villa contest
will decide the worlds f7yweight cham
pion, and that he is now making an
effort to induce Wilde to come here
and defend HIS title. Driscoll must
therefore be exonerated from the
charge of misleading statements regard
ing the match. Yet some one who was
concerned in the making of the match
gave out the misleading information,
for 1t was published quite generally.
Among those who participated in the
signing of the articles OF agreement were
Churchill. manager for Villa, and Dia-
mond, manager OF Buff.