The New York herald., 1922-07-06
DUNDEE TO DEFEND
HIS TITLE TONIGHT
Meets Sharkey in Junior
Lightweight Bout at
Ebbets Field.

Over at Ebbets Field tonight Johnny
Dundee will make the first defense Of
his junior lightweight championship.
Johnny has fought many lightweight
since he got the laurels. but never at
the Junior limit. Dundees opponent
will be Jack Sharlkey, not so many
moons a contender for the bantam
weight title and now only ope jump
away from the real lightweight class.
Should the weather behave accord
ing to recent form and q postponement
be made necessary the fight will be
scheduled for tomorrow night. How
ever. the chances are that the scrap
will be held and that Dundee will put
another decision into his record. Johnny
promises to go out for Knockout. ana
with fifteen rounds to do 1t in Dundee
has right to expect success. Sharkey
is not so tough that he can Outright
and outlast the durable Italian.
Whenever Dundee fights his condition
may be taken for granted. However.
when Sharkey boxes the question of
fitness becomes paramount in a discus
sion of his chances We have the sayso
Of Jimmy de Forest. the veteran trainer.
who has been handling Jack. that
Sharkey is In fine fettle. He had better
be. The police arrangements also had
better be up to snuff.
In the preliminaries Joe Cellar will
meet Jack Harris. Jimmy Kirk win
tackle Willie Bradley. Harry Catena
will face Joe CoIletti and Henry Cor
don will box Joe Ryder. The last named
pair will provide the semi-final Of eight
rounds.
"Joe Lynch is down to weight for
his attempt to regain the bantamweight
title from Johnny Buff at the velo-
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Mead, the challenger's manager. yes
-terday. Being down to weight. 1t is
now up to Lynch to prevent being
down to canvas. Buff promises hot
action from the start--and @ knockout.
Dempsey to show His Hand.
Just how much Jack Dempsey's ac-
ceptance Of Harry Wills's challenge
means will be indicated on Saturday,
when Jack Kearns and Paddy Mullins
meet to sign articles Acceptance means
one thing and naming date means
another. Dempsey may decide to post
pone the fight for year and force his
challenger to go half stale with anxiety
and lack Of real action while he goes
about the country giving exhibitions and
meeting third rate heavyweights and
second rate middleweights.
II Is dSTeeu tHdt outSfut OL Wits licTo
isn't q heavyweight in this country who
has any license to enter a ring with the
champion for serious joust. Will
Dempsey use the ace In the hole on
Labor Day or win he hold hfs man off?
We hear that bone doctor at Belle
vue has been working on Wills's left
arm and that he has worked out a kink
in the negros elbow. This has length
ened the Wills left and has given him a
freer motion with that arm. The bone
doctor says that heretofore Wills was
practically one handed fighter. 1t
would be extremely difficult to tell that
to Fred Fulton
The Wrong O'Dowd.
Willard Stuart. manager Of Eddie
O'Yoowd. writes Eddie O'Dowd. chal-
lenger for Buffs title, lately has beer
charged with being knocked out by Carl
Tremaine at Youngstown. Ohio. This
report is an example Of the contemplate
methods used by certain fight managers
in sending out malicious and untrue re-
ports. AS matter of fact Eddie
! ODowd has never been knocked out
The defeat reported was registered
against another bantam by the name oi
Phil O'Dowd."