The New York herald., 1922-05-06
Game New York Boy Takes
Terrific Punishment in
Every Round.
by w. o. McGEEHAN.


Lew Tender Of Philadelphia. candi-
date for a bout with Benny Leonard,
won fifteen round decision from
Johnny Dundee at Madison Square
Garden last night.
Tender demonstrated his Furnishing
punch rsmorselessly, cruelty, but the
honor of the evening probably was
Dundee's. The little junior light
weight champion stood up under a
body battering that would have made
any other lightweight quit.
Every round of the fifteen was al
most exactly like every other. Tend
Ter, white faced and cruelty cool.
pumped both hands in Dundee's lean
body. The blows came as rapidly as
sticks beating a tattoo on a drum.
Before the bout was well along Dun
dees abdomen was mass of red welts.
Time and again Dundee bent double
as the body blows shot home, and It
seemed that he must crumple at last.
But when he was hurt the most cruelty
the little Italian-American fought
back the best
There was no power in the punches Of
Dundee. He went through It on his own
stout little heart. sheer courage and
stoicism under punishment Those rail-
lies OF his were half bluff for he must
have been sick and whiting within from
the steady stress of that pain. Welt
after welt sprang up as Tenders gioved
fists drove home.
A DEVILS Tattoo.
Dundee. born Giuseppe Carrora. was
hcrt in the first round. A left TO the
body. then a right and the DEVILS tat
TOO was on for the evening. Tender,
who seemed TO be perspiring icicles, he
was SO deadly cool. had one idea, to
play for the body. and hardly ever was
he diverted from this idea.
All the springiness and the dash that
have marked Dundee's bouts seemed to
bc knocked out Of him In that first
round. Only once In the third round
did he seem the familiar Dundee, leap
ing into the air and bounding back from
the ropes. He was hurt and tired, but
he kept that from the crowd and even
from his antagonist.
Just when he seemed about ready to
sag or to leave himself open for a.
self together and make one OF those
valiant bluffs or-as the statesmen
might call it--one OF those magnificent
gestures. For that was all they were,
those rallies Of Dundee; merely mag
nificent gestures. They fooled the gall
neries but they did not fool the people
IN Dundee's corner. They were worried
there. Never since ne was dropped by
Willie Jackson was Dundee so close to
being completely beaten. absolutely fin
sShed
Leonard steps I'm RinE.
II It had gone on the result was In
evitable. Dundee would have crumpled
and dropped from q left or right to the
Jaw after his arms had dropped from
sheer weariness. It was little short OF
a miracle that he lasted through the
fifteen rounds. W
Just before the main bout Benny
Leonard came into tho ring to be in
sroduced. Benny made what might be
called significant gesture. He shook
bands with Tender. This would seem
to mean that these two boys have kissed
nnd made UP. and that the Leonard
Tender bout will be one of the open
air shows this summer.
II Mr. Tender meets that other bright
young business man. Mr.. Leonard. our
cred. af Mr.. Leonard landed two or
three times In a round. as Dundee did
last night, Mr.. Tender would stop de-
Iivering the body punches.
The customers came early and yawned
through the prel!minaries. which were
rather tame and soothing. Among those
who took spuatters rights TO ringside
seats was the venerable Jack McAuliffe.
former lightweight champion of the
world. Jack was chewing gum and spit
ting out "reminiscences.
Customers of the so-called gentle sex
were fairly numerous. They came with
and without their escorts. many of them
beirg regular patrons of the so-oalled
manly art. According to Ike Dorgan the
house was fairly close to a sell up and
Ike has become less optimistic since
matrimony marked him for her own.
Wagering at boxing bouts is against
the law, so II is fair to assume that
there was no betting last night. But
there were whispers az the hour of the
bout drew near TO the effect that Tender
was a IL to 8 favorite over the Scotch
Wop.
The gallery seats were crowded early
with spaghetti consumers, who came to
root for Dundee, known TO the Italia.
quarter az Giuseppe Carrora. Also the
vestmakers and pants pressers added TO
the din with cheers for Tender. The
gallery expressed itself in three Ian
euages.
Willie OConneIl defeated Louis
Gugliemini on points, four rounds.
Johnny Drummie of Jersey City and
Johnny Darcy OF New York boxed six
round draw.