The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-24
CHICAGO FANS
SEE CHAMPION
WINDUP DRILL
Not Likely TO d oAny More Train
ing After His Arrival In Rock
Island.
By ]. l.. HUGHES.

"See you Monday" writes Johnny
Dundee from Chicago. will work
out at Arcade gymnasium here Sat
urday and Sunday. Am in great
shape for bout. Tell White he's in
for another trimming"
So tri-city fight fans will have
their first glimpse of Johnny Dun
dee, 130-pound champion OF the
world, Monday. The great little
Scotch Wop batter is in Chicago 20
finish up his training for his i'm
portant battle with Charlie White
in Rock Island next Tuesday after
noon. 1t is doubtful If he will do
any work here Monday.
Johnny is very much in the lime
light these days by reason of the
part he has played in bringing
about the reinforcement of Cham
pion Johnny Kilbane by the New
York boxing commission. Disra-
garding the fact that Johnny for
years has been one of the brightest
stars in the pugilistic armament,
tri-city fans and hundreds from
surrounding cities now mere than
of this wonderful fighter and boxer
in action.
1t was Johnny Dundee who last
February deposited $4,000 with the
New York commission as evidence
of good faith in his challenge of
the featherweight boss, Kilbane.
kilbane's six months of grace in
which to accept the challenge or
show good cause why he shouldn't,
expired the other day Now New
York is planning a match between
Johnny and Danny Frush to deter
mine the new featherweight cham
pion, at least so far as the state Of
New York is concerned
The fans will have the chance to
satisfy themselves just what there
is to Johnny's style of fighting that
has put him up in front and kept
him there so many years
They are offered the opportunity
of seeing a man who has had reams
and reams of print space given to
accounts of himself and his ring
exploits, pitted against one of the
recognized hardest hitters in the
lightweight ranks, Charlie White
vi NAiNa6o w HilG pSiChS inc DO"
of middleweight in his famous left
hook. He has knocked champion
ship aspirations out of a vast num-
Der of young and promising COM
ers in the game with that powerful
southpaw mitt Charlie can use 1t
with tell-tale effect in close quar-
tiers. Sorry indeed is his opponent
who leads with a right and fails
to cover.
Is Real Classic.
There is, no question about the
bigness fthis bout 1t is not
necessary for us to try and convince
the fans that this is a contest they
can't afford to miss. Anyone who
has followed the boxing game to
any extent whatever. understands
that the two men whom Rock Island
post, American Legion, has signed
for Tuesday afternoons main bout.
are among the recognized real top
notchers of the sport. The Dundee
White bout in Rock Island is sec
ond in Importance at this time only
10 the Benny Leonard Rocky Kan
sas battle in Michigan City, Ind,
July 4. Either Dundee or White
would have been strong drawing
cards as Leonard's opponenut. And
the fans here know that these two
against each other are worth every
cent OF the prices asked-$2, So and
$5-and then a whole lot more. No
where else in the country would
Charlie White and Johnny Dundee
be offered as opponents at these
prices.