Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-14
BY NEA SERVICE

NEW YRK. Aug. 14.-Johnny
Dundee's great chance is here.
The lightweight championship is
dangling temptingly before his eyes.
And the veteran Johnny, cheeks
flushed with recent victory, is reach
ing out for it.
His victory over Eugene Criqui,
world featherweight champion, after
a dozen years of ups and downs, has
goaded him on into new fields.
Meets Leonard Sept. B
Now he's ready to meet Benny
lightweight division.
They'll step into the ring at
Yankee Stadium here September 5.
Johnny's friends are skeptical.
Some fear he will meet the same
fate Johnny Kilbane, fallen feather
weight idol. did at Leonard's hands.
Others believe he has an excellent
chance to dethrone Leonard.
Back in 1917, Kilbane having no
rivals for his crown, elected to mix
things with the lightweight cham
pion. Johnny was knocked out in
three rounds, the first time in his
career.
Kilbane had previously met
Leonard before he had acquired the
lightweight title and had no trouble
outboxing him. The featherweight
champ felt that go with Leonard
would be soft money! mere waltz.
Far From Strangers
The Leonard-Dundee bout is moth
ing new in the fistic world. The
two champs are far from strangers.
On no less than eight occasions have
they met in no-decision affairs. But
the most strenuous thing they did
was count the receipts.
The ninth clash between the two
may be for blood. Now that Dundee
is a champ he will seek, no doubt,
to live up to the title. Johnny has
always believed that he could beat
Leonard. The coming meeting will
be to a decision. 1t will be the big
opportunity for Dundee.
Should Dundee get the decision it
would make him the lightweight as
we'll as the featherweight champion
and Incidentally the greatest draw
ing card in the fight game. Dundee
is certain to be well under the light
weight limit.
Leonard's Title in Danger
To get the decision or win by a
knockout adds nothing to Leonard's $
fight record, since he will scale well
over the feather limit. The bout
will be one in which Leonard can
lose title but win nothing other
than filthy lucre.
There are some experts who do
not look on the bout with much
favor, since the pair have met SO
often. They don't believe the public
will fall for 1t very strong.
In the previous meetings, Dundee
was simply featherweight going
oue Of his class. Dundee is now
champion. Bouts between cham
pions always carry a certain appeal
to the public. Incidentally, Dundee
always gives the public run for Its
mtlney.
Dundee Has Real Chance
While Leonard showed fine form
in his bout with Tender, he seemed
to lack a finishing punch. Dundee
DOES not appear to be counting any
great danger in that respect.
On the other hand, Dundee, as he
gets older, appears to have more
| back of his punches. Possibly 1t is
due to the fact that Johnny has cut
out some of his jumping jack tactles
and is setting himself before de-
| livering his blows.
There is color to the bout because
| It is between two champions. The
fact that Leonard in the eight meet
ings, despite a big advantage IN
weight, has always had his hands
full, making many of the experts be-
Iieye that Dundee has a chance to
annex the lightweight title in addi-
ton to his featherweight crown.