Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-18
DUNDEE GETS
DECISION OVER
JACK BERNSTEIN

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dee of New. York, the worlds fea-
therwcight champion, added another
star to his crown tonight by taking
the American junior lightweight
championship back from Jack Bern
stein. of lonkers. on the judges de-
cision, after 10 round bout, the
feature of the Christmas charity at
Madison Square Garden.
They felt each other out in the
first round, exchanging a few hefty
blows at its close. Bernstein began
a body attack in the second but
Dundee ended it. countering with
his two fists to the torso and drove
Bernstein to u corner. Bernstein
was missing il the latter part of the
round.
Bernstein landed oftener than
Dundee in the third. smashing sew
eral hard let's to the jaw and body.
Johnny made Bernstein miss oftener
| in the fourth but. he could not avoid
number of telling blows including
hard left hook TO the jaw and
smashing belt to the stomach. Bern
stein was keeping on the attack,
forcing Dundee to clinch.
The IonkerS boy carried the fight
in the fifth. Dundee was willing
but unable to get inside with a
worth while blow. Johnny landed
oftener as the sixth got under way.
Bernstein broke up the attack with
a hard left to the jaw, rocking Dun
dee. Bernstein followed this with
hard body smuggling.
Dundee monopliled the seventh
with a left .iab which he picked in
BernStein's face so continuously that
the latter got over only oIC body
blow. Dundee however did a little
damage. Bernstein tilted Dundee
back on his heels in the eighth with
stiff LETT, but going into furious
body exchanges With which they
ended the session.
Dundee took some more body
drubbirg in exchange for few
punches to the jaw in the ninth. In
the tenth Bernstein administered Il
. two listed tiogging to mead and chest
To which Dundee's counter attack
was unequal. Dundee was firing
more than his opponent.
Dundee took more of body beat
ing,in the eleventh without the COM
| pensa tion of counter blows he had in
previous rounds. In the twelfth he
was stronger, however, hooking a
! hard left and reaching a stiff right
into Bernstein's kidneys. Jack was
mostly on the defensive.
Dundee scored heavily with. both
hands to body in their tenth while a
| few joltS from Bernstein drew blood
! from his ear and opened a cut under
| his left eye. Bernstein had slowed
UP when the fourteenth began and
outside the clinches Dundee shot
hard rights to the jaw and body.
They went into a nard body ex-
| change but Dundee drew away and
! shot for the jaw as the 18th opened.
| From a clinch DundGe placed both
hands to the head and Bernstein was
unable to land blow. Dundee stag
| gered him with a right to the jaw.
| Bernstein countering with left to
| the jaw.
| They clnched as the fight ended.
Jack Dempsey, worlds heavy
| weight champion, was given ire
mendous ovation and a few catcalls
! when he was introduced from the
ring. Prominent sporting and theat-
rical followers bid for an oil paint
ing of the champion that was auct-
oned off by Joe Humphreys. veteran
announcer of the Garden. The por-
trait went TO Harry Siegel of New
York for $1100. Harry Wills, Demp-
seys negro challenger. bid $1,000 for
the picture and the champion want
ed him to have it but SieSel offered
| the higher figure.