San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-30
SCOTCH W0P
EASY FOR
CLICK !.
Antics Of Old Fall Flat
But Fans Stick -
to-
-. -
With Him.
BY SAM HALL


Cn1versal Service Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Jan. .30.-Johnny
Dundee, the great old Scotch Won,
lost nine out Of ten rounds to Joe
Click in the main event at the Gar
den last night, and hundreds stood
around TO boot the decision in favor
of Click, just because they like
Johnny.
Dundee was beaten from the jump,
and dropped every round except the
last. 1t was tragic scene to those
who have seen Dundee when he was
good. plenty good enough to have
whipped a boy like Click.
The Dundee of the present will lose
to- Click any night, despite his show
nanship. His efforts to fight, to bring
back his. old -airplane punch" attack,
'to. bounce off the ropes and do all the
things that made him a great card
here were pitiful against Click.
He did not try his circus stuff until
be knew he was going to lose and,
being smart, he knew that early.
WISHES AND STOUT HEART.
John had only the sympathy of the
crowd and stout heart with him.
Click had everything else. The deci-
sion simply could not be questioned by
those at the ringside.
That it was questioned in the crowd
was to be expected. Johnny has a
tremendous hold on the populace. II
was lucky thing for Click that he
won as far as he did. Otherwise, il
might have been necessary TO protect
the referee. Jim Crowley, and the
judges on the way out.
As il was John got all the cheers
and Joe all the boos when il was over.
Dundee is through as a great ring
pastimer. He is just a shell of his
old self with the idea still in his head
that he is as good as ever. He took
the gaff from Click as only a man
who came up in his rough fighting
school can take it. At best he should
take Il no more.
Click weighed 40 and Dundee
BLEEDS IN FIRST.
Click made life miserable for Dun
dee in the first round. he was all
over old John and had him bleeding
badly from a left eye cut
Joe again had the better Of the 60
ing in the second but Johnny did
some OF his old time bouncing off the
ropes that caught the crowd. A right
uppercut TO the jaw hurt Dundee
badly inst before the bell.
Johnny was just a Snowman in the
third. Click was beating him 10 ev-
cry punch and still Johnny had the
boys in the balconies yelling wildly
each time he tried to bounce about
in a vain effort to bewilder Click.
There was not so much execution in
the fourth but Click was well in
front He stung Johnny with left
hook to the stomach and outscored
him two TO one.
Johnny was taking a real licking IN
the fifth.
The thousands were cheering for
him and he was trying hard but the
old pep was missing.
LEFT-HANDED LESSON.
Joe gave Johnny a left-bsnd lesson
In the sixth. He hooked him often
to face and body while Dundee's
punches were falling short. He went
10 his corner with CORY lips and a
beaten look on his face.
There was much trading Of left
hands in the seventh and, while
Johnny did pretty well for an old
boy, he was outscored.
John fought spitefully and deter
minedly in the eighth and came close
10 holding his own, but Click was still |
the master of the situation.
Dundee tried TO stage q rally in the
ninth and did some more Of his rope
work. Click had it on him with left
hooks.
Dundee pulled lot Of fancy stuff |
jp the last round and held his own, |
but the decision was awarded 10
Click.
Twelve thousand persons witnessed
the fight, the total receipts being
about $4,000.