Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-15
DUNDEE 7 AXES
REVENGE, NOD
OVER ROBERTS

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-(H)--Rallying
from the verge of a knockout that
would have repeated his previous dis
aster, Joe Ounce, Baltimore welter-
weight, came back to pound out vic
tory over Eddie Roberts, the Tacoma
/ Terror, in a slashing 1O-round battle
lat Madison Square Garden tonight.
| Dundee earned the unanimous YER
| dict of the judges and referee. He was
credited with eight of the ten rounds
of furious fighting but it was only
by the margin of two seconds that he
escaped sudden finish in. the fourth
round. Knocked down by smashing
l"one1two" to the jaw in this round,
Dundee was pounded all over the ring,
but kept his feet by a remarkable dis
play of boxing and generalship. Rob
erts, army weary and near the point of
exhaustion from his desperate efforts
to whip over the knockout blow, was
decisively beaten from then on to the
finish. The coast boxer, who had
knocked out Dundee in the first round
of their first encounter at San Fran
cisco last December 4, always was
dangerous, but Dundee's superior
stamina and boxing ability gave him
the verdict.
Dundee, in a savage attack, cut Rob-
Ierts badly about the nose and mouth
in the closing rounds, and on at least
one occasion, in the eighth round had
Eddie reeling under a hail of blows.
The Pacific coast boxer was saved by
the bell in the eighth as he staggered
under the impact of a series of terrific
SmaSheS to the chin.
Roberts apparently spent nearly all
his energy in the fourth round, when
he had Dundee in bad shape after
flooring the Baltimore boxer for a
count of eight with smashing left
hook followed by sharp right cross.
This offensive was carried into the
any chances of anotherA knockdown,
but in every other round, Roberts was
outboxed and outspeeded.
crowd of $4,000 fans, who paid
$62,535 and filled the Garden to ca
pacity, saw the Roberts-Dundee bout
climax card of five bouts, three of
which ended in knockouts.
The fight by rounds follows:
Round One-Roberts wore flaming
red tights and was given a great
ovation. The coast boxed landed the
first blow, left to the neck, but
both started off cautiously. Dundee
stuck a long left to the jaw, but was
backed to the ropes as Roberts let
loose with both fists. Dundee worked
a left jab to the nose and Roberts
countered to the body. Roberts shot
a left to the stomach and took tho
aggressive in a lively exchange
They broke from a clinch at the
hell
Round Two - Dundee landed
sharp left to the jaw and pummelleo
Roberts in a corner. The crowd
yelled as both mixed at a fast clip.
Roberts, slim by comparison with
his stocky opponent, was fighting
cody. They were in frequent
clinches. Dundee clipped Roberts
jaw with a smashing left and ham,
mered Eddie along the ropes. Two
smashing rights shook Roberts. The
coast boxer was backing off at the
gong.
Round Three-Dundee leaped to
the attack and backed Roberts to
the ropes. Dundee worked botn
fists to the body and stung Roberts
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Roberts landed a long left to the
fast mixup. Dundee was forcing the
fighting anG crew blood from
Eddie's nose with long left. They
were locked in clinch when the
round ended
Roun6 Four-Roberts missed a
rlgh: hook to the head rs re rush.'d
frer? his corner. Dur:d = shiftAI and
lodged while shooting his left to
the head Roberts floored Dundee
with left to the jaw for a count
Of seven. Dundee backed off as
Roberts rained blows about the head.
Roberts hammered Dundee all around
the ring with a two-fisted attack
without drawing return blow. The
coast boxed tried in his efforts to
score a Knockout and Dundee hung
on desperately. Roberts piled both
hands to the head, but his blows
had lost their sting. The round
ended with the men TN clinch and
Dundee appearing even fresher than
his opponent.
Round 5-Dundee emerged with a
rush and chopped Roberts about the
head viciously. The coast boxed still
seemed a bit exhausted from his
terrific efforts of the previous round.
Roberts landed a left to the jaw as
they SPARED cautiously. Dundee was
taking no chances and jumped into.
a clnch after landing a light left
to the head.
! Dundee kept his chin tucked into
his shoulder, but Roberts found a
mark with an overland right. tt was
a sparring and lodging session, not
more than a dozen blows being
struck in the whole round.
Round 6-Roberts spun Dundee
around with right hook to the
jaw, but Joe kept his feet. Dundee
worked choppy right to the Jaw
at close range but took snappy
left hook In return. Dundee opened
a cut under Roberts right eye and
nothing short of sensational and if
! he continues to show such ability he
will be held as a regular to work on
4 the first string.