The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-03
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By Davis ]. Walsh

NEW YORK, June 8. - In the
polite. drawing room atmosphere
that is modern boxing will be born
tonight a stepchild. 1t has been be-
queathed some Of the hayward ten
denotes Of an older and less formal
day when fighter was a man who
might have to prove it on the nearest
street corner as well as inside the
ropes, when intrigue and the prize
ring were twain.
Tonight at the Polo Grounds, Pete
Latzo, Of Scranton, Pa, will defend
his worlds welterweight champion
ship against Joe Dundee, Of Balti-
more, and in order to circumvent
dirty work at the cross roads, If at
all, the utmost precaution has been
taken to keep the challenger in
clustered seclusion.
He has become man conn.,
pleteIy surrounded by flat feet
and IL even is minated that
Baltimore plain clothes men will
stand guard over him at the
ringside. It seems that parties
unknown, alike to LatZO and
Dundee, have declared eternal
vendetta on the challenger's
camp.
They set upon ,Dundee's manager,
Max Waxman, in a Broadway hotel
some weeks ago, carved few choice
cold cuts and withdrew, leaving
Waxman with his life and tho inn
preston that his popularity might
not be universal.
AS result of the incident, q
Gordon of guards was thrown about
Dundee's training camp and the New
York Commission was moved to
waive rule, whereby 1t usually de-
manded that man involved in a
title fight must appear on the scene
at least five days in advance of the
contest. Dundee did not arrive from
Baltimore until last night and lost no
time in making himself highly in
censpicious. AS for Waxn1an, he
may turn up absent altogether.
8 Aside from those morbid details,
It is likely to be just another prize
fight with the possibility that the
challenger will be favored at gong
time. He has several things in his
favor and probably one Of them is
the fact that he is not to meet Ace
Hudkins. The Nebraskan almost
surely would enter the ring an Odds
eon favorite over either champion or
challenger tonight.
As it is, most of the intelligentsia
seem to be convinced that Latzo is
not a natural welterweight and
that a new champion is due. Pete
hasn't made the official weight of
TAT pounds in nearly a year, but
he will have to do 1t this after
noon at 2 o'clock. under pain Of
FORGETTING the title. He needed
only a drying out last night to
come in at the limit.
Doubt as to whether he can
be strong at the weight has
prompted the ma jOrity Of critics
to swing over to Dundee's ban
ner and, in this connection, Il
must be admitted that, If Lat
81 COS reducing has weakened
him, then the distance of is 4
rounds must favor Dundee also.
It favors him in another respect.
too. known as a slow starter, he
has made his best fights in late
round rallies and that sort Of thing
u5ually captures the judges eye.
However, it may be that the
judges won't matter. Dundee has
q motoriously fragile chin, as he
proved in both fights with Eddie
Roberts. If the latter had had lore
experience, Dundee never would
have finished the fourth round of
their last fight and Roberts might
have been sitting in the challenger's
chair tonight.
I.atzo is an excellent puncher and
probably will start pitching at the
goatee from the opening bell. II
he lands-good night. Tosti. IF he
doesn't, 1t is likely to be quite a
fight. Anyhow. for Latzo is one Of
those birds who like to fool the
boys. He even may be foolingI
them about his weight. since he
scaled 157 pounds for Willie Har-
mon last year and a short time
later did 147 for George Levine. He
won both bouts by knockout.
The pro-Dundee element, however,
wants to throw everything out ex-
.eept the fights this pair had with
Mickey Walker. Latzo pulled out
q close one over Walker for the