New Britain herald., 1927-11-04
RIOT RESULTS AS DUNDEE
 REFUSES TO ENTER RING
Promoter Fails to Pay Guarantee and WeIterweight Champion Doesn't Appear for Bout With Hudkns Spectators Stage Fierce Battle With Police State Commission Declares Match No Contest Greatest FiascO In History of Boxing.

Los Angeles, Nov. (UP)-A po- lice guard was maintained over Bal iimore Joe Dundee here today while q battered and puzzled populace sought the solution for probably the greatest tiasco in prize-iightlng history.
 Wrigley Field resembled no mans land and hundreds of people nuTsed injuries received when 3O,UoO hSht fans went wild when the Dundee Ace Hudklns welterWelght cham pionship bout was declared no con- test.
 Failure of Promoter Dick Donald to produce Dundee's S6O,OoO guar antee for the defense Of hls tltle' which led the champion 10 decline 10 enter the ring was the cause of the weird debacle,
 Facts of Affair
 While 1t may be days before the entire mess is untangled the fol- lowing facts were apparent this morning:
 Dundee, who fought long, hard fight to the top of the welterwelght heap, was willing to defend hls title. But he placed monetary value on 1t. however. and when Dick Donald fell ss7,Ooo short of the seO,o0O total he refused to enter Wrigiey Field.
 Donald made frantic attempt to raise the cash to pay off Dundee while thousands of impatient fans watched two rather mediocre pre- liminaries.
 Acc Hudkins entered the ring when the main bout was called, sat in his corner for nine minutes, and then reappeared In street clothes few minutes later.
 Score. were injured in the riot that followed. Excited and frantic fans, attempting to gain the ring side, upset rows on rows Of chars Dozens of minor fights broke out with the major battles centering the lighted ring when the police forces were assembled.
 Hudkins Claims Title
 In the midst of this excitement, Tom Kennedy, one time heavy weight title contender and now motion picture comedian. announc- ed in behalf of Hudkins that he claimed the worlds welterwelght title. He said Dundee had not en- tered the park and did not intend to-.
 The storm that followed this an nouncement led to police riot calls and every available officer in the city was rushed to Wrigley Field.
 Hundreds clambered into the ring where a battle royal between officers and spectators was started. Chairs were thrown. people knock cd down and policemen Welded their nightsticks with vigor.
 One side of the ring gave way ana a score of men were thrown Into the press row, crushing typeWriters' telegraph instruments and cameras
 Women tainted and were carried from the scene, whiskey bottles were hurled to the center and three DO licemen were removed from the ileiu for emergency treatment.
 An official announcement at 1l:3o more than an hour after the 1iSht was to start, temporarily quleted the crowd.
 Frank Kerwin. speaking for Dlck Donald, said that Donald had failed to produce Dundee's guarantee, that the fighter had refused to continue and that the California athletlc commission had ruled the bout no contest"
 The crowd quieted at the field. passed through the exits, only to break into renewed disorder With out. Thousands carried wooden chairs out of the park and an i'm mense bonfire was started.
 Rioters Are Dispersed
 The various fire departments and the police reserves arrived just i'll time to find a mob of several thou sands attempting to storm the box office at the field. They were dis perscd only by the use of night sticks and water.
 only one arrest was made at tn" field. James Whitehouse who bounced 9 folding chair over pa licemans head. causing the officer 10 seek emergency treatment, Was the man taken into custody.
 When the crowd had apparently settled for the night another riot call was sounded when T group of nor" than 100 was discovered outsid" the hotel where Joe Dundee was guar tered After they were dispersed four officers were detailed to stand guard at the entrance.