New Britain herald., 1927-11-01
KAPLAN MAKES COMEBACK
 TRY IN NEW HAVEN RING
Meriden Battler Meets Mike Dundee of Rock Island Ill., Tonight-Former Featherweight Champion Holds Center of Interest In Fight World-Opponent Is Top-Line Contender for Worlds Lightweight Title Louis Down to 132 Pounds for Bout

Meriden. Nov. Louis (Kid) 1 kaplan stands at the crossroads of a long pugilistic trail tonight. Facing Mike Dundee, the Rock Island Thunderbolt, at the New Haven arena in 12 round bout, the doughty little local warrior will start his long climb back to the light weight heights or pass, once and for all, from the contenders' parade.
 There have been many test bouts in kaplan's career. There was the battle with Sammy Waltz at the city hall away back in 1921, which saw him rise to the headlines for the first time. There was the bout with Dan- ny Kramer at the old Madison Square Garden, in January, 1925, when he vaulted into the feather weight throne. There was the sec ond featherweight championship match with Babe Herman, also al the Garden, which proved convinc- ngly his superiority over the man who held him to a doubtful draw at Waterbury earlier in the year. Then there were the bouts with Tommy Cello, when he entered the light weight division after retiring as featherweight champion, to prove his greatness as a lightweight con- tender. And his bouts with Lew Pa luso and Bruce Flowers when he was trying to win his way back to the top after the Billy Wallace dis aster of last December.
 But tonight's meeting with Dun dee, one of the country's leading lightweights, takes rank at the top of important tasks. In his last start kaplan was flattened in eight rounds by Jimmy McLarnin at Chicago, put ting the sllids under a comeback ef- fort that had reached eleven success sive victories.
 Tonight Kaplans starts his second probably final-comeback.
 It finds him facing a top-line con- tender in Dundee. a fighter who has fought the best in the country and q fighter carrying the same sleep producing qualities in his right hand that Billy Wallace and Jimmy Me Larnin carried into battle.
 Dundee has rolled up the impress sive total of 10 knockouts during the past year and should prove capable of proving whether Kaplan has hit the greased chute for the nonstop ride to the bottom or was just the vnctim of an unfortunate upset against McLarnin in Chicago.
 It was generally believed that Manager Billy Gibson would start kaplans second comeback effort against flock Of push-overs, but in Dundee kaplan is drawing on easy assignment.
 It will be kaplan's left against Dundee's right tonight in a bout that will undoubtedly be fought out be- fore sell-out crowd at the Arena. Throughout the past two weeks, since returning from Chicago, kap- Ian has been perfecting a defense against the right hand offensive with which Dundee hopes to repeat the knockout tricks of Wallace and Me- Larnin. Kaplan's characteristic weaving, bobbing tactics. missing against McLarnin, will be brought into full play to avoid the power be- hind the westerner's right.
 kaplan is down to 132 pounds for the bout, proof that Denny Mo Mahon has pared him down to his best fighting weight for the import ant test. kaplan scaled 136 pounds for McLarnin and was sluggish and slow, lacking his customary fire and aggressiveness after the early rounds.
 After nearly two solid weeks of training, Kaplan was given d full day of rest yesterday. He weighed 132 pounds yesaterday, and will probably hit that figure or a half pound lower, at the weighing in