The Washington times., 1937-12-06
Kdnner Is Given Chunce
To Bedt Pross TONIGHT
Dunno, Scott
Head Arena
Program
BY FRANK BUCK" oNEILL

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Murray Kanner, lanky young
heavyweight of Washington, will
launch his craft upon the tides
Of Fortune tonight at Turner's
Arena. He will cross gloves with
Paul Pross, heavyweight sparring
partner Of Max Schmeling, whom
boxing men call the uncrowned
heavyweight champion Of the
world.
Kanner and Pross will box a six
round battle, but more depends
upon the outcome Of this scrap
than on any other on the program.
If Kanner can dispose Of Pross
he will challenge Bob Tow, the
Alexandria in and outer. If he
can whip Tow, then Kanner, like
Monte Cristo, will cry: "The
world Is mine!"
Maybe some hard-hearted cynics
will say: 'It's yours If you can
take it,"
If Kanner boxes to the form he
showed against Jack Terrence,
former shot-putting champion
from Louisiana State University,
he has a royal chance Of defeat
ing Pross. Kanner has added
a stinging an authoritative right
hand uppercut to his ring roper
toire. He steps nicely and punches
well enough for a youth Of his
limited experience.
CHAMPIONS ON PARADE
Showing a new flair for show
manship, influenced, no doubt, by
competition entering the local
boxing field, Coldie Ahearn has
dressed his card headed by the
hard-hitting Howard Cowboy"
Scott and Irish Eddie Dunno,
with a parade Of champions.
Benny Leonard, former light
weight champion Of the world, is
manager and coach of Dunno.
Benny has been here before, but
the appeal Of this former title
holder, linked by many with Joe
Cans as the greatest of light
weights, holds with old timers.
Joe Dundee, former welterweight
king and manager Of Eddie Wal
ker, who is fighting on the card,
will take his bow, and so will Kid
williams, who fought the best Of
them Is years ago, and won the
hantamweight title. Harry Jeffra.
the present bantamWeight cham
pion, viii be introduced.
The Scott Dunno battle should
be q red hot affair." from start to
finish. Scott is the better punch
er, but the Cowboy has to have
q slow target to use his hitting
power to greatest effect. Dunno
is Swiftlmoving kid with q good
left hand and a fair right. He
has developed the old Leonard
style Of moving to his opponents
left, shifting from q lefthanded
attack to whip across right cross
that seldom misses.
WILL DEVELOP PUNCH
"Ie will develop the knockout
power" Benny Leonard says. II
never was sure of myself until I
whipped Joe Mandot down in New
Orleans. That fight made me
sure of myself. I felt could beat
any man on two feet. One of
these days Dunno is going to clip
some good fighter, and from that
time on will stiffen lot Of them.
"Scott can be hit with a left
hook, and Dunno has good left
hook" Leonard says. Il think
that the Cowboy is in for a very
sour evening"
Needless to say. Scott has no
apprehensions on the coming bat
tie. He has faced five champions,
and a mere pretender means lit
tie to him.
=" ACTION PROMISED
An eightround special bout of
exceptional interest will find Yer
non Cormier and Calvin Calp
peeping over the five-ounce gloves.
There will be plenty Of action
there.
The remainder of the card fol-
lows:
Four Rounder-Eddie Walker,
of Baltimore. VS.. Vince Boniviri,
Washington.
-Four Rounds - Maynard Dan
:iels, local heavyweight, VS.. Joe
Casper, Of Baltimore.