Evening star., 1940-01-03

was my hrSt ana one OF the lew
fights had in Washington and III
never forget it,"
Dundee was not supposed to be
strictly a nom n-combatant last night
because his 16-year- -old son, Lew,
was scheduled to box Harry Landers
and the old man was going to work
in his corner. But Landers failed to
appear, Lew took a bow and Joe
settled back to answer a few Ques-
tions.
Yes, if he had to do it all over
again he'd still pick the fight game
for career Why? Because he
likes to box. liked the money he
earned and thinks there's nothing
radically wrong with boxing. Sure
he hopes his boy will be a great
fighter, greater than either the old
man or Uncle Vincent who once held
the middleWeight diadem.
There's something unusual" Joe
proudly pointed out. Two titles in
one family. Vince was middleweight
champ and I held the welter title.
That doesn't happen every day."
y Declares Modern Boxers Soft.
The two toughest fighters he met?
Easy The first was Kayo Eddie
Roberts who lived up to his mon
ECKER by putting the chill on Joe at
Takoma, Wash. but who paid for
that triumph in a return match: and
thte second was Mickey Walker.
Joe won from Walker by technical
Knockout, slicing open the Toy Bull
dogs eye in the eighth round, but
it had been war up until that
point. That Walker was a tough
hombre who could punch.
Could Dempsey beat Louis? Easily.
Dempsey ruled over a great field of
heavyweights, but Louis-not saying
he isn't good, mind you-seems more
impressive because of the lack Of
competition. Put Louis in with the
mob Of 10 and Is years ago and he
wouldn't look so good.
What's wrong with boxing?
Nothing, only the fighters. They're
softer, dumber and less determined.
If they don't start right off in the
big dough nowadays they get dis
couraged and throw in the towel.
They miss the painstaking and often
painful preliminary schooling old
timers received and the lack of such
training glaringly is evident.
1t was plain the man with the
large, warped nose-a souvenir OF
his career-doesn't think much of the
current crop. Joe operates a pros
pering garage in Baltimore and has
a sizable slice of his ring earnings
salted away. His take when he
dropped the title to Jackie Fields at
Detroit on a foul was $4,000, and
for eight consecutive bouts at Madi-
son Square Garden, fighting every
two weeks. he dragged down 81 500 .
show. Financially he's sitting pretty.
De Chard Unimpressive.
AS for the amateur show last night,
young Jimmy De Chard chalked up
another victory by outpointing Lee
Mitrecciani of Baltimore, but de-
cidedly was unimpressive. Mitrec-
ciani's hide-and- style didn't
help Jimmy's appearance for the
southwest youngster had trouble
trying to find the target. De Chard
punched the Italian through the
ropes early in the first round, but
failed to land a second damaging
punch until the fifth.
A crowd of more than 750 fans
contributed $48525 to the show
which was we'll received. Mann in
tends to make several Improvements
In his next offering, including
larger ring. The inclosure last night
was Is feet square-a distinct men
ace to the health and well-being Of
the officials.
1873 pounds-Ray Hanna (Merrick) out
pointsd Benny Fray Pste,s Esrth 4; S. ST.,
C) outpointed Pete Kearns (Merrick).
118 poundsrBilly Miller (unattached)
outpointed Charley Petro (No. 81.
100 pounds-Reds Vernon mo. ~ out
pointed Leo Marcopolis NE. -
112 pounds-Danny Petro INo. 3, g.
lis pounds-willie Tapp (unattached)
outpoinSed Bobby Bergman tBaltimore).
126 pounds-Gilbert Mayo (St Mary'O
outpointed Don Bracala baltimore.
lat pounds-Nick Mancini (Pete's A.
C.) outpointed Bryan Healy lBaltimore):
tachsd) outpointed Casper vicchiani (Bal-