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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-12-13, Page 7tSSU3 49 When John _Erindae Near the Birdies Johnny Dundee took on more than 300 fighters during his 22 years in the ring, but none gave him more trouble than fleet little Willie Jackson. In fact Jackson, the Jewish featherweight from New York's East Side, was the only one of Dundee's opponents ever to KO the 130 -pound Italian when he was a first-class fighting machine. That knockout was in Phila- delphia, Jan. 15, 1917. It was quick—and sudden. Only two and a half minutes of the first round of the fight had elapsed. The men were just be- ginning to get warmed up for their work. Fans were hardly seated, and interest in the bout had not seized them, when Jack- son uncorked a right -cross to the jaw that caught Johnny head-on and sent him sprawling, face down, to the mat, writes George Roberts in "The Police Gazette." The crowd rose to its feet with a roar. They couldn't believe their eyes, but the unexpected had happened—Johnny Dundee was knocked out, The Police Gazette Ringsider recalled that a few seconds be- fore Dundee took the punch that knocked him tottering into dreamland, he had received a warning when he rushed pell- mell into one of Jackson's right swings. Johnny paid no heed to this, but attempted to "bull" Jackson across the ring. He suc- ceeded in doing this, but it spel- led calamity for him. "He had Jackson wedged against the ropes and was using his left to hold him off so that he could fight with his right, Sud- denly, a clean, well -executed right shot out. The blow came too quickly for Dundee to duck He, himself, was hitting. and every muscle in his body was """‘-` tense. The blow was met with the resistance of his 130 pounds, and as it caught the little Italian on the jaw, there was nothing for Joseph Carrera to do but go 'out' Dundee went to the door as though an avalanche had de- scended upon him. He was hurt. He went face downward and did not show a single sign of life until the referee had mechani- cally tolled off the count of eight. Then the dominating fighting spirit that always showed itself in Dundee, and which was partly responsible for the New Yorker's knockout, asserted itself. "Nine," bellowed the referee. Dundee arose to one knee and triecl vainly to get up. But there was no reserve energy to call upon. With the punch on the jaw all Dundee's strength had oozed away. "Ten," was heard all over the hall. Dundee's eyes were still glassy and staring. His arms hung loosely by his sides. He was knocked out. His seconds worked over him for several minutes. and still he did not recuperate enough to walk from the ring. He was car ried bodily to his dressing -room, the Ringsider said. At the start of the battle, Dundee, who was well primed, rushed out of his corner like an express train. It was not long be- fore he had Jackson on the wing. He tore after his boxing rival from his own city as though he were bent on ending the contest as quickly as possible. Willie led him a merry chase from rope to rope, content now and then to slip over a left jab, Then there was a momentary lull. Dundee, with wanton disregard for safety, had stood up and pumped punches into Jackson when the latter was on the ropes On the southern side of the ring. It was here that Johnny received the first right that should have made him stop and think it over, but he attempted a final wild rush which resulted in his knockout. It was announced that Dun - YEARS OF JOY — Weeping with relief and happiness, a Hun- garian refugee woman is comforted by a British charity worker on arrival at Blackbushe, England, from Austria. She was one of a group of 63 Hungarian refugees who escaped the Russian terror in her homeland. dee weighed 130 pounds and Jackson 128. Johnny looked to be in a superb condition and Jack- son likewise, except for two plas- ters, one Over each eye. Many spectators thought that Dundee held his opponent alto- gether too cheaply. He didn't take into consideration that he was to get even a warm-up from Jackson, This, however, was not entirely so. Johnny fought Jack- son as he did his many other opponents, but he was hit 'right' and there was nothing to stop the blow. Many thought it was a chance blow ---an accident. Possibly that one was, but it must be remem- bered that these two battlers met in the ring many times since then and that Dundee didn't have a snap on any of the occasions. That same year, 1917, they fought a ten -round, nn -decision battle in New York. On March 25, 1918, at New Haven. a match between them ended in a draw after twelve rounds. On Sept. 1, 1919, the result of their ten -round bout at Jersey City was no decision and, had one been allowed, it would probably have been a draw, the Ringsider declared. They fought another eight - round, no -decision bout at Jer- sey City on March 8. 1920, and a ten -round bout with the same result at Newark three months later. They went to Boston and staged a twelve -round draw on June 13 and, coming back to New York on Nov. 29, 1920, fought fifteen rounds, which were decided a draw, Dundee never did succeed in getting Willie's number, for on Feb. 25, 192I, in New York, they fought for the last time and Jackson won a decision af- ter a fifteen -round scrap. But Dundee had the last satis- faction for he stayed in the ring another ten years, while Jack- son. after his last victory over Dundee, fought only one more year. A month after he whipped Johnny, Jackson lost a 12 -round decision to .Rocky Kansas. He won only one fight in 1922 and after being knockout out by Johnny Shugrue in Jersey City Dec. 4, Willie retired. He is 59 now and is still work- ing. A salesman for a twine and paper firm, Willie finds 1IA4IED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER . Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Son Newcombe, mixing a drink in his new bar and liquor store, trashes ap smile after being informed that hehas been voted the 'lational League's Most Valuable Player for 1956. TESTIFIES—A student leader of the Hungarian revolt, disguised to hide his identity, appears before the Senate Internal Se- curities subcommittee in Wash- ington, which is investigating the tactics and scope of world communism. The youth told the committee that some 25,000 of his countrymen had been killed in their fight for freedom up to November 4. most of his customers in New York City's garment district, a haven for fight fans. Dundee practically had an- other career after his last fight with Jackson. He took a fifteen - round decision from Jack Share key July 8, 1922, won the world's featherweight crown from Eugene Criqui in New York July 26, 1923, and on Dec. 17 of the same year whipped Jack Bernstein in 15 rounds for the junior lightweight title. Dundee lost the latter crown to Kid Sullivan on June 20, 1924, and resigned his featherweight title Aug. 10. It was in the twilight of his career on Sept. 25, 1929, that Johnny was KOd again, this time by Al Foreman in the tenth round of a battle at Montreal. Johnny fought four more fights and hung up his gloves for keeps' after losing a 10 - rounder to Al Dunbar in Brook- lyn in 1982. He was then 39 years old—and his incredible career had started way back in 1910. • Saves Cats' Lives Cat -loving Mr. Vincent Pat- terson, of New York, has one of the world's oddest jobs. In the past three years he has saved the lives of 5.000 American cats. If it's true that every cat has nine lives, then he's saved 45,- 000! He's employed by the city au- thorities to care for cats which get into trouble by being ton venturesome. Skyscrapers, for ' instance, fascinate New York cats and when one climbs out to a dizzy point from which it can't extricate itself, Mr. Patterson is called for. 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