Show It lit b BRUSHING UP SPORTS M By Laufer i j r 5 0 1 1 V 0 t i u. u DEFIES TE EY CAUL FLOWER FLOWe CUR W Nc 7 f 1 Is 1 r v. v J 4 i ii S J 1 uLL 6 11 f T i r co cw 7 4 ot i I t b J t I jt I V j F K T 7 ro Ar A SI AND oGK s Ii 1 c c Tho other day the New New- NewYork York state athletic commission commission com corn mission refused to to permit a bout hout between Al Singer and Johnny Dundee featherweights lh They figured Dundee an unsuitable opponent for forthe forthe the up and coming Singer That this was right is not questioned by anybody but fans of the tile older generation will pause and regret to see the Scotch persist on fighting long fIghting long after his mitt have been hung on rt the nail With all due duo respect to Al AI S Singer riger a 3 lot of oC us believe that Johnny In his prime could have cuffed him around with one hand and eaten a a. piece of pie with the tile other otiler Dundee with the weight of ot thirty- thirty si sh years on his shoulders cant can't see why they wont won't let him liim tangle with the youngsters I One of the greatest of the smaller fighters heI he I has established a record that will live as long as Is the game it itself Hard luck always 1 tagged after Johnny and even now it is said he is broke After tW twelve lV years ears of t pursuing Johnny Johnn Kilbane the champion champI n Dundee finally won the featherweight title fro from i Gene CriquI f who had lifted It from Kilbane shortly before During his better days das he fought seven men who at one time or other held world titles Benny Leonard Leonard Leonard Leon Leon- ard Willie Ritchie Freddy Welch Rocky Kansas Jimmy Goodrich Johnny Kilbane and Eugene Criqui felt the sting of the great little battlers battler's gloves |