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Show I M'CAREY HAS A SPLENDID LIST OF BOUTS BOOKED FOR JUNE AND JULY JOHNNIE DUNDEE, right, and Jack White, who will box twenty rounds at Vernon tonight. 1 COAST BOXING BOUTS June 17 Johnnie Dundee vs. Jack White. June 24 Charley Ledoux v. Eddie Campi. July 4 Leech Croee vs. "Bud" Anderson. Willie Ritchie n. Jo Siren. July 16 Tommy Murphy vi. winner Dundee-White. July 29 Johnnie Ooolon vs. Johnnie William. t . BY H. M. WALK BE. LOS ANOELES. Jans 17. A rs markabl chain of Important matches is In stor for the coast fan. "Harlem" "Har-lem" Tommy Murphy has telegraphed from Now York accepting terms to box the winner of tonight's bout between Johnnie Dundee and 'Chicago" Jack White. This, Murphy's first Los Angeles appearance, ap-pearance, will occur on the night of July IS. Promoter T. J. MeCarey now has eight of the topnotch boxers of America under contract to the Pacific Athletic club. If the "Uncle" isn't a bit eare-ful eare-ful he will have the "trust busters" on his trail. Murphy has agreed to make 138 pounds ringside. At that. Tommy will nave a few pounds the be of the situation, situ-ation, as White boxes at 128, while Dundee, a natural feather weight, eon-silers eon-silers himself a big man at 12". Murphy Veteran of Blag. "Harlem" Tommy, in point of serr-iee, serr-iee, is one of the oldest men now la the ring. He wes born on April 13, 1885, and has been fighting since 1403, having engaged in oer I'm bom. His Taet Important win wns a twenty rnrmd v'e.nrj over At Wolgast in rJan Francisco. Fran-cisco. 1 Our.dee, after holding Johnnie Kil-bane Kil-bane to a draw, deserter! the foatber weight division, saying that good 122-pound 122-pound boys were too few and far be tween to make the division a profitable one. White and Dundee were matched after Joe Levy had assumed the management man-agement of the Chicagoao. White leat Owen Moran, Harry Thomas and Frankie Conley, and lost to Joe Rivers. The Mexican advised Levy to handle White, saying that Jack was a dangerous danger-ous man. Tonight 'a event means the last appearance ap-pearance of either Dundee or White, while the winner feces the prospect of fighting the vieious veteran. Murphy. Ledoux to Meet Campi One week from tonight I 'harlcy Ledoux, Le-doux, the French bantam weight champion, cham-pion, makes his first coast appeariiuce, when he meets Eddie Campi, the clever Han Francisco youngster. Ledoux Inn' a wonderful record of knockouts scored in France, in fiftv-one battle., he is . iiuiuin . n. .. . - White. Jems 24 Charley Ledoux rs. Eddie -essssssissesl Massnssst. Campi 9asssK39 V July 4 -Leach Cross vs. "Bud'' jiMS BeV Anderson. fSfSiSlllSSSiJSf-i 5ih. Willie Ritchie vs. Joe TfffsssBVWssfsV Rivers. U--TWmKFlrTl"FM" f Sam July 15 Tommy Murphy vs. winner Mt , HA Dundee-White. 'SMllsSa'i'''''' ' '' July 29 Johnnie Ooolon vs. Johnnie essaM5. ' 'sSSe ".'',.'P" f C -.-5J-5Ss4 WUllama. kSe ' TsBrlsP ' ' credited with forty-two knockouts, la this country he has fought nothing but the short no-decision affairs piovaleut in the east. The July 4 card between "Hud" Anderson An-derson and Leach Cross should proe one of the most sensational slugging matches ever staged in the old Vernon arena. Anderson has never been defeated and has sent some forty odd men to the canvas for the full count. He began be-gan his California campaign by stopping stop-ping Kam my Trott. after which he knocked oat both "Kayo" Brown and joe Mandot. His vietorv over Mandot was a sarprislne; affair, inasmuch as Anderson fought the New Orleans boy off his feet, fighting in such aggressive fashion that Mandot ' great science availed him nothing. Cross, for over two years, has been considered one of the nigh class bovs of the east. His success in twice holding hold-ing Joe Rivers to an even break Is recommendation enough for the California Cali-fornia public. The July 2ft meeting between Johnuie Coulon and Johnnie WiHiaitJs, for the bantam weight championship, is a match that will hold the attention of the entire en-tire boxing world. Champion and challenger chal-lenger are undefeated. Tne title holder Is a veteran, the challenger a "comer." Tt cost the promoter a small fortune to bring the men together, but it Is a match that Is cheap at any price. The MeCarey slate is now filled up to August 1. Bv careful rematchfng the local promoter has enough material os hand to carry him well into the fall. Wants) McFartand Britton Go. '-There Is but one other match that I want," said MeCarey, after going over his date book, "and that is a w el ter weigh t bou t bet ween Paek i McKarland and Jack Britton. Don '1 be surprised if you hear that I havi hooked these birds." I don't know how the other nro motets feel in the matter, but it looks as though an injunction is the only thing that will stop MeCarey from cornering cor-nering the market on topnotch boxers. |