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Show CRIQUI WILL HAVE BATTLE OF LIFE WHEN HE FIGHTS DUNDEE THURSDAY AMERICAN HAS SYMPATHIES OFUJ. .After lO Yein of Wait-ing. Wait-ing. Dundee Will Get Crack at, Title ' , - ' By Robert Edgreri -'",: M there to any sentimental Interest ossseeted with nuk eemnterataJ sport as basing, Johney Dwn will carry the ktM wlehea of nr American follower ef fisticuffs when he etepe luto the ring . .,- Euxeae Criaul the sni't of J "'Jf-, Not that Johnny la a better nD than ' J Crlqut, French war wtinn . arvtj deee-rated deee-rated here of ltiprili exploits v bettiefeld.- Aa a man the Preu lb Learn - - plon te almeat In a claaa by himself. - - flfhtar with th Klovea ha U aqiul to , nr 'v mm la hta alaa Mac Ma- 'Goram. . . - ir.aihy aaw with Tna t woa fe baa han waltta tf yaara K " . ahanca t wl the laaih-rwlht litla. alttaouh thara'a Uttla Mb hi hit the haac nan la tha ) in thia oonnur ta aimoat U that Urn. rOHT KTT BAXB T A D1LAW. ' r. Tan rra at Tan1a feuht Iwantf-reund Axaw with Jahnnv Kllhana. the rhBjnpinn. And al ca Uat Duala kaa rhatinar4 Kilbana all or the oar try. haa poat4 forf-lta a4 ha trA 1 In aTary way ta force the Oirtln4 Mrat(at u him aoothr hatiU. Kllaana Pvr wool flht Uunda Wain, althotich ho fnoht doaana- of tharo who Inrtaaa Dwtirt'a alaat Kll- K hon had trla aain Dvl who la a fair, dun fiahtar. Ha eouM t a , anuch mon-y flhtin Puna na ha feold vtcii mv with nnrono M So tbara waa only on ronan fw Kll-hano'a Kll-hano'a my nttttuda whan Dtmda waa anntton1t Ha waan't are ho rtd hat Ivnd. Kva mora: Ha waan't ura Tuod wouldn't baat him. And aa a food hoata-ma man Kilbana Vtsn't taklnf any rlaa I tha dd ' title while It waa a ood ltancal aact. A year ao Kllhana raa barred frntn hoalns in I'vaw York nocntne ha rotuwd to aceapt a watch with lundr alter ,.Xmda had poatd a challnca anfl a forfait With tha boxlnr eomm'jaton. That Aldn't worry KHbaaa Jit II ha waa rr-. rr-. . Iffrad A hun-a puraa tr n tteht , with Crtqul. chmplon ot Ewr-pe, hn cam - awar ta fifht for tha ftnihar itla. , l AflUFWt TO flTTLB ijjiMtsv i ti slice. ' Johnny didn't want to let. that tl f)iirae st away. So ha minii'l t-eompromlaa t-eompromlaa with tho Naw Tork rorumlt--eion, br -yilcb he ograed to l.sht luilo sftarward if he boat Criaul- i .ie a0"'" man aiao nsraod to si-e Dundaa Ae It to mad out thla waa tough lurk fur Dundee. Walttna tea ysare. he soeut ae old and near the end -f hta f .htin, airms ae KUbane 'ho" tbrouck flshiing. often ha has kipt m . r, irb hatter condition. If he bad aht Kllhana flret he'd above tMiaate t10; .waiaht ehnrnpion. Iundaa haa more fisnting stuff left than Kllbaae has ehowaln three or four yeara. No doubt at all about how a fendwe-Ifllbane fendwe-Ifllbane flsht would have wma oot, .r-Mialty after atTg tha way iibne wilted and want down without half try-1ns try-1ns te fisht -whan C'riqal hioo-d J from un.lar hie crown. Now Lunda, orarred anfl worn veteran ba tha lona awaited chenre to fignt t'r lha faatherwetsht title, and be hae to fleht a naw rhamplon, younsar, etrongar, probably evaa ga-ner thaa KUba-.e, A Tr?r.K TirmitT W I1X UK A ht 11 ACL. tyundee haa ao eaey mark now. If he t'an boat Crluul b-tl bo almost pfrfrm-ln pfrfrm-ln t miracle. Thle la apita of the fot ' that at tha moment before tne flttht XJundae rulea favorite In te b-'illng '- Thai, of coureo. Ie berauee we've aei roneee f-sht ail the beat iTshtwaufhte from Lennard down, givins away nany found In welirht. and trome throusjh wun attla flees flying eiopi ea one niht tha night Willie Jarkaon knocked Kim ut in the flrat round. liuodoe tevat aidetepped a fighter. a.,. te took thwm all on. weeard. White. Tendlar. Jaehaon. nhugrua. eorea of othera. And althoush he walshnd My lie ponwda at the etert and frunt thai arew alowly te 10. he never klkd aoout the eUber fallow 'a weight advan- 'lJhny Dnnaae'a flshtlng earr has Vo one of thoee ttiincs one can't - rials by the ardlnary rulea of n mpett-ia mpett-ia sport. For five years even hta fnende have been watt Ins lor him is ; blow up. And he has gone on, throtish SOS ring ftfhta. W"h tha sams ai pnr-antly pnr-antly tlraleaa leaping, ruahing fleUting ectUHi he had ten' years , wnea he was flrat handled by gcotty Wontleta and nicknamed "The Scotch Wop, ' Pt vrrK in hleOHl-NO If. In his last few fights Dundee shewed ta have slowed a bit. but he we ea arsreealve aa ever. His bunchy WJa-ciee WJa-ciee have riatteaett te sotna a-teit. lie irw hs elder. It' a time for Uundee to laok old. after ie fighta Tee nvr ooeld take him for anythtng but a pus'h-t. with bis crumpled cara ea.errd ayebrewa, thickened llpa But he haa been well paid far hta woik In the ring. While Dundee sild ten yaars te get a chance at Klloane, ha d fln't waste hla time. Ha haa toVslht of-ener and fought mere eteallly than any ether boser. He always tuO'e ha'd. There's estiva every time he enters the rlr-c. ; i nat's the reason for Johnny's potm-Isrlty. potm-Isrlty. For a fellow without a knorwoui pinch ha delivers the soutla urei'y w-ii. A d eonetdTlnr the fact that fuod'a ha inede more fm-ney In the rlna than m-y champion below the hajvlht a a as. n ihe pa. ia years, he dweea t td rrnrrh evtnpathy. t-.ugene Crwui l a eeavl fighter. It a b-sn boa ins bofore the War' and Waa hooked out by Charlie Ifedoua of ranee t we or three deya before be waa. txt'ied to the colore. Uedaus wee-a great hi tie man la tboee days Crl'iul fought lur,ush four yars f war and all htel 1, ne wa apvnt m the Verdua auction. I In ana beyunet charse he wns atrack f by a machine sun bullet that rerrtes ! away part of hta Jaw. Crlrjut telle me b flret tbouarht when he reoe-vered oen-a- loutafM and realised what had hap-paned hap-paned wae that he never could box snatn. Hut the Wrench aurgeona built . s the ahattared law by grafnas freert b' ne toreplce the mleelng chin, and |