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Show JOHNNY DUNDEE WILL IE HERE T2 MEET JL YOUNG Johnny Dundee, the American lightweight light-weight boxer who has put fear into the heart of Champion Freddie Welsh within the last few months, being able to get a match with the Englishman, will arrive In Ogden on April 2, according ac-cording to advices received by Eddie Dallas, the local boxing promoter. He is coming here to meet Al Young adopted son of Ogden, in a ten-round bout to be staged at tho Alhambra theatre on the night of April 6. It Is anticipated that he will be well acclimated accli-mated by the time he reaches here as he is to train and box In Denver! Colo., prior to his local appearance. This contest will be the nearest to a world's championship boxing event that has yet been held in this section of the country, as Dundee is acknowledged acknowl-edged by inanv sporting authorities as tho lightweight champion. He has been climbing the ladder fast during the past year, defeating the best of the eastern lightweights, one after the other, oth-er, and trying in vain to get a match with Freddie Welsh. For his bouts In the east, he demands and receives big guarantees and the local boxing promoter and his backers are worthy of support when they obtain such talent tal-ent for the entertainment of tho Ogden Og-den fans. The signing up of Dundee is but another proof that Ogden can have as good boxing entertainments as any city in the country as long as the sport lovers are back of the game Thus far Promoter Dallas has given the fans 171 rounds of high class boxing, box-ing, out of a possible 1S5 rounds, and the complaints have been few and far between. He has given Al Young the opportunity to develop until the former for-mer Oklahoma youth is recognized as a possessor of championship timber. Young is one of the cleanest athletes that ever got into the game in Utah, ready to box his opponent to a stand-j still while the battle is on and then j to shake hands in all good fellowship j when the bout Is over. He has the genuine sporting spirit and it is not surprising that he has become the best local drawing card. Dundee and Young are to make 135 pounds at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the contest and this will be easy for both. |