DELIBERATE FOUL
DUNDEE LOSES TITLE DETROIT, duly 26. Outclassed by Jack Fields, of California, doe Dundee, of Baltimore, Hie welterweight, boxing title-holder, lost his crown before 27,01)0 fans, perpetrating a deliberate foul in the second round after being twice Homed. fields had won the first round by a wide margin. He then dropped Dundee for two counts of seven in the secend round. The champion arose, badly hurt, driving a low left to the challenger's groin.' fields fell prone, and was carried from the ring while the seconds worked over Dundee, who was almost as badiy hurt by punches. The battle was the first in Floyd Fitzcimnions' new arena. Fields scaled 10st. (ill), and Dundee ldst. 71b. The gate was £23,000.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17028, 13 August 1929, Page 3
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121DELIBERATE FOUL Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17028, 13 August 1929, Page 3
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