Oakland, Nov. 30. ttle Dado of Manila tonight won the recognition of the National Boxing Association as world flyweight ampton by decisively beating his untrymen, Small Montana, former American holder of the title, in ten fast and furious rounds The little Filipino who invaded the United States only last year revealed the best form to date in scoring a brilliant victory.
Little Dedo took seven of the ten rounds, while his foe was given one round and two rounds were declared even by sports writers gathered at the ringside.
There were no knockdowns, but there was plenty of action as the two little men slugged each other furiously.
In besting Montana so decisively, Dado crushed the claim of Jackie Jurich, usually recognized as the American champion. Jurich was formerly named leading contender for the vacant title, but Dado's victory tonight and the fact that he defeated rich last year caused the N.B.A. to The finalists are E. B. McBain and H. Maitland who play off on Sunday week over 36 holes.
The favourites from the start were H. Maitland, Smith-Wright and K. G. Stephenson. Maitland disposed of Smith-Wright by one up in the first round and beat Stephenson in the Semi-final two up. McBain has had a comparatively easy journey to the final and it is unlikely that he will beat Maitland who is a fine, free swinging and powerful player and were he keener on the game to play more regularly could easily be a contender for the Club Championship.
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