Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-02
PEANUTS WINS
DECISION over
EDWARD minnie
Schieberl Puts Up Fight of His
Career-Outclasses oppo-
nent All the Way.
ST. LOUIS PUG Is GROGGY
Big Boy" Butler Knocks Out Chicago
Negro in Fifth by Strategic
Move.
BY PAUL BRUNER,


Over 500 tri-city fight fans saw pea !
nuts" Schieberl put Ed Minnie, the st.
Louis speed boy, out of the running
yesterday afternoon, the decision be-
ing awarded the local pug by Referee
Dennis Bennett at the end of the 10th
round. Peanuts" put up the battle
.of his career, completely outboxing
and outgeneraling his opponent at ev-
cry stage of the game. In order that
those statistically inclined may gather
an idea of just what this boy Minnie
has done, we Will state that he went
the 20 round limit with Freddie
Welsh, fought Willie Ritchie 20 rounds
and stayed 10 rounds with one D.
White. We gathered the above from
sources which we consider reliable.
| Minnie is fast boy and has the repu-
tation of being a mighty clever boxer,
| but he was shown up all the way yes
tcrday. Peanuts was lightning fast
and displayed repeated bursts of speed
which brought the big crowd to its
| feet time after time. Minnie was
simply outclassed, and for this reason
did not show to advantage.
sCHIEBERL FAST.
Both men entered the ring at lie
pounds. AS the gong sounded, they
stepped into the center of the canvas
and after the usual hand shake, Pea
nuts shot over lightning left jab fol-
lowed by a right cross. The round
was fast all the way, and Schieberl
outpointed Minnie throughout. In the
second, the st. Louis pug awakened to
the fact that he had a fight on his
hands, and put up a mighty good de-
fense. He looked good. In the third,
Minnie took the aggressive and whip
ped over one TO Peanuts left eye
which brought the red stuff to the sur
face.
AT the beginning Of the fourth, Pea
nuts waded in for fair, his determina-
ton being to punish Minnie for that
unkindly one over the left orb. Right
here Schieberl showed the stuff that
Twas in him. During the entire fourth,
fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth rounds
the local boy boxed rings around Min
ME. He outpointeA him all the way,
and had him bleeding most of the
time. His footwork was a marvel, and
his ability to block, duck and cover up
won him big hands.
The ninth was fairly even. Minnie
seemed to rally and landed two lefts
to the jaw followed by right crosses.
MINNIE GROGGY.
The tenth round found the crowd on
/ its feet yelling for a knockout. Pea
nuts forced the fight from the tap of
, the gong and hit his man almost at
will. From the early stages he had
Minnie in distress, and during the fin
al half minute had him all but out. The
st. Louis pug was hanging on for dear
life, and a knockout was imminent
Referee Benefits decision was greet,
ed with wild cheering, which contin-
Iued for several minutes. The hammer
artists about town, who have
maintained all along that Peanuts had
streak of yellow up his back and
was getting by awfuIly lucky were
, forced TO pull in their horns after yes
terday's exhibition, and concede the
, fact that he is a real fighter.
MIRTR AND Fun.
; The preliminary was a much-herald
; ed five-round go between Big Boy
Butler of Rock Island and "Cleave'
Hawkins, the Crow demon from Win
dy City. Ill. There was a laugh to ev
, cry minute and sometimes more. BIS
!. Boy" landed a clean knockout in the
. fifth with a sledge hammer swing tC
, the point of the jaw. Furthermore
> Ham" used low and crafty cunning
. to slip over this sleep producer.
Hawkins, who is as back as tht
paint on the town hearse, weighs 21O
/. Butler needs no introduction. Every
q one knows his particular shade of ink
. Suffice it to say that Ham had a II
4 pound edge on his opponent.
J. GRIN Is JOLTED.
y AS Big Boy climbed over the rope
2 and into the squared circle a broat
d harvest moon grin lit up his map lik,
an electric bulb. At the tap of tht
/. gong both men fell into a clinch A
the breakaway, Hawkins landed
S kick on Buffers jaw that soundet
e like a head-on collision Oh the B. 4
o. That punch completely eradicatet
4 that broad grin and made Mistah But
8 lah mad cleah through" He immedi
= ately waded in and began to infic
real damage.
HAWKINS ALL IN.
n In the second frame, little damag
= was inflicted on either side Han
/ slipped over a couple of punches an
I then both men fell into a clinch. i
r the third Butler swung right to tn
!, chest, flooring the Windy City dingt
B: In the fourth he slipped over tn
same blow again flooring his opponent