Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-05
FRANKIE SINnETT
CRABS DECISION
Rock Islander Is Awarded Fight
in 10th Round, After Pretty
Exhibition.
DECISION NOT POPULAR
Chicago Lad Is Clever and the Crowd
pulls" for Him All Along the
Route.

Francis Sinnett, the Rock Island pug
was handed the decision over Young"
Myers of Chicago last night in a 10
round go staged at the Family the
atre for the benefit of the visiting
Bills" The decision, although not
exactly popular, was on the whole
just one. Sinnett had the crowd
against him all the way for some
rough work and questionable tactics
during the fight and for this reason
everyone yelled for a draw.
Sinnett lost a lot of friends last
night. Along in the early stages of
the match, a Davenporter became q
little noisy and pulled considera BILE
kidding stuff. At the end of the
rounu, frankie walked over to the
loQuacious one and hauling off with
his right, planted the ring side fan
one on the jaw, rocking his bean and
infiicting considerable damage. The
crowd was oft" the Rock Islander
NUN llAoI lllllC OIiy anu luc act WIS
greeted by prolonged Kisses. Sinnett
is naturally a rough house fighter, and
the way he wrestled the Chicago boy
around the ring did not go extra well.
However, you have got TO hand it to
frankie. The boy can take all the
punishment that comes his way and
likes it. There was no chance to get
to him.
MYERS GAME.
Myers won a big hand for his exhi
bition of gameness. He was hanging
on in the fifth and sixth and was ap
parently groggy. Then, like flash
/ he came back in the seventh and
eighth, getting an even break. In the
/ last two stanzas, however, Sinnet'
grabbed things.
The first round was Slnnett's bysi
shade. Myers came back in the sec
ond and got an even break. The
/ third was Sinnett, In the fourth hon
ors were again even. 1t was in The
fifth and sixth that Sinnett inflicted
the most damage on his opponent HI
used both mits with telling effect ant
had Myers groggy. In the seventh
and eighth, Myers came back in
wonderful manner and won big hand
II got to Frankie's map with RICH
jab repeatedly, but his blows seem
ed to lack steam, asd did not phas
Sinnett. Had it not been for the dis
like aroused by Sinnett's tactics, it i
probable that there would have bee
no "holler" over the decision Re-
cree Bennett was placed in q tickl!s
position, but his opinion was an hoI
est one and uninfiuenced by popula
; clamor. What more can you ask?
THREE PRELIMs.
Ross of Joliet went two round
with an unknown who showed abou
as much ring knowledge as teethin
infant. Ross hammered his opponer
at will and Bennett stopped the go q
the end of the second round. Ri
Bog Butler fought a big black ding
Iaboring under the nonicker of Ycun
Peter Jackson of Oklahoma. The OF
lahoma coon had paunch on nh
= like a Chicago alderman and hi
knowledge of the fighting game wa
) nix Butler tapped him on the ia
} in the third and the crow dropped I
, the canvas and took the count T.
gether with the title yellow"
"Bub" Steamer of Davenport fougi
Young Pitt, a colored boy also frol
Davenport The negro started we
but failed to do anything at.r Ii
! first minute The gong saved ii
dinge from a knockout in the secoE
and the fight was stopped.